Instant Pot {Pressure Cooker} Hamburger Stroganoff ~ Our Favorite Meal Now in the Instant Pot! Only One Dish to Clean and You Have an Easy Dinner Recipe!
You guys! I’m pretty sure I haven’t shared my exciting news with you that I’ve been keeping a secret for like MONTHS! Ok, so it’s exciting for me at least, maybe not you! The story starts over this past year. Let’s just say I’ve been STRESSED to the max. Full time job, two kids and now three kids at home, a husband, a blog, life….you get the picture. I was BUSY. Real busy. And a little stressed… ok a LOT stressed.
I’d become a not very nice person to be around. I was cranky with the hubs, short with the kiddos and generally not real happy about anything. That could have been half blamed on the pregnancy not going to lie, but the other part was I was working ALL.THE.TIME. I’d get done at my regular job, come home do the dinner and kids thing, then rush them off to bed and sit at the computer for 1-2 hours every night. On the weekends I’d be making recipes, filming videos, scheduling pins, scheduling Facebook and shoving my kids out the door. It was not fun. I LOVE this blog but, well, something had to give.
Let’s just say as much as I want to be superwoman I’ve learned I’m not. I tried to figure out how to add about 10 hours to a day and that didn’t happen either. I was at a crossroads on what to do. Step back from the job? Step back from the blog? Continue to be stressed? Sell my children?
Ok, I’m kidding. The latter one was not an option! But, in all seriousness I had to do something. The hubs kept telling me. I finally listened.
Actually, what I did was pray and pray hard. I asked my Mom to pray, I asked the hubs to pray. I needed some guidance. Well, I more or less needed the good Lord to just pave the route out in a yellow brick road because I’m not real good at letting go and trusting. And pave the way did He!
I kept going back and forth on just quitting my full-time job completely, but I didn’t want to. I love my job, I love the people I work with and I wasn’t ready to let go of that. Unfortunately, we don’t exactly have “part-time” positions where I work. What to do? Plus, if I quit my job then the kids stay home and that’s a full-time job there so I felt like I wouldn’t be accomplishing much. I’d be taking care of them and still blogging on the nights and weekends.
Then in December at an employee meeting my General Manager announced they were hiring a few part-time positions. Say what? Part-Time? My head was spinning. This was my answer. I had to have faith that this was it. I don’t think I listened to much after that as I zoned out. After the meeting I quickly rushed into his office and announced that I wanted to go part-time if it was an option. I literally thought he was going to fall over as he stood there looking at me like I was nuts. Whoops!
He graciously said, Ok but asked me to think about it before they did anything for sure. I said sure I’ll do that. I went back and forth, it was a hard decision. I wanted to do it all. I can’t do it all. I had to come to terms with that. I was letting go of a lot of security if I went part-time. Mainly the benefits that my job offered, but my hubs now has a job that has great benefits to and we were doing that so I could possibly go part-time or quit my job. I had to remember that. Remember? The Lord literally placed everything I asked for in my prayers in front of me! The hubs got a new job with benefits, we had a part-time position, the blog was doing great…. paved the way! It was like He kept handing me a sign and going DO IT!!!
There was a lot of things I had to remember and have a little faith in. As I went on maternity leave we just left things hanging at work. They hoped post pregnancy would clear my head and I’d become super woman and come back full-time. Unfortunately, I emailed them and asked them to make it official a week ago.
I’M GOING PART TIME AT WORK!!!! WAHOOO!
I’m still nervous, I’m still anxious but I’m so excited!! I will work about 2 1/2 days a week and the rest of the time I will focus on my blog during the day. I might lay on the couch at night and watch crap television, or maybe on the weekends I’ll be able to hang out with my kids and husband! I mean, that’s the point of having them, right? Plus, as the kids get older everyone keeps telling me life gets BUSIER and I don’t have time for busier, but now I do! Maybe…
So keep reading, keep pinning, keep making my recipes so I know I did the right thing… ok? Thanks for making my dreams come true!!
Oooooo by the way. This recipe rocks. I took my all time favorite Hamburger Stroganoff recipe and made it in the Instant Pot!!! Don’t have an Instant Pot? What are you waiting for? Seriously. Serve this with Homemade Breadsticks, YUM!
You guys. If you are as crazy busy as me you need one ASAP. Ok…. if you don’t… no judgement!! Here’s another Beef Stroganoff Recipe! And if you love this, be sure to try my Instant Pot Hamburger Helper recipe!
A few of my other favorite EASY Pressure Cooker recipes are {Instant Pot} Pressure Cooker French Dip Sandwich, Pressure Cooker Spaghetti, and {Instant Pot} Pressure Cooker Beef Taco Soup.
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Instant Pot {Pressure Cooker} Hamburger Stroganoff Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 c. minced onion
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 10.5 oz can cream of mushroom soup
- 1 Tbsp Flour
- 3 c. beef broth
- 3 c. egg noodles uncooked
- 1 c. sour cream
Instructions
- Spray Instant Pot interior with cooking spray. Set to saute.
- Brown ground beef, onion, and garlic.
- After beef is browned stir in flour.
- Add broth, soup, and salt and pepper. Mix.
- Add noodles.
- Place lid on Instant Pot.
- Set to high pressure for 8 minutes.
- After it is done, let the pressure naturally release for about five minutes, and then change to quick release until all the pressure is gone.
- Stir in sour cream until combined.
Forgot to rate. Excellent
Thank you Michelle! So glad you mentioned it was a hit with the kiddos too. Always a win!!!
Making this tonight by special request. It has become a family favorite.
So glad you enjoyed it!
Haven’t made it yet, but I was wondering if it’s possible to toss in some veggies like broccoli or green beans. Would I need to adjust anything in the recipe or just go with it as it is?
I think you could. Broccoli might cook to fast and come out mushy.
I’ve made this before and it was great! I’m new to Instant Pot – can you quickly share how to convert to a freezer meal? Brown ground beef, onion, garlic… add flour, s/p, broth, soup? Then freeze that? Thaw and place in IP with noodles and good to go? Your help is appreciated!
I’ve never made it into a freezer meal but yes that would be my best guess!
I have a 6 quart IP. It just fit lol Needed leftovers as everyone was fighting over it 🙂
Thank you for letting me know! It’s such a common question 🙂
I always seem oh average too many noodles. HOw many ounces is 3 cups?
Thanks
Can you double the recipe in the instapot? Will that change cook time?
One of the previous comments explains how she doubled it!
Every time I make this in my 8 quart I get a burn notice
I’m not sure why that would be Kathy. I make it in a 6 quart. I know some other people have left tips when they get the burn notice in the comments here!
I had that burn notice once too. I do everything the recipe says to the point of adding the broth then stir. I add the noodles with the soup on top of the noodles and DO NOT STIR. Problem solved no more burn notice. And still turns out super yummy.
Great tip! Thank you!
What can be substituted for the cream of mushroom due to allergy?
Any cream of soup would work like onion, celery, chicken etc.