Quick and Easy Instant Pot Oxtail Soup (This is So Good!)
- Author: Anna - MissWish.com
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 55 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour, 10 minutes
- Yield: 6-8 1x
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- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 3–4 pounds oxtail, chopped into 2 inch chunks (ask your butcher to do this), fat trimmed
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 4 garlic clove, minced
- 2 celery sticks, chopped
- 4 medium carrots, peeled and chopped
- 2 tbsp plain flour
- 1 cup red wine
- a few sprigs of fresh thyme
- a few sprigs of fresh rosemary
- 4 fresh bay leaves
- 2 (14 oz) cans of plum tomatoes
- 4 cups beef stock
- 1 (14 oz) can butter beans, rinsed and drained
- 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
- salt, black pepper to taste
- Use unwaxed kitchen string to tie rosemary, thyme and bay leaves together. Set aside.
- Season the oxtail pieces with salt and black pepper.
- Press the SAUTE button on the Instant pot and let stand until screen reads “HOT”.
- Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
- Add the onion, carrot, celery and cook, stirring occasionally for 2-3 minutes.
- Add the garlic and cook for 30 seconds.
- Transfer the vegetables on a plate and set aside.
- Add the remaining olive oil in the pot.
- Brown the oxtail pieces in batches.
- Remove the oxtail pieces from the pot.
- Add the wine and scrape the bottom of the pot with a wooden spoon to loosen the brown bits.
- Add the cooked vegetables and flour and mix to combine.
- Add the stock, plum tomatoes, Worcester sauce, fresh herbs, oxtail pieces and stir to combine.
- Press the CANCEL button.
- Close and seal the Instant pot.
- Turn the venting knob to SEALING.
- Press PRESSURE COOK button and check to make sure the pressure level shows as “High” in the display.
- Adjust the timer to 45 minutes.
- When finished cooking, release pressure naturally according to manufacturer’s directions.
- Open the lid.
- Skim the fat off.
- Stir in the chopped parsley and butter beans.
- Season to taste with salt and black pepper.
- Serve warm.
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