Beef Bourguignon - Instant Pot Recipe for a delicious Frugal Food Friday

I cook the classic beef bourguignon in my Instant Pot for a delicious winter warming meal.
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[@lindajacquot5391]

I have had an Instant Pot for two years and it is still in the box (I know, I know), but I am going to inaugurate it with your recipe this week! This may change up my cooking completely, although I do love my cast iron pots and pans.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

It will make your cooking quicker, and easier

[@marie34K]

I like it that you cook French dishes ! My beef bourguignon is slightly different but looks exactly like yours . I only use a tall glass of red wine ( because of the price of a whole bottle) and add 2Tall glasses of water .As to the mushrooms I fry them in a pan and serve them on top of the meat ..so you see we do it almost the same .It’s so good in winter when it is very cold outside

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

That wine was only 2€ in Lidl. It’s fine for cooking, I don’t marinade my beef. If it was for a dinner party, I would sauté the mushrooms, lardons and shallots at the end and add them. However, I think it tastes great in the pressure cooker.

[@Sherilibrarian]

Another recipe we plan to try! My instant pot died during 2020. My husband replaced it with a Ninja 5 in 1. I can air fry, pressure cook, bake, slow cook and more. It really is an oven replacement. And when our oven died this year allowed me to cook while saving to replace. Win win!!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Those Ninjas are so cool

[@cyclingonplants7444]

Thanks for the wonderful recipe Jane - I will definitely make this for my husband. I bet he asks me to make it for when we go Winter camping. We've had an Instant Pot for 2 years now - we were a bit late joining the party but I'm so glad we have it! I use it several times a week I use it to make steel cut oats, different types of beans, rice, quinoa, steamed potatoes and vegetables, soups, pasta sauce and stews. It's such a time saver and I like not having to stir and babysit whatever is cooking in it.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

I love it, I hate spoiling food and nothing ever burns or dries out in it.

[@erinlavigne6644]

Can’t wait!

[@danielintheantipodes6741]

I definitely need an Instant Pot.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

They’re very useful

[@patmartin9727]

Lovely idea that will be on the menu this next week. I have beef in the freezer so I will get it out for tomorrow. I will make it in my slow cooker as I don’t have an instant pot. I love your cooking videos the are so inspiring and meals are always taste. Watching you make them inspires me to try them. Needless to say you cook the kind of food I love. Keep them coming. Whatever subject you are covering you have the back of making it interesting (suppose that’s the teacher in you) the music added by Mick is the icing on the cake.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

How kind of you. Thanks for watching

[@pamelacourtney8998]

That looks delicious. Thanks Jane. Blessings to all.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks Pam

[@melstjohn3766]

I bought the same offer in Brittany on Tuesday and made a huge beef casserole on Wednesdays in my slow cooker Great to see your BB will give that a try next time .Thanks Jane .

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

It’s not normally that cheap. I’ve got another kilo in the freezer. I made our dinner, plus froze other portions of the bœuf bourguignon too.

[@melstjohn3766]

@@FrugalQueeninFrance I know I am going back tomorrow for more 😋

[@rethadyches3704]

Delish

[@jamesnbrenda8960]

Jane & Michael, This is exactly why I love your vlogs!!! You cook the way I was raised! Living in the country you make do with what you already have, or have grown in the garden and kept in the cellar. This recipe is still the basic ingredients and it looks delicious!! Will definitely be making this. We cook with our stove, one instant pot, and one slow cooker. I use the instant pot to batch cook a lot of items! Dry beans of all kinds, pasta sauces, brown rice, white rice, stocks and bone broth. We store all of this in our freezer in “family size portions” so weekly meals are quick and as healthy as possible. Our version of fast food 🤨😉😂 (Another side note of what I love about you two, you do most everything together! That is my hubby and I. Obviously, we do our own things but generally not far away from each other. Just the way our lives works best for us.) Thank you so very much for sharing your lives with us! God bless you both.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks so much James and Brenda

[@lisacalandra2474]

I still work part time even though my husband is retired and often on the days I work, I cook something up in my slow cooker. I mix it up the night before and tell my husband what time to take it out of the fridge and plug it in. That makes dinner so much easier when I get home from the hospital. Just made some barbecue pork shoulder the other night. It’s great for leftovers too.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

It’s so useful

[@gitamariasturm6365]

LOOKS SO YUMMIE! I just have a crock pot, this instant pot looks fantastic! I also use a small toaster oven that has convection bake setting, it’s wonderful from toast to baking it can do it all, and heats up so quickly. Love your videos, they are such a joy. Thank U Both

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

I use a toaster oven too, it saves money

[@joyofthings]

Looks cosy smoke from the chimney pot and food from the instant pot and money saved in your money pot.xxxx🐝

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks Linda

[@valeriewiggin7128]

Your food looks delicious. Love your videos.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thank you so much 🤗

[@lisagarrison25315]

I love cooking in my Instant Pot ! One pot cooking is so convenient. Your meal looks absolutely delicious ! Thank you for sharing your recipe ❤

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

It cooks quickly too

[@gabriellemedeiros3161]

Hi Jane! Greetings from Fall River, Massachusetts USA!! I use my crockpot & air fryer! Im sorry people feel the need to criticize your recipe, so not cool!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks Gabrielle. It was delicious.

[@janeelizabeth6711]

Looks lovely, will definately make this.Thank you for sharing. 🎄

[@sharonbarker7448]

I used a slow cooker that plugs in, uses the same amount of electricity as a light bulb (prob not energy saving ones). I can put it on in the morning and it will be ready early evening or overnight. If I cook overnight, I have economy 7 so my electricity is 1/4 of the day time amount. Therefore, it is 1/ 4 of the cost of an electric light bulb.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Superb Sharon. I had one for years.

[@Cheer10x11]

Thanks, and related, but not: pulled your Christmas cake out of the oven today...wow my house smells great! Thanks again for that!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Enjoy and Merry Christmas

[@momof2momof2]

It looks absolutely delicious !! tfs 🥰🎄🌞🌛🍭🍬☕🏜️🎅💝✝️

[@ninnolose7298]

I can only imagine how good your house must smell while cooking the beef bourguignon.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

It smelled like a French restaurant

[@vickiejohnson5821]

Thank you for all your great ideas. looks good.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks Vickie,

[@miriamtaylor7518]

Made me feel hungry Jane! I use my Ninja Foodi every day, very similar to Instant Pot. The best gadget we have bought in 40 years together, no exaggeration! I have given one to my son for Christmas - in use already. Thanks for doing what you do! Happy Christmas to you both!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Merry Christmas to you too. Thanks for watching

[@bridgetryan6936]

Looks great

[@lisacalandra2474]

That recipe looks great I will be trying it!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Bon appétit

[@annblack8981]

Another great recipe Jane.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks Ann.

[@barbaracarbone4658]

Mmmmm looks incredible. 😋 I love my Instant Pot. Everything comes out so delicious. Thanks.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

It makes meat so juicy

[@martapogribna6396]

Instant pot is amazing! I have one, and my daughter and daughter-in law have one each! So useful!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

They are useful

[@juliethompson5301]

Looks delicious ❤️ I'm working a couple of lates next week so I could adapt this to the slow cooker.thank you Jane x

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Just pop it in the slow cooker and go to work.

[@cheriesharp234]

Well I shall be giving that a try it looked yummy. Xxx

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Enjoy

[@michiemca]

I don't have many plug in appliances. We don't even have a microwave any more. I use my oven once a week for bread. Cornbread. If we have company coming a dessert. We have salad. And I keep fruit on hand and. we do sandwiches. And soups or I warm up beans on the stove top. I also use a crock pot.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Crockpots are great money savers

[@jomcd2073]

Another tasty looking meal Jane:)

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks Jo

[@yvettehopkins9397]

Looked delicious 🤤

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thank you, it was.

[@laetitialogan2017]

Delish...

