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Instant Pot Lebanese Green Beans and Beef

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An Instant Pot recipe for one of my most popular family recipes: Lebanese Green Beans and Beef. Beef is cooked in a rich, cinnamon-scented tomato sauce until tender. A family favorite!

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prep time10 minutes

So many of you have been requesting more Instant Pot recipes so as promised, here is another one! While not every recipe is made better (or faster) in an Instant Pot, this Lebanese stewed beef recipe is ideal for it. 

Rich, flavorful and aromatic, the beef becomes extremely tender as it cooks in the cinnamon and all-spice scented tomato sauce. Green beans can be fresh or frozen, whole or chopped. In fact, I usually keep a bag of frozen chopped in my freezer at all times for this particular recipe.

To serve, we love adding a dollop of Lebanese Cucumber Laban, a creamy yogurt, garlic and mint sauce. The tangy yogurt balances the rich beef and it also helps cool down the dish for hungry kids who are too impatient to wait.

You can enjoy it as is or serve over a bed of Lebanese Rice Pilaf. Add in a lemony Syrian Salad and dinner is done!

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Instant Pot Recipe Lebanese Green Beans and Beef

Instant Pot Lebanese Green Beans and Beef

Liz Della Croce
4.57 stars average
An Instant Pot recipe for one of my most popular family recipes: Lebanese Green Beans and Beef. Beef is cooked in a rich, cinnamon-scented tomato sauce.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
CourseMain Dish
Serves4

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pound beef chuck roast cut in 2-inch chunks
  • 1 medium onion diced
  • 1 pound green beans fresh or frozen, cut in 2-inch pieces
  • 32 ounces tomato sauce low sodium
  • 4 servings All-Purpose Lebanese Spice Blend
  • Lebanese Rice Pilaf optional to serve

Instructions
 

  1. Place all of the ingredients in the bottom of the liner pot. 
  2. Close the lid, make sure the vent is closed then press “MEAT/STEW”. Once the timer goes off, release the pressure naturally using NPR. This may take up to 30 minutes.
  3. Remove the lid carefully and serve over Syrian Rice Pilaf if you wish. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1cup | Calories: 309kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 27g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 78mg | Sodium: 1288mg | Potassium: 1406mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 1780IU | Vitamin C: 31.8mg | Calcium: 117mg | Iron: 6.1mg

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41 responses to “Instant Pot Lebanese Green Beans and Beef”

  1. Faith S Beerman Avatar
    Faith S Beerman

    Sauce was grainy and beef was mushy. The volume of spices was in excess which caused the gravy to be grainy. Would not recommend.

  2. Kena Avatar
    Kena

    Hi Liz, I’ve made your recipe here (as well as that for your rice pilaf) which my family enjoyed. Anyway, someone here mentioned adding potato chunks. Any advice on what kind of potatoes and when to add to the instant pot? Thanks.

  3. Eva Avatar
    Eva

    My ip does not have a meat /stew setting. How do I do this?

    1. Liz DellaCroce Avatar
      Liz DellaCroce

      Cook on high pressure for 20 minutes!

  4. Jimbobwa Avatar
    Jimbobwa

    OMG! I followed the exact directions. I chose Sahadi 7 Spice. My house had the smell of a Lebanese Thanksgiving. The flavors are perfect together. Leftovers for lunch were even better. My coworkers are requesting a pot for our next office meal. Thank you!

    1. Liz DellaCroce Avatar
      Liz DellaCroce

      So glad everyone enjoyed!

    1. Liz DellaCroce Avatar
      Liz DellaCroce

      Apologies for the confusion. 1 serving = 1 teaspoon of the blend so 4 servings = 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon which is correct (because that’s the salt, the cinnamon, the nutmeg, the black pepper and the allspice.) I will make it more clear though because I can see why that’s confusing!!! Thank you!

  5. Debbie Avatar
    Debbie

    Could tomato sauce be substituted with fresh tomatoes in the summer? I like to avoid canned products as much as possible. Thanks.

    My best friend is Lebanese and shared her recipe with me years ago. One of my favorites, but so time intensive with the homemade tomato sauce.

    1. Ashley @ The Lemon Bowl Avatar
      Ashley @ The Lemon Bowl

      Hi Debbie! Yes, you can use fresh tomatoes for a slightly different take. It’s still delicious! Let us know what you think 😊

  6. Jeanie Avatar
    Jeanie

    This sounds delicious but since I’m cooking for 1 I’m wondering if this freezes well.

    Any ideas?

    1. Liz DellaCroce Avatar
      Liz DellaCroce

      YES incredibly well!

      1. Debbie Avatar
        Debbie

        Do I cook it for the same amount of time if I am making a triple recipe?

        1. Liz DellaCroce Avatar
          Liz DellaCroce

          Yes!

