Instant Pot Shredded Beef

This Instant Pot shredded beef  is a very versatile low carb dinner. This Italian roast makes for a delicious topping on zucchini noodles or use it in casseroles. One large serving of Italian shredded beef is only 2.4g net carbs! This post is sponsored by the Certified Angus Beef ® brand in conjunction with a social media campaign through Sunday Supper LLC. All opinions are my own. 

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Have you ever made shredded beef in the Instant Pot or slow cooker? I love how tender a beef roast can get, especially when it’s just falls apart. Today I made an Instant Pot shredded beef recipe with Italian flavors. I used low carb marinara sauce, garlic and spices and then cooked it down until it was fall apart tender.

It came out so good! My hubby and son ate it over egg noodles and I ate mine atop a pile of zucchini noodles. With some of the leftovers we stuffed some of my hubby’s poblano peppers and also made sandwiches. It’s such a versatile recipe that’s great for making low carb meals!

What type of beef to use?

I love to use chuck roasts for shredded beef recipes. It has enough marbling to give it flavor and it’s a popular cut of beef that you can find in most stores.  Also it’s pretty inexpensive, especially when Giant Eagle has a BOGO sale on Certified Angus Beef®!  

So for shredded beef dishes definitely go for a 2-3 lb chuck roast, preferably Certified Angus Beef as it is a such a good quality piece of meat.

Recipe ingredients I used.

Beef is of course naturally a zero carb food as are most meats. To give this dish flavor I used lots of garlic and spices. Also Parmesan cheese usually has zero carbs and is great with a tomato type broth.

So the simple ingredients I used was a chuck roast, Rao’s marinara sauce, olive oil, salt, black pepper, fresh garlic cloves, Parmesan cheese oregano, basil and thyme.

Any type of pasta sauce usually has quite a few carbs. I used Rao’s marinara sauce because I love the flavor and it has less carbs than most brands. Aldi Specialty Selects marinara is also another lower carb sauce to try.

How to make Instant Pot Shredded Beef.

Step 1: Using the saute function, heat up your Instant Pot to high. This will take a few minutes to heat up so do it first.

Step 2: While that is heating up, cut the roast into a few big chunks like you see below. This will help it cook faster in the Instant Pot. If you want to make this in a slow cooker the directions are below.

Step 3: Next make little slits in the beef and stuff them with slivers of garlic.  Take the spices (basil, oregano, salt, black pepper and thyme) and mix them together. Rub them into the big beef chunks.

Step 4: Pour the olive oil in the hot Instant Pot and brown the pieces of meat. Brown them on both sides. This may take a few minutes.

Step 5: While the meat is browning, mix 1 teaspoon of Better than Bouillon beef base with water. And in a second bowl, mix the marinara sauce, tomato paste and Parmesan cheese.

Step 6: Once the meat is brown, take it out of the pot and deglaze the brown bits on the bottom of the pan with the bouillon mixture. Add the meat back into the pot and pour the sauce over top. 

Step 7: Secure the lid and manually pressure cook for 50 minutes. Let the pressure come down naturally when it’s done. This will ensure your meat in nice and tender.

Then take two forks and shred the meat. Let it sit in the cooking liquid and soak it up. When it’s done it should look like the picture below.

How to make this shredded beef dish in the slow cooker.

You can easily make this in the slow cooker too. No need to cut up the beef in chunks but you do want to stuff it with garlic and rub the spices all over it. Then brown it on both sides in a large hot skillet.

Place it in the slow cooker once browned, then pour over the sauce. However this time mix the marinara, tomato paste, Parmesan cheese, Better than Bouillon and water all together to make the sauce. 

Let it cook on slow for 6-8 hours on low and then shredded with two large forks. Let it sit for 5 minutes to soak up the sauce.

Different ways to eat this dish.

As I mentioned above this is a very versatile low carb beef recipe. Here are way you can use it:

• Eat as is for your main dish.
• Spoon over zucchini noodles or pasta.
• Spoon over cauliflower rice or regular rice.
• Make sandwiches with good buns and melted cheese.
• Use it in casseroles.
• Mix with cheese and stuff peppers or zucchini. 
• Make a delicious soup by adding beef broth and cooked vegetables. 

My hubby and son ate this over egg noodles and they loved it! Seriously my husband went on and on about it. I had mine over zucchini noodles.

This was definitely an easy low carb dinner for us. I will be making it again as my family really liked it and I got so many dishes out of it. The nutritional information for 1 serving (based on 8)  is:

The nutritional information for 1 serving is 415 calories / 25.9g fat / 3.1g carbs / 0.7g fiber / 46.7g protein = 2.4g net carbs

And if you are looking for a great side dish to go with this shredded beef, try my friend Maya’s antipasto salad recipe! 

By the way  you might want to check this  Certified Angus Beef® Kitchen Facebook group to learn some great beef tips and recipes. It really helped me to make my first prime rib! For more information about Certified Angus Beef ® brandfollow them on their Social Media Platforms: Facebook | Pinterest | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter