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A bowl of beef tips and rice with chopsticks, cucumber rounds red bell peppers and cilantro

Beef Tips And Rice

There’s something super satisfying about tender melt-in-your-mouth beef tips, especially beef tips and rice. Try this Asian inspired beef tips recipe in your instant pot for the tastiest fastest weeknight dinner! Video included and stove top instructions too!
Course dinner, Main Course, Main Dish
Cuisine American, Asian
Keyword Beef Tips, Beef tips and rice, Beef Tips recipe, how to cook beef tips, what are beef tips
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings 3
Calories 1094 kcal
Author Mahy

Ingredients

Beef Tips:

  • 2 pounds beef tips maybe either sirloin or tenderloin, about 1 inch size cubes
  • 2 tablespoons oil for cooking the meat sesame oil preferably or any neutral tasting

Sauce:

  • 1/4 cup soy sauce
  • 3 tablespoon rice vinegar
  • 1/4 cup ketchup
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • 2 tablespoons fresh ginger minced
  • 1/4 cup light brown sugar
  • 1-2 Tablespoons Spicy Chilli Sauce more or less to taste
  • Salt and pepper optional
  • Water for cooking as needed— about 1/3 cup-1/2 cup depends on the cooking method : 1/4 cup-1/3 cup for the IP, while the 1/2 cup is for stove top

Cornstarch Mix:

  • Remaining sauce from the above about 1/4 cup
  • OR: 1/4 cup cold water
  • 1 teaspoon cornstarch packed

Serving:

  • 2 cup cooked white rice
  • 2 tablespoons cilantro minced
  • 3 tablespoons sesame seeds
  • 2 small cucumbers sliced
  • 1 red bell pepper
  • 2 avocados sliced

Instructions

  1. Make sure your beef tips are defrosted and at room temperature.
    Beef tips on a white plate on a marble with a tea towel showing the cut of meat
  2. In a large bowl, mix all the sauce ingredients in a large bowl and add in the beef tips.
    Sauce ingredients mixed in a large bowl
  3. Toss them well to coat in the sauce and you can use them right away or marinate them until you’re ready (overnight at most).
  4. Heat the pan over medium high heat or set the instant pot to sauté.
    Beef tips added to the sauce and tossed to coat well in a large bowl
  5. Add the beef chunks only removing them from the sauce and reserve the excess sauce for later. You should have around 1/4 cup-1/3 cup of sauce left.
    Beef tips recipe cooking on instant pot or stove at high heat
  6. Add the cornstarch to the remaining sauce you have left. Compliment it with cold water if you don’t have enough sauce left.
    remaining marinade in a bowl with a tablespoon of cornstarch on a marble ready to be added and then coking with the beef tips recipe
  7. Cook the meat for two minutes (stove or instant pot).
  8. For the IP : Add in 1/4 cup of water and switch to pressure cooking for 12 minutes (tenderloin cut) or 18 minutes (sirloin).
  9. Release the pressure and switch to soup function (do not close the lid). Now add in the sauce with cornstarch mixture and boil for 2 minutes. And it’s ready!
    Finished and ready beef tips recipe on the instant pot and stove top ready to serve with rice
  10. Stove Top: After sautéing for 2 minutes, add in the water and bring to a boil. Lower the heat to low (the mixture should be still simmering) and cover the pan really well.
  11. Cook for 20 minutes (tenderloin) or 30-35 minutes (sirloin), remove the lid and add in the cornstarch mixture. Bring that to a boil and cook for 2 minutes. And it’s ready!
  12. Serve the beef tips over cooked white rice and add in your favorite veggies to the bowl.
    A bowl of beef tips and rice with chopsticks, cucumber rounds red bell peppers and cilantro
  13. Sprinkle some cilantro and sesame seeds if you like.
  14. Serve right away and enjoy!

Recipe Video

Recipe Notes

TIPS FOR BEEF TIPS RECIPE

  1. Start with quality beef tips such as the ones I used from Sealand Quality Foods.
  2. Make sure you know if the beef tips you’re buying are sirloin tips or tenderloin, because that will dictate the cooking time.
  3. The Asian sauce I’m using is super flavorful so you don’t need to plan for marinade time. You can however prepare it in advance and take advantage of marination.
  4. When you start cooking the beef tips, make sure you remove the beef from the sauce and keep the remaining sauce for use later.
  5. Instant Pot: Start with the Sauté function for two min. Add the water, switch to the pressure cook for 12 minutes (tenderloin) or 20 min (sirloin). Release the pressure and switch to soup function (do not close the lid). Now add in the sauce with cornstarch mixture and boil for 2 minutes. And it’s ready!
  6. Stove Top: heat a Dutch oven or heavy duty pot over medium high heat and sauté the beef for 2 minutes. Add in the water and bring to a boil. Lower the heat to low (the mixture should be still simmering) and cover the pan really well. Cook for 20 minutes (tenderloin) or 30-35 minutes (sirloin), remove the lid and add in the cornstarch mixture. Bring that to a boil and cook for 2 minutes. And it’s ready!
  7. The beef tips will be super tender and melt in your mouth, however you can control how chewy or tender you prefer your meat to be by decreasing cooking times by 5 minutes or so.
  8. The cooking times above are based on an inch size cube of beef tips. You may need to adjust time depending on the size of meat you buy, likewise you can cut out the meat to make sure they’re about an inch cube.
  9. Leftovers beef tips and rice are great within the next 3 days.
Nutrition Facts
Beef Tips And Rice
Amount Per Serving
Calories 1094 Calories from Fat 468
% Daily Value*
Fat 52g80%
Saturated Fat 11g69%
Trans Fat 1g
Cholesterol 194mg65%
Sodium 1508mg66%
Potassium 2316mg66%
Carbohydrates 80g27%
Fiber 13g54%
Sugar 31g34%
Protein 78g156%
Vitamin A 1703IU34%
Vitamin C 73mg88%
Calcium 233mg23%
Iron 8mg44%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.