Dump and start Instant Pot hibachi steak with mushrooms and zucchini cooked in a delicious soy sauce, and served over rice. This easy IP dinner is ready in just 15 minutes from start to finish!
If you’re a fan of steak and soy sauce, then you’re going to LOVE this! My husband loves Hibachi steak, and we usually order it when we eat out at Japanese steakhouse but recently learned how to make an easy IP version and we’re hooked!
Making IP hibachi steak at home means that you don’t need to wait for ages for the food to be ready, and you’re saving a lot of money.
WHAT IS HIBACHI STEAK?
The word hibachi is Japanese and translates to “Firepit”, it refers to both the grill that is used and to the dish. To make a hibachi style dish, you will need either meat, seafood or poultry, sliced vegetables (the most common veggies used are onions, mushrooms, and zucchinis), soy sauce, and ginger. This dish is usually served with rice, and topped with toasted sesame seeds.
INSTANT POT HIBACHI STEAK RECIPE
This dish is probably one of the easiest IP dishes ever! It takes just 15 minutes to make from start to finish, and all you’ll need to do cube the steak and chop up the veggies, add the sauce ingredients into the IP along with the steak and veg, seal and cook for just 4 minutes!
TOOLS AND INGREDIENTS YOU WILL NEED TO MAKE THIS INSTANT POT HIBACHI STEAK
An Instant Pot. I have Instant Pot Duo 6 Qt 7 in 1, it’s my favorite!
I love these stainless steel measuring cups and use them every time I cook, as well as those measuring spoons.
Soy sauce, if you’re using a low sodium soy sauce then you might need to salt the steak a little. For gluten-free, use tamari sauce instead.
White vinegar or apple cider vinegar.
HOW TO MAKE INSTANT POT HIBACHI STEAK
Step 1.
Slice up the mushrooms, onion, and zucchini. Mince a clove of garlic, and grate a small piece of fresh ginger.
Step 2.
Make the sauce by adding the sauce ingredients directly to the Instant Pot.
Step 3.
Add the steak (sliced into cubes) to the pot, along with the vegetables. Give the ingredients a quick mix.
Cover the pot with the lid, and make sure that the valve is in sealing position. Click on manual or pressure cook, and cook on high for 4 minutes.
Step 4.
When the cooking is finished, quickly release the steam and serve over cooked rice and garnish with toasted sesame seeds and chopped parsley.
If you feel like there’s too much liquid left, just simmer on “saute” mode for a few minutes until the sauce reduces (you can also add corn starch slurry to help to thicken the sauce). If you’re worried that your veggies will become too mushy, just remove them before simmering on saute and put them back in later.
WHAT KIND OF BEEF STEAK TO USE FOR IP HIBACHI STEAK?
I recommend getting either sirloin, ribeye or tenderloin cut. Buy a couple of pieces, and cube them at home using a sharp knife. You could save time and buy pre-sliced steak, but it’s going to be more expensive.
HOW LONG SHALL I COOK THE HIBACHI STEAK FOR?
If you’re using lean meat, and it’s cubed then cook for no longer than 4 minutes. Otherwise, cook for 5 minutes at high pressure but make sure that you slice the zucchini into thicker slices and quickly release the steam as soon as the cooking is finished.
Zucchinis are soft and quickly really quickly, so if you slice them too thin and you’re cooking for longer than 4 minutes then they will become mushy. Or, you could steak them separately and add them to the cooked meat and sauce at the end.
HOW TO THICKEN THE SAUCE?
If you feel like your sauce is a bit too thin, just add 1-2 teaspoons of corn starch with 1-2 teaspoons of water for the slurry and cook on saute for a minute or 2 to thicken it. Before thickening the sauce, remove the vegetables, and after thickening the sauce, put them back in.
If you have no corn starch available, then just add flour slurry or roux to thicken the sauce.
MORE GREAT INSTANT POT RECIPES
Instant Pot chicken alfredo pasta
Instant Pot scalloped potatoes
Or check out my Instant Pot recipe collection!
