These Philly Cheesesteak Sloppy Joe Sandwiches in the Instant Pot are on repeat on our family menu!
We love the combination of meat and vegetables on an easy sandwich that even our picky eaters enjoy! Using the Instant Pot makes this easy family meal so convenient!
This post is sponsored by the Glass Barn and brought to you by Indiana Soybean Farmers, but all thoughts and opinions are my own.
What to Make With Ground Beef?
Our family is always looking for new, easy ground beef recipes and while we’ve eaten traditional Crock Pot Sloppy Joes many times, once we made these sloppy joes we’ve made them every week since! We’ve even made them into Philly Cheesesteak Sloppy Joe Sliders!
I crave more vegetables in my meals and I want my kids to eat more vegetables too. The meaty flavor is prominent in this easy twist of sloppy joes, but the sandwich is about half vegetables.
Everyone in our family prefers a different amount of cheese on their sandwich, so we use shredded cheese so sandwiches can be customized. The adults like full sandwich buns and the kids like slider buns. I’m not a traditional sloppy joe lover and I LOVE these Philly Cheesesteak Sloppy Joe Sandwiches!
Electric Pressure Cooker Philly Cheesesteak Sloppy Joes
My friend Amy, in western Ohio, shared this recipe with me. She is a teacher and she helps out on her family’s dairy farm too. One day the farmers were working in the field and needed food. She looked around the kitchen and found ground beef, a green pepper, onions, and a packet of mushroom gravy mix. After mixing them all together, making sandwiches, sprinkling cheese on top and wrapping them in foil to deliver to the field she reported this is a winning meal!
We like to use an electric pressure cooker, but these ground beef Philly cheesesteak sloppy joes can also be made in a skillet fairly easily. Just set the ground beef aside on a plate and soften the vegetables in butter. Return the ground beef to the skillet, add the gravy packet and water and allow to simmer until the water reduces by about half.
How to Make Instant Pot Ground Beef Philly Cheesesteak Sloppy Joes
- Set Instant Pot to sauté and brown ground beef until there is no longer any pink.
- Carefully drain excess fat from Instant Pot insert and return ground beef to Instant Pot.
- Mix packet of gravy mix with 3/4 cup water and pour over ground beef. Stir well-ensuring meat is not sticking to the pot.
- Layer chopped green peppers, onions and mushrooms over meat.
- Seal Instant Pot and cook on high pressure for 2 minutes.
- Natural release for 7 minutes. Stir well.
- Serve meat on sandwiches and sprinkle Italian blend cheese over top.
Ingredients Needed to Make Philly Cheesesteak Sloppy Joes
- Ground beef
- Packet of gravy mix, we prefer mushroom or onion gravy
- Water
- Green pepper
- Onion
- Mushrooms (optional)
- Buns, we prefer a sweet bun like a Brioche that is buttered
Tips for Making Philly Cheesesteak Sandwiches
- Stir well-ensuring meat is not sticking to the bottom of the pot.
- If meat is sticking to the pot the pressure cooker may display a burn warning and not cook.
- Chop vegetables evenly in size so they can pressure cook evenly.
- A packet of gravy mix contains salt and additional flavorings, so no additional salt is needed for our family’s taste preference.
- We have tested this recipe with onion gravy, mushroom gravy and brown gravy and did not notice a significant difference in taste.
- After testing multiple gravy packets we like the cheap gravy packet that we have on hand.
Other Easy Instant Pot Meal Ideas:
- Best Instant Pot Pulled Pork
- Instant Pot Chinese Chicken Salad
- Instant Pot Chicken and Bacon Carbonara
- Old Fashioned Sausage, Potatoes and Green Beans in the Instant Pot
- Instant Pot Pork Tenderloin with Apple Cranberry Sauce
- Instant Pot Pork Chops Sauerkraut, Apples & Bacon
Printable Instant Pot Philly Cheesesteak Sloppy Joes Recipe
Philly Cheesesteak Sloppy Joe Sandwiches
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 3/4 cup water
- 1 packet gravy mix we typically use mushroom or onion gravy mix
- 1 cup green peppers chopped
- 1 cup onions diced
- 1 cup mushrooms chopped
- 1 cup Italian blend cheese
- 4 - 6 Brioche or other sweet Hamburger Buns we also like making sliders
Instructions
- Set Instant Pot to sauté and brown ground beef until there is no longer any pink.
- Carefully drain excess fat from Instant Pot insert and return ground beef to Instant Pot.
- Mix packet of gravy mix with 3/4 cup water and pour over ground beef. Stir well-ensuring meat is not sticking to the pot.
- Layer chopped green peppers, onions and mushrooms over meat.
- Seal Instant Pot and cook on high pressure for 2 minutes.
- Natural release for 7 minutes. Stir well.
- Serve on sandwiches and sprinkle Italian blend cheese over top.
Equipment
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These look delicious! I’ll have to try your version this fall during harvest!
These are so easy to do and a great way to have a “hot’ meal for the guys when they’re working in the field. So glad they became a family favorite for you guys as well!
Sounds interesting but your ingredient list is extremely lacking. Is it one pound of ground beef? one green pepper, chopped? what size onion/chopped? mushrooms? how much? chopped/sliced?
Hi Cathy – I really appreciate this note because I forgot to type the ingredient list. The problem has been fixed, so I hope that you’ll take another look.
Thank you and I hope you enjoy! ~Jennifer
Delicious! I did mix my gravy packet with beef broth. Added a teaspoon of garlic powder and a teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce. Very easy. Thank you! I will be making this again.
Thanks so much for letting us know. So glad you love it!
Do you have to use gravy mix?
Hey! Great question! No a gravy mix isn’t absolutely required. I like the extra flavors that it ads to the sandwich, but the meat and vegetables are delicious too!
My family loved this. Thank you.
Can you substitute a can of Cream of Mushroom soup for the Mushroom Gravy Mix?
Great question! I’ve never tried that, but if you do please let me know how it tastes!