[@2ndchancecatrescue398]

That looks yummy.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks k it was stunning,

[@louiseoconnor8071]

I have just bought a crockpot multi cooker, I think it is the same as an instant pot, just done chicken stew, was lovely, but very I’m Very impressed with time/ electric saving. Will be using it and looking at slow cooking as well. Thanks for the recipes and other hints and tips.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks Louise , they are time savers, normally Î would simmer a casserole or stew for three or four hours,

[@mariannejoynes6541]

Fantastic recipe! I’m making a campfire stew with my instant pot today, but when I see beef on offer I’ll be making your recipe for sure. Thanks both. Xx

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

I only buy which ever meat is on offer.

[@mariannejoynes6541]

@@FrugalQueeninFrance Me too, no meat on offer this week so it’s meat from the freezer or veggie meals. 😋😉😁

[@Tess-FrugalLiving]

What a great price that beef was! And your finished dish looked fabulous.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

It was, I’ve got another kilo in the freezer

[@Tess-FrugalLiving]

@@FrugalQueeninFrance I did wonder if you would have taken the chance to stock up. 😄. Nice one x

[@heatherbrunton5381]

This had me drooling. It's an overcast day in Eastern Ontario today. Good day to pull out the instant pot and give beef bourguignon a try. Thanks again for the recipe!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

You’re welcome

[@marypeterson1053]

I use a slow cooker, i don't have and instant pod but it looks so interesting.

[@heathertucker7056]

That meal looked incredible! How I would have loved to tuck in! I have two slow cookers of different sizes that I use for casserole cooking.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Slow cookers are great money savers

[@jilllecar]

Thanks for the recipe Jane, you inspired me to make some coq au vin. We use our instant pot a lot and we still do find that it saves money on propane which is the fuel that we heat our gas oven. . My favorite thing to make an instant pot is orange chicken. It tastes just like the Chinese chicken from the takeout, but it’s much healthier version. I love my instant pot.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

We like pulled pork in it too

[@sowenchantedirishkitchenga8282]

We have an instant pot and we love. It!!! I need to learn more recipes to do with it for the simple reason of yes it saves energy and saves on washing up!!!! We have ours maybe 15/18 months now it’s a godsend

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

They are time savers and they make tough cheaper cuts of meat tender

[@marlyngeeding1877]

Looks delicious! I just bought an instant pot last month. I have been experimenting with different recipes. I am going to try to bake a cake in it next. It is wonderful to eat a delicious meal and the same time save money. Plus less dishes to wash.😋😍

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

It’s so quick too.

[@sheilaraine3654]

That looks lovely. I've just bought a a similar gadget (by tefal was on offer at half price of instant pot 😄) I'm still getting used to it but have made some delicious broths/soups with it. Thanks for sharing the recipe Jane.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

They are great for soups.

[@cherylbarcoski8251]

Isn't this funny, this is what we are having for Christmas dinner !

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Well it’s delicious, so why not.

[@RhondaTowanda]

Ooh I am going to make this looks so delicious! I have had an instant pot for many years, and I love it! I have an 8 qt. And now a 3 qt. In the winter our utilities go up to $500 a month, so I use the instant pot every day. We really need to move, I don’t like high utilities bills.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Ouch, that’s a lot of money.

[@cherylverber7672]

A fabulous recipe and I have reacquainted myself with my pressure cooker and its going great. Ill definitely make boeuf bourgainon and maybe a coq au vin leading up to Christmas and freeze any for January. Again you have inspired me thank you

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Both delicious

[@cherylverber7672]

@@FrugalQueeninFrance funny enough I've just cooked a beef brisket, enough for tonight and a stir fry tomorrow and some for the freezer for another day, it wasn't a big bit either, 3 meals one piece of beef, happy days

[@janenewley6539]

No I don’t have an instant pot….though they look great….but I have…and use a pressure cooker😊, byee, jinxy

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Pressure cookers certainly save time

[@jeannestott1456]

Lovely recipe Jane I could smell it as you were cooking it oh my can't wait to have a go .Yes I do have an instant pot. I also love using it. I haven't worked out if it's cheaper than my cooker yet. I have a dual fuel oven electric and gas hob . Maybe I need to time and check units etc.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

It’s draws less energy than a hob or oven so I use it as much as I can

[@morrisapruett2118]

Bought an Instant pot two months ago when my slow cooker died. Oh my gosh, I don’t know why I waited so long. It is so versatile. I even make hard boiled eggs in it.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

I thought that too. I was without a slow cooker for quite a while too.