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Instant Pot Hibachi Steak
Ingredients
For the sauce:
- ⅓ cup soy sauce
- 2 tbsp white vinegar or apple cider vinegar
- 1 tbsp ginger grated
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1 tbsp granulated sugar
- ¼ tsp white pepper or black pepper
For the steak and vegetables:
- 1 lbs 450 grams beef steak sirloin, rib eye or tenderloin
- 1 zucchini sliced in rounds then halved
- 1 yellow onion diced
- 4 chestnut mushrooms sliced
To Garnish:
- parsley chopped
- sesame seeds toasted
Instructions
- Add the sauce ingredients to the Instant Pot. Soy sauce, vinegar, ginger, garlic, sugar, and white pepper.
- Then add cubed steak pieces, onion, zucchini, mushrooms.
- Cover with the lid, make sure that the valve is in sealing position. Click on manual or pressure cook, and cook on high for 4 minutes. When the cooking is finished, quickly release the steam and carefully open the lid. (If the sauce is not thick enough, then remove the vegetables and add 1-2 tsp of corn starch mixed with 1-2 tsp of water, and cook on saute for 1 minute, then return the veggies) Serve over rice and garnish with toasted sesame seeds and chopped parsley.
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Leslie Beitel
July 10, 2019 at 15:00Tried this!! Flavour fantastic….didn’t look as reduced so I won’t skimp on Veg next time and had to add good extra 2 or 3 tsp of starch. I used sirloin and meat was Very nice. Will make again for sure. Easy meal
Barbara
July 1, 2019 at 22:36I would like to use Broccoli, would I need to cook longer?
Diana
July 1, 2019 at 23:31I recommend that you steam the broccoli first, and then add it to the steak after thickening the sauce at the end. Here’s how to steam broccoli in the Instant Pot https://littlesunnykitchen.com/instant-pot-broccoli/
Cammi
June 25, 2019 at 05:06Can you use flank steak for this or is sirloin better? Thanks!
Diana
June 25, 2019 at 12:07I think that it could work but I haven’t tested this recipe using a flank cut. I recommend using more of a tender cut of beef as we’re not cooking this steak for too long. I usually use a top sirloin cut.
Michelle
June 25, 2019 at 01:50My daughter loved this, and my husband deemed it the best thing to come out of the IP this year!’
It was so easy, fed three of us well with leftovers, and will be permanently added to the meal rotation!
Do you think it would double ok? Would the cook time have to be adjusted if doubled?
Thank you for a great IP recipe, we all loved it
Diana
June 25, 2019 at 12:15Thank you Michelle for your feedback! I’m glad that you and your family enjoyed this hibachi steak!
Do not increase the time when doubling the recipe, the general rule of thumb in pressure cooking is not to adjust the time of cooking when doubling a recipe. As you double the amount of the ingredients though, the pressure cooker will take longer to come to pressure and that means that your veggies might cook for a bit longer, so I would suggest slicing the zucchinis a bit thicker this time. Let me know how that goes! 🙂
Wendy McBride
June 30, 2019 at 17:36Diana, what meat did you use in yours? Also wondering if you used white vinegar or Apple Cider vinegar when you made it? Thanks
Wendy McBride
June 30, 2019 at 17:39Michelle, Which meat did you use? And also, did you use white vinegar or apple cider vinegar? I want it to come out great since I don’t have a lot of money to be experimenting with. Thanks!
Kelly
June 24, 2019 at 16:20How many servings?
Diana
June 25, 2019 at 12:10This recipe uses 1 pound of meat, and the recommended portion of meat per person (when it’s a main) is 1/2 pound (8 ounces). So this serves 2!
Anna
June 24, 2019 at 13:49I made it today and it was perfect! Delicious and so easy to make!
Christine
June 24, 2019 at 02:13I made this for dinner tonight. So easy to make in the IP. Delicious! Flavors were so good together.