This Instant Pot Shredded Beef Barbecue with just four simple ingredients is easy to make and full of flavor. Since you make this BBQ beef recipe in the electric pressure cooker, it doesn’t need hours in the oven or crock pot.

What is better than a recipe with only a couple ingredients? How about a four-ingredient recipe that is cooked in the electric pressure cooker?

This Beef Barbecue recipe features your favorite BBQ sauce and crushed pineapple and is cooked in the Instant Pot! It really is that simple.

This recipe comes from Barbara. She created it when she needed to get dinner on the table but hadn’t planned ahead on what that meal was going to be!

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What kind of beef roast should I use?

Chuck roast is a good beef cut to shred but you can use the beef roast of your choice for this BBQ beef.

If you have one in the freezer, just pull it out the night before and throw it in the refrigerator so it’s thawed and ready to go the next day.

If you want to go the low and slow method, here is a recipe for beef barbecue in the slow cooker.

How do you eat your shredded barbecue beef? Most often, Barbara’s family eats theirs on open faced sandwiches the first round, and then she serves the leftovers on top of baked sweet potatoes.

How to Make Shredded Beef Barbecue in the Instant Pot

Thaw your beef roast in the refrigerator overnight.
Place thawed beef roast and broth in your Instant Pot insert. Cover and seal.
Cook on high pressure. When done, use natural release method.
Remove beef and shred. Drain remaining broth from insert and add beef back.
Add bbq sauce and crushed pineapple. Cover and seal.
Cook on high pressure for 1 minute and use quick release method.

Full instructions below.

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Instant Pot Shredded Beef Barbecue

This Instant Pot Shredded Beef Barbecue with just four simple ingredients is easy to make and full of flavor. Since this BBQ beef recipe is make in the electric pressure cooker, it doesn't need hours in the oven or crock pot.

Prep Time5

Cook Time1 45

Total Time1 50

Course: Entree

Cuisine: American

Keyword: instant pot shredded beef barbecue

Servings:

Calories: 287kcal

Author: Barbara

Ingredients

1 beef roast approximately 2 pounds, not frozen
1 1/2 cups beef broth water can be used
1 cup barbecue sauce
1 cup crushed pineapple

Instructions

Add beef roast and beef broth to the electric pressure cooker insert.
Cover and seal. Cook on high pressure for 99 minutes. (Refer to the instruction manual of your pressure cooker for recommended cook time for a beef roast.) Release pressure with natural release method.
Remove the beef, and shred with 2 forks.
Drain off broth from cooker insert. (This can be saved and used in a different recipe).
Add shredded beef, barbeque sauce and crushed pineapple back to the cooker insert.
Cover and seal. Cook on high pressure for 1 minute. Release pressure using quick pressure release so that the barbeque sauce does not caramelize.
Serve on bread, buns, over rice or on top of baked potatoes.