Now I've had the stew beef. Loosely followed the recipe that was provided. Again, I carefully trimmed the meat although there wasn't much to trim. Didn't flour the meat, just sauteed it in the Instant Pot, then added tomato paste and water I had used to steam carrots the other day (not even stock, just carrot water). Salt, pepper, thyme. It was excellent. Would skip the carrots in the recipe next time because the IP made them mushy. But will definitely make the beef this wasy again. In fact, I've already ordered more stew beef and more pork chops.