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Instant Pot Beef Cheeks Ragu
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Instant Pot Beef Cheeks Ragu

Instant Pot Beef Cheek Ragu. How to make the most tender beef cheek ragu using your pressure cooker. Made with red wine and an easy homemade ragu sauce you will love this bowl of deliciousness.
Prep Time12 minutes
Cook Time1 hour 15 minutes
Total Time1 hour 27 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Instant Pot
Servings: 4
Calories: 349kcal

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Peel and dice your onion, celery, carrots, and sweet potato and put to one side.
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  • Add your beef cheeks and sauté in the instant pot with extra virgin olive oil. Until you have a good sear on your beef cheeks.
    How To Cook Beef Cheeks?
  • Remove the beef cheeks, put to one side, and then add into the instant pot your onion, celery, and carrots. Then sauté for a couple of minutes to add flavour onto the veggies from the beef cheeks. Cancel the sauté and stir in the garlic. Add in red wine and beef stock and use a silicone spatula to deglaze the instant pot.
    How To Cook Beef Cheeks?
  • Stir in sweet potatoes and then add half the seasonings and stir and then place the beef cheeks on top. Then use the remaining seasoning over the beef cheeks.
    How To Cook Beef Cheeks?
  • Place the lid on the instant pot, set the valve to sealing and cook for 75 minutes.
    How To Cook Beef Cheeks?
  • Then do a 15 minute natural pressure release before removing the remaining pressure.
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  • Then remove the beef cheeks from the instant pot and put to one side. Move what’s left in the instant pot to a blender and blend until you have a creamy sauce.
    How To Cook Beef Cheeks?
  • Cook your pasta according to pasta instructions and then serve the ragu sauce over the pasta. Then slice up the beef cheeks and add on top of the ragu.
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Notes

Stock. I love to make my own homemade stock, but its personal choice you can use shop bought if you prefer.
Wine. Don’t overthink the red wine. Any will do.
Thanks for reading our instant pot beef cheeks recipe on Recipe This. We have many more instant pot recipes for you to check out next. Though if you would like more pasta ideas, I recommend you try our Ninja Foodi mince pasta bake next.

Nutrition

Calories: 349kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 27g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 40mg | Sodium: 379mg | Potassium: 1210mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 13569IU | Vitamin C: 9mg | Calcium: 174mg | Iron: 7mg
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