  7. Richele Faris Avatar
    Richele Faris

    Hi Liz,

    This recipe is great. My husband is Lebanese, and he loves it and requests it often! I love anything that saves me time by using my pressure cooker…

    Richele

    1. Liz DellaCroce Avatar
      Liz DellaCroce

      I’m so glad you enjoyed it!!

  8. Farhaana Avatar
    Farhaana

    Hello
    When you say 4 servings of the spice mix, do you mean 4 tsp?
    Thank you

    1. Liz DellaCroce Avatar
      Liz DellaCroce

      Yes that’s correct!! :)

  9. Rita Graham Avatar
    Rita Graham

    Liz this was a tasty and tender dish! I Keep learning new meals to make with my new instant pot I received at Christmas from my Lebanese mom???? This meal was true to the Lebanese culture! I would argue that even the meat and bean texture and tenderness (I used frozen Lamb chop meat) and the beans(fresh).m was more so in this recipe! My children (6,3,3) and hubby gobbled it up with barely any for leftovers! Flavoring is different for all, I might add more salt next time, but the Lebanese spice mix you used was delish! Thank you for making me feel Lebanese-making my family a Lebanese dish in an instant pot!

    1. Rita Graham Avatar
      Rita Graham

      I forgot to add that we live in EGR and as I was searching for this dish—Yours was the TOO one to come up! Great job! So cool that you are right here in our community (we have mutual friends ????❤️)

  10. Sonya Avatar
    Sonya

    Turned out really yummy! My husband, who isn’t exactly adventurous when trying different cuisines, really loved it, which surprised me. I have the same model Instant Pot, and I cooked it on Manual for 30 minutes, and the beef came out very tender. Thank you for the recipe!

    1. Liz DellaCroce Avatar
      Liz DellaCroce

      I’m so glad you enjoyed it! It’s my husbands favorite meal!

  11. Alia Avatar
    Alia

    The recipe doesn’t say how long to set the IP for. How long does it need to cook?

    1. Liz DellaCroce Avatar
      Liz DellaCroce

      You’ll want to use the “Meat/Stew” setting as it varies per model.

      1. christian Avatar
        christian

        Hello and thanks for this recipe, which I plan on making real soon as it looks amazing and low carb as well! Just a quick question concerning the Meat/Stew setting: did you then set it to less, normal or more ? Also mine sets the timer for 35 minutes. Same for you?I just want the meat to have the right texture: not too chewy yet not too mushy . I will be using a pound like the recipe states. Thanks again and I plan on checking out other recipes on your site for sure!

        1. Liz DellaCroce Avatar
          Liz DellaCroce

          You really can’t overcook this so i would go for more than less!

          1. Farhaana Avatar
            Farhaana

            My IP meat/stew setting is for 90 minutes! Is that too much?

          2. Liz DellaCroce Avatar
            Liz DellaCroce

            Yes that is too long! It’s my understanding that Instant Pot’s Meat/Stew setting should be 35 minutes on normal, so I would recommend clicking the “less” button and seeing what that does on yours.

  12. Lisa Ritchey Varga Avatar
    Lisa Ritchey Varga

    My mother added potato (cut to the size of the meat)- and stewed tomato instead of sauce.. Serve with laban (thick yogurt) and crushed mint. Sans the rice.

    1. Liz DellaCroce Avatar
      Liz DellaCroce

      That’s such a great idea!!

  13. Debbie Zafereo Avatar
    Debbie Zafereo

    I only have the big can of crushed tomatoes & 3 little cans of sauce. Do you think I’ll be safe if I sub the big can plus one small sauce?

    1. Liz DellaCroce Avatar
      Liz DellaCroce

      Yes totally will work!

  14. Maggie Turner Avatar
    Maggie Turner

    This burned on me.

    I followed the instructions with one exception, I substituted a can of diced tomatoes for the tomato sauce..

    Luckily I caught it as the burn warning appeared, and was able to deglaze a not too burnt pot, stir in an addditonal cup of water, and started cooking again from teh beginning. Then it cooked as expected.

    1. Liz DellaCroce Avatar
      Liz DellaCroce

      So glad you saved the recipe. Each Instant Pot is a bit different than the next but I’ve found the more you use yours the better you get at it. This is also great on slow cooker setting!

      1. Maggie Turner Avatar
        Maggie Turner

        We loved it! This is on the YES list at our house.

        1. Liz DellaCroce Avatar
          Liz DellaCroce

          So happy you enjoyed it!!!

  15. Sara Avatar
    Sara

    Hello. How many tablespoons is 4 servings of the Lebanese spice blend?

    1. Liz DellaCroce Avatar
      Liz DellaCroce

      2 tablespoons, Sorry for the confusion!

      1. Greta Avatar
        Greta

        Earlier you say it’s 4 tsp

        1. Liz DellaCroce Avatar
          Liz DellaCroce

          Yes, 4 servings of my all purpose spice blend is 4 tsp.