[@judyking9171]

I've very recently bought an Instant Pot; I've often used a pressure cooker on my hob, it is useful but you have to keep around to control things. I used the slow cooking control to melt the butter in the mincemeat I've just made, this went well, but I expect I will use my slow cooker some of the time. I have found the Instant Pot easy to use but the instructions don't contain much information about cooking times etc. so previous experience with pressure cooking may be an advantage.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

There’s plenty of recipes online for the IP.

[@judyking9171]

I'll have another go at finding something on their website!

[@dorothyc7395]

That stew looked delicious !!! Thanks for sharing the recipe, I'm definitely going to try it. I think the price of electricity here in Spain is even higher than France so we have to be very careful. I dug out my old pressure cooker and have started to cook things in bulk and freeze it in smaller portions - I hope that way we use less electricity 🤞

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Hi Dorothy, thank goodness for long French summers where we’re not using so much electricity and thank goodness for our wood cooker

[@mkhuntstreasure3192]

You always make me so hungry! Lovely BB, I like that you only use 1 bottle of wine, 2 seems to dull the beef for me.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Traditionally, the wine is soaked in a bottle of wine overnight,

[@mulatokudzava7797]

Hey Jane, seems like a very clever and delicious way of making "Beef Bourguignon"! I don´t have an instant pot, but now I´m thinking about getting one, although it could be probably done in an oven as well...

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

If you don’t have a pressure cooker, you will need to cook it for several hours to tenderize the meat

[@mulatokudzava7797]

@@FrugalQueeninFrance You´re right, last night I cooked a chicken soup and a fallow deer stock and a fallow deer stew. It took from three to about six hours. My oven doesn´t work well these days. So I simmered slowly for a long time. I wonder, do you ever cook chicken soup using an older hen? It makes excellent bullion and since a hen is a rather cheap ingredient, I find this kind of stock very frugal:-)

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

@@mulatokudzava7797 none of the chickens we can buy are old, they’re all young

[@mulatokudzava7797]

@@FrugalQueeninFrance Interesting, maybe that´s why in English there is only "chicken soup" and no "hen soup"? But the hen soup, at least here in the Czech Republic, is widely known as a great remedy for colds and overall a kind of comfort food that can improve your health. Maybe one day you could buy some "retired" hen from a local farmer and try to make that miracle elixir:-) A pressure cooker would be surely much appreciated for such a meritorious undertaking:-)) Thanks for your recipe, I can´t remember whether I have tried to cook B.B. ever in my life... I just remember it from the movie Julie and Julia, I like that movie a lot.

[@lindab8078]

Thank you for a great demo! I was making lasagna and banana bread while watching you. I’ve had an instant pot for a few years and need to use it more,definitely going to give this a go. Is there something I can substitute the wine with? Thanks again!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Not really as then it wouldn’t be a red wine sauce, nothing wrong with a simple gravy

[@cathyallshouse2981]

Don't have an instant pot or air fryer. For stews like that I use a cast iron dutch oven. And I have made beef buorguignon in it in a very similar manner. I like to add frozen green peas in mine at the very end.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks for watching

[@mariedamon5655]

Hi jane we have a slow cooker we brought it for 3 pound from a charity shop the next week we went back.they had 2 more so brought a couple for rest of our family .the other week we had veg gravy potatoes stock in it and added tin of corned beef it tasted nice .the dinner looked realy yummy.im not sure we have cooked that going to try it thank you x

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Those were awesome charity shop finds

[@LifeIsMessyImLearningAsIGrow]

From one big instead pot fan to another this looks amazing! I can’t wait to give this a try. I make instant pot recipe videos to. I subscribed to you and hop we can connect and learn from one another!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks for watching and your lovely comment.

