Easy Instant Pot Casseroles

We are all in love with these easy meals! With meat, noodles and vegetables (sometimes) all cooked in the same pot in less than 20 minutes they are game changers when it comes to eating together more often. These and many others are included in your huge list of easy Instant Pot recipes so make sure to look there too for more dinner ideas.

Ninja Foodi Casseroles

You can use this pot too, you will use the lid that is not attached for all of these and the pressure cook button. Then follow rest of step by step instructions in the recipe cards. Who doesn’t love a great throw together meal. I mean your Grandmother and Mom probably made one of these each week, but in the oven. These are a lot faster!

You can make them as an easy Ninja Foodi recipe, in your Crockpot Express, Mealthy or any other pressure cooker brand. One pot meals cooking noodles and meat together is the best.

I love these easy dinners when we have a busy evening ahead of us. Can you believe that an Instant Pot casserole is really possible??!! Yes!! If you too want quick weeknight meals in a whole lot less time, this post is for you! We have all your favorite dinners made with a twist cooked in no time.

Instant Pot Casseroles with Ground Beef

Using ground beef and some beef broth in your electric pressure cooker can create the most amazing meals like. Instant Pot cheesesteak pasta with meat, cheese, pasta and veggies inside.

The way you start with raw meat like this is to set to saute which will allow you to brown it just like in a skillet on your stovetop. Then add the rest of your ingredients, submerge your pasta or rice and set to the cook time needed.

Like our Instant Pot taco casserole I made up on the fly using what I had in the house. It turned out to be one of our favorite creamy dinners my kids raved over with everything cooked together in one pot which allows the flavors to really deepen. Pressure cooking has really transformed our family dinners for sure. We eat together a lot more often now.

Cheesy Recipes

You can use any type of pasta, if long though I break into thirds first and sprinkle those in. Our cheesy pressusre cooker lasagna casserole is so much easier to make than traditional lasagna. It has all the same wonderful flavors, but easier to eat, and done in just minutes. I use penne for that one.

This Instant Pot sloppy joe casserole brings your favorite sloppy sandwich into a casserole style dish with bowtie noodles. Our favorite classic dish Pressure cooker tuna noodle casserole, is a home town fave with elbow macaroni many times.

• If you like a crunch on top, this Pressure cooker Dorito casserole is kid friendly and popular in our house
• One of our favorite dinners is this Instant Pot chicken parmesan casserole, a winner for sure
• This Instant Pot goulash is amazing! You can omit the cheese and just made it pressure cooker goulash if you like. Either way it is a great casserole style dish we love

Casseroles with Rice

Can you use rice instead of noodles to make a casserole in a pressure cooker? Yes!! You can cook classic dishes you’ve always loved like pressure cooker chicken mushroom casserole and these others! Same rule applies, do not stir or the burn notice may pop up but just barely pressed into the liquid is a must.

You can use sliced kielbasa to make this super cheesy Instant Pot sausage and rice, didn’t last long in our house.

Many recipes such as our Instant Pot chicken broccoli rice casserole can be “tweaked” too. Rather use leftover ham or turkey, swap that out! Have a precooked sausage link in your fridge, dice that up instead!

No more turning on your oven when it is 100 degrees outside to make your favorite casserole. Just use your InstaPot and make it WAY faster with the same great taste. It’s even perfect for simple lunch time ideas like “boiling” hard boiled eggs! Just use a cup of water and in 15 minutes they’re done to perfection.

Want to make something around the holidays? Try our Instant Pot turkey tenderloin casserole with noodles. Just cook on high pressure and in less than 20 minutes including prep time it will be done! Your slow cooker can’t do that. 😉

You can use quinoa instead of noodles too to make things healthier. The timing is a bit difference in that this grain needs some natural release time to puff up and get fluffy. This pressure cooker chicken quinoa casserole is on the healthier side and still yummy!

Casseroles with Vegetables

Focus on adding lots of vegetables into your one pot meal which is done quite easily since they don’t need much time at all. Keep totally vegetarian or not, up to you. For the holidays I make this Instant Pot corn casserole. It not only tastes amazing and is a great pressure cooker side dish, but looks pretty too in a bundt cake form.

Our Instant Pot stuffed cabbage casserole turned out great With some added broth it could become pressure cooker stuffed cabbage soup too

If you’re having a brunch or need a breakfast idea this Instant Pot breakfast casserole cooked pot in pot style is great. Packed with hash browns and eggs it’s always a winner.

To me a casserole is everything dumped into one pot or dish and cooked together so all the flavors permeate throughout the dish. Meat + veggies (sometimes) + rice or pasta = a casserole in my mind.

Many times I just luck out, like the taco casserole you see below. I literally threw together what I had in my house that I would normally include in tacos.

It came out totally incredible in under 30 minutes with a quick release at the end. You can do the same thing too…just think outside of the box! Try cabbage next time with our Instant Pot sausage and cabbage with noodles recipe.

Try Instant Pot stuffed pepper casserole if you love those comfort food flavors! Way easier than the “old fashioned” stuffed peppers with the same great flavors

This Instant Pot french toast casserole is great for mornings or a brunch too if you are craving something sweet…..

Instant Pot pizza pasta is a sort of pressure cooker pizza casserole of sorts. You can add all the toppings you love, into this dish to make it delish. If you prefer quinoa, our chicken fried quinoa is a sort of casserole with all the meat and veggies rolled into one.

Without casserole in it’s name I call this Instant Pot chili mac a casserole. Everything is mixed together in one yummy dinner, same with our Instant Pot cheeseburger macaroni.

Same thing with this Instant Pot red beans and rice. Not a casserole specifically but anything where the meat and starches are all cooked together is a casserole to me . This one is great if you need a pantry ingredient recipe. Omit the meat and there you have it. Super cheap and filling.

Thinking outside of the box we found this Instant Pot Mexican Casserole looks and sounds delicious too. This means adding lots of bold flavors, taco seasoning, noodles, black beans and all the things you love about your favorite restaurant but made in a deconstructed way.

I love our Pressure cooker enchilada casserole too. Instead of using water or broth I instead grabbed a can of this flavorful sauce. Instant Pot ground beef stroganoff is a great casserole style dinner. Creamy Instant Pot chicken noodle casserole is a fave

Next try our one pot meal with pasta and chicken thighs with this lemon chicken casserole! The noodles soaked up all that goodness as it cooked which made this one pot meal over the top! Here are a few questions you might have right about now:

Tips for Cooking a Casserole in Instant Pot

Time needed: 25 minutes

Instant Pot Casserole

1. Choose meat Choose the meat you want to use. Add it in diced with some olive oil and saute until outsides are no longer pink. Deglaze pot when done.
2. Add water or broth Broth has a lot more flavor so that’s what I prefer. Water works as an alternative. You’ll need enough to absorb (and then some) whatever starch you add.
3. Choose pasta or rice Choose which starch you want added. Typically you’ll need to add twice as much liquid as starch added. Follow recipe you’re making as far as these amounts are concerned.
4. Pressure cook I almost always use high pressure with a quick release. Rice typically will need 10-12 minutes and pasta needs only about 3 minutes to cook.
5. Let it sit The longer an Instant Pot casserole sits the thicker it will become. Don’t freak out immediately, it won’t be that soupy for long.