Instant Pot Korean Beef Tacos

I make an extra half a batch of sauce so I can cook with the full one and have more to pour over.

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Instant Pot Korean Beef Tacos

Yield: 8

Author: Pinch of Yum

Prep time: 10 MinCook time: 1 HourTotal time: 1 H & 10 M

Food truck fusion-style tacos, straight outta the Instant Pot! Flavorful garlic and ginger beef gets tucked into flour tortillas with kimchi, cilantro, peanuts, and spicy mayo. Oooo-ee!

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Ingredients

Korean Beef

• 1 14–ounce can pears, drained (fresh pears work, too)
• 1 two-inch knob of fresh ginger
• 4 cloves garlic
• ½ cup soy sauce
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 1 tsp sesame oil
• 2 lbs. top sirloin (see notes)

Filling

• chopped cilantro
• chopped peanuts
• kimchi !!!! or slaw of some sort
• sriracha mayo or yum yum sauce (Anthology has included a recipe for this)
• flour tortillas

Instructions

Sauce

1. Pulse pears, ginger, garlic, soy sauce, sesame oil, and brown sugar until mostly smooth. Reserve half for later use (see notes).

Beef

1. Trim any fat off the meat and cut into a few large chunks (it will shred, but cutting the meat helps it cook faster). Place in an Instant Pot and cover with half of the sauce. Cook on high pressure (manual) for 45 minutes. Release steam and shred the meat in the Instant Pot with two forks.

Tacos

1. Fill each tortilla with beef, cilantro, peanuts, kimchi, and spicy mayo. Oh.My.Gosh. It’s so good.

Notes

Slow Cooker: If you want to make this in the slow cooker, follow the same directions but cook the meat on high for 3-5 hours, or low for 6-8 hours.

Cuts of Meat: Chuck roast can work, but I found that even with some trimming, it still had too much fat for my liking. Top sirloin is a little more spendy, but I love it in this recipe because there is less fat to work around and you really just get the awesomeness of the beef.

Marinating: If you have time to marinate the meat, DO IT. It really enhances the flavor of the meat to let it all kinda hang out together with the sauce for a while. If you don’t have time, no biggie. I usually don’t have time either, and I’d still give it 5/5 for flavor.

Anthology Notes

I often double the sauce and depending on the cut and my mood, I sometimes don't shred the beef.

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