Instant Pot Venison Stew with Sweet Potatoes is full of sweet heat and chipotle flavors. A quick cook stew recipe with delicious and tender results! Sweet Potatoes and smoky chipotle venison flavors combine in this stew to make a hearty Paleo meal for your family in just 1 hour!
❤️ Why you'll love it
Paleo friendly: If you are following Paleo, this recipe fits the Paleo diet perfectly!
Quick prep and cook time: This venison recipe can be prepped in under 10 minutes and has a 20 minute cooking time.
Tender meat: the Instant Pot cooking method makes the venison stew meat fall apart tender.
Great flavors: the combination of sweet, spicy, and smoky flavors is delicious. It has a rich chipotle flavor gravy that complements the sweet potatoes.
🥘 Ingredients
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Venison Stew Meat: Because this is a tough cut, the Instant Pot or slow cooker is the best way to cook it. I love both methods, but I admit, the Instant Pot has become my favorite overall.
Sweet Potatoes: This is the best potato to use for the flavor combination.
Chipotle Peppers with Adobo Sauce: The smoky flavor and heat from these smoked jalapenos are very unique and something you won't want to substitute. It is what makes this recipe so delicious.
Maple Syrup: You need a little bit of sweetener added to this recipe in order to counteract the heat. It is a really nice compliment.
Chili Powder: I like dark red chili powder.
Cumin: ground cumin adds a ton of flavor and compliments the chili powder.
🔪 Instructions
- Add olive oil to the instant pot and turn on the saute mode.
- When oil is hot, add onions and saute 2 minutes, or until translucent
- Place venison stew meat in a large bowl and toss with the chili powder, ground cumin, and salt.
- Add seasoned meat to the instant pot and saute until stew is browned on all sides. Cancel the saute setting.
- Add chicken broth, tomatoes, chipotle peppers, and maple syrup. Scraping the bottom of the pot to bring up any browned bits of flavor. Stir in the sweet potatoes.
- Seal the instant pot lid and make sure the release valve is in the locked position. Set the manual timer for 30 minutes.
- When timer goes off, do a slow release. After 30 minutes, manually release any remaining pressure.
- Serve hot.
🥄 Equipment
Instant Pot: Also known as an electric pressure cooker. It is my choice of cooking method for this recipe. However, a slow cooker can be used also.
Chef knife: Use a knife that is sharp enough to chop the potatoes and will also remove any silverskin from the venison meat.
🥫Storage
Refrigerate: store leftover chipotle venison stew in an airtight container in the fridge up to 5 days.
Freeze: freeze leftover stew
📖 Variations
- Add a few chopped carrots to the stew.
- Beef or vegetable broth can be subbed for the chicken broth.
- Use butternut squash in place of sweet potatoes.
- Use ground venison or beef stew meat in place of the venison stew meat
💭 Tips
- The saute setting is used to soften and cook the onion. It is also used to brown the stew meat, not to fully cook it. You want to sear the outside of the meat, then fully cook it under pressure.
- Once all of the ingredients are in the Instant Pot, make sure that the release valve is in the locked position.
- Allow the Instant Pot do a natural release. The locked-in steam will help the meat be extra tender.
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🍽 Serve with...
Whenever I serve this chipotle venison stew, I always want something to soak up all the delicious broth that is left in the bowl. These Quick Dinner Rolls or Sweet Potato Rolls will do the trick!
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📖 Recipe
Instant Pot Venison Stew with Sweet Potatoes
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Ingredients
- 1½ pounds stew meat , venison or beef
- 2 large sweet potatoes , diced
- ½ cup chopped onion
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- ½ tablespoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 14.5 ounce diced tomatoes
- 2 tablespoon chipotle with adobo sauce
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
Instructions
- Add olive oil to the instant pot and turn on the saute mode.
- When oil is hot, add onions and saute 2 minutes, or until translucent.
- Place venison stew meat in a large bowl and toss with the chili powder, ground cumin, and salt.
- Add seasoned meat to the instant pot and saute until stew is browned on all sides. Cancel the saute setting.
- Add chicken broth, tomatoes, chipotle peppers, and maple syrup. Scraping the bottom of the pot to bring up any browned bits of flavor. Stir in the sweet potatoes.
- Seal the instant pot lid and make sure the release valve is in the locked position. Set the manual timer for 30 minutes.
- When timer goes off, do a slow release. After 30 minutes, manually release any remaining pressure.Serve hot.
Jalena
How many sweet potatoes do you recommend using? I don't see them listed in the ingredients....
Shelby Law Ruttan
Hi Jalena, it is two large sweet potatoes, diced. Enjoy!
Ron
Excellent alternative venison stew recipe! Sweet potatoes are a great stew alternative to white potatoes and carrots and celery. Meat was very tender and the adobo pepper sauce adds just the right amount of heat to warm you on a cold night!
Note:. Instructions omit adding the chicken stock at step 6 or 7.
Shelby Law Ruttan
Hi Ron, thanks, glad you enjoyed the recipe! Shelby
Jacci
Recipe instructions don't include the chicken broth, I assume I just put that in at the end before turning on the Instant Pot?
Shelby Law Ruttan
Hi Jacci, the chicken broth is listed first in step 6. Thanks, and enjoy!
Tammy
Shelby!
We love this recipe.
My only error was using the whole 7oz can of chipotle peppers in adobo lol. But we like spicy and it turned out fabulous.
Shelby Law Ruttan
Hi Tammy, thank you for letting me know! So glad you love the recipe! Shelby
Nathan Newlin
Tried in pressure cooker and was great want to try w besr meat in slow cooker........how would you vary in slow cooker as far as adding chilis and syrup later in cooking process?
Shelby Law Ruttan
Hi Nathan, glad you enjoyed the recipe! As for a bear meat, I am not familiar with using it, however, I personally would follow the steps the same as instant pot (do the saute of veggies and sear meat first) and then add the rest of the ingredients and cook on high for 4 hours or low for 6.
Medora
I used 1/2 pound of thick sliced venison roast.I used pot in pot for the white rice and set it for 15 minutes manual. Do you think that's enough time to tenderize the roast? Venison can dry out so quickly. Am leaving the 30 minutes natural release time.
Shelby Law Ruttan
It shouldn't dry out. There is enough liquid in the recipe to keep it from doing so. Hope it worked well for you! Shelby
Myrna Gonzalez Childress
Really enjoyed this. Excellent flavors. I made the mistake of chopping the sweet potatoes too small but will remember next time. I added a can of black beans once everything was cooked, which was a perfect compliment.
Shelby Law Ruttan
Hi Myrna, so glad you enjoyed he recipe! Shelby