[@sukigrice1841]

Hi Jane. To vit costs I use a pressure cooker or slow cooker Must admit making sure I really fill my slow cooker to get a few meals cooked in one go.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

We do the same, I fill in and freeze a few meals,

[@chrisfiller465]

That looked delish Jane, how many meals did you get out of that beef? I have an Instant Pot which I wouldn’t be without. I make many different meals in it. Interestingly not to save electric but to save time and to save me effort. I will investigate how much it costs to run in comparison to our electric oven. Thanks Jane and Michael. Keep up the good work.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Hi Chris. I got six generous individual portions from that. Thanks for watching

[@Jayas_Kitchen5510]

subscribed.....

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks for watching and subscribing

[@sophiawolthof1238]

👍👍👍

[@patrice1966]

That looks really good! Is there something I could substitute for the wine, I don’t care for wine and with some of my medications I cannot have alcohol?

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

You could just add water, I’d be a beef stew. Nothing wrong with plain old beef stew.

[@marie34K]

Some people use grape Juice instead of red wine. I’m not sure the result would be the same though. Too sweet probably ... who knows

[@virginiacervantes2110]

👍🌹

[@sunnyh2334]

Such a coincidence, I am doing this tomorrow! Bottle of wine from Lidl for £2.99; on offer, goodness knows what it will be like 😂 but will just use a large glass as it does nothing for my rheumatism… will be done in a slow cooker, but I wonder if instant pots use less electricity, presume they do as all sealed.

[@melitabevington6745]

I do not have an Instant Pot yet. I am yet to be convinced it will save me time, and I confess to being a bit intimidated by the functions. I do, however, have 3 different sized slow cookers which I use regularly, and also try to cook as many things as I can on my (propane) stove top. We are planning a move soon, and I intend to get a toaster oven for the new house to limit oven use.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Beef bourguignon in the IP took one hour and twenty minutes, it would take a 4-5 hour simmer in the stove top, stirring and adding liquid so it didn’t dry out.

[@mariagouveia2101]

hello! I would like to ask you about what you think about a slow cooker, I am thinking to buy one but it depends of electric consumption if it is high or not. sorry I know it's not a subject related with your video that by the way is very good.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

A slow cooker is the cheapest way to cook, put a stew or casserole in first thing in the morning, in the evening, it’ll be ready

[@chicagogran1164]

I will certainly try this recipe, but I have fibromyalgia and can’t use wine because of the sulfites in it. Any ideas for subs? Thanks!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Yes, put water in it, it will then be a beef stew.

[@Teetalks64]

❤️💯🍞🍞🍞🍞

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks very much for commenting

[@diegeferenbach8065]

Looks delicious 😋 We don't have an instant pot, it's on my to get list, saving cash for it, hopefully next summer. I've heard wonderful things about it. I've had a thermomix for 15 years and I also use the slow cooker

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

They are very useful.

[@laetitialogan2017]

You'll never look back,

[@inekedusseljee3093]

What is difference between a slow cooker, crock pot and instant pot?. But is worth using it for one person?

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

A slow cooker/crock pot is the same, they just cook slowly. An instant pot is multi function

[@inekedusseljee3093]

@@FrugalQueeninFrance is it the price worth for just one person?

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

@@inekedusseljee3093 no, 5.50€ was for all the meat, it cost 12€ to make the entire beef bourguignon, it made 6 portions so 2€ per portion, plus veggies it was 2.50€ per person.

[@inekedusseljee3093]

@@FrugalQueeninFrance okay, I will not spend on a special cooker, for they are not so cheap to buy. . I will just use what I have in pots and pans. Thank you for your answer.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

@@inekedusseljee3093 my mistake, I thought your question was about the beef I cooked. If you have a Lidl store near you, they make their own version of the instant pot. It’s cheaper.

[@ruthchurchwell324]

How much is a euro

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Do you mean if I were to convert it to another currency?