When it comes to favorite meats to cook in your Instant Pot pressure cooker, cube steak might not be the first dish that comes to mind. However, I encourage you to give this recipe a try. Cube steak is very lean, often top round or top sirloin, and it’s been pre-tenderized making it more enjoyable than some other leaner cuts of beef. Add to that the fact that Instant Pot pressure cooking makes meat even more delicious, this Instant Pot Baked Cubed Steak is well worth trying for your next easy family dinner.
Cooking with Cube Steak
Cube steak is beef that has been run through a mechanical tenderizer, called a meat cuber or swissing machine. The resulting steak is called a cube steak (or swiss steak) because of the indentations made by the tenderizer.

Beef Cube Steaks
Cube steak is both inexpensive and lean, but even with tenderizing can be a more tough type of meat. Often skillet-fried, consider Instant Pot cooking to keep your cube steak tender.
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Instant Pot Baked Cube Steak
This simple Instant Pot Baked Cube Steak is as delicious as it is easy. Your family will ask you to make it part of your regular dinner recipe rotation.
- 1 ¼ cups water
- 1 can of french onion soup
- 1 can cream of chicken soup
- 1 package of Au Jus Mix
- 6 Cubed Steaks
- ¼ cup water
- 3 Tablespoons of cornstarch
- Combine 1 ¼ cups water, cream of chicken soup, Au Jus mix and French oinion soup together in Instant pot. Mix well.
- Add cubed steak to the pot.
- Attach lid and turn valve to “sealing” position. Set manual pressure to 20 mins.
- Once it beeps (notifying you that it's ready) turn valve to “venting”. This is also known as the “quick release” The steam will be very hot so be careful when doing this. Do not remove lid until the steam has fully stopped.
- Remove lid. Remove steak from the pan. Turn OFF the instant pot.
- In a small bowl or cup, combine ¼ cup water and cornstarch to create a “slurry”. Pour mixture into grave mixture and whisk well.
- Put steaks back into gravy mixture. Attach lid and leave the instant pot turned off. Keep warm until ready to serve.
Directions for Instant Pot Baked Cube Steak

Gather ingredients.
Combine 1 ¼ cups water, cream of chicken soup, Au Jus mix and French oinion soup together in Instant pot. Mix well.
Add cubed steak to the pot.
Attach lid and turn valve to “sealing” position. Set manual pressure to 20 mins.
Once it beeps (notifying you that it’s ready) turn valve to “venting”. This is also known as the “quick release” The steam will be very hot so be careful when doing this. Do not remove lid until the steam has fully stopped.
Remove lid. Remove steak from the pan. Turn OFF the instant pot.
In a small bowl or cup, combine ¼ cup water and cornstarch to create a “slurry”. Pour mixture into grave mixture and whisk well.
Put steaks back into gravy mixture. Attach lid and leave the instant pot turned off. Keep warm until ready to serve. Enjoy comfort food at its best.
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