Instant Pot Green Bean Casserole

If you’re like me and love this nifty device too you should try this bacon filled green bean casserole recipe! A great one of our side dish Instant Pot recipes. (affiliate links present)

Ninja Foodi Green Bean Casserole

This dish is a must during Thanksgiving and Christmas time. I have always made it in the oven but last year I didn’t have a lot of room in there because of all the other dishes so I thought I’d try it in my Ninja Foodi pressure cooker!

I think there are two tricks to why this tastes so good. The bacon, and using frozen green beans instead of canned. If you do have this machine with a dual purpose you can air fry the top onions in the same pot as the first steps, which is a major win.

Instant Pot Green Bean Casserole with Frozen Green Beans

Yes you can make this vegetarian but um why?? You can crisp strips, use already bagged real bacon bits or make as a leftover ham recipe. My husband loves this so much I make it several times a year, not just for the holidays.

I just used my green bean casserole with bacon and adapted it for my Instant Pot. Of course since this isn’t put into the oven it will not get that crispy fried green bean taste on the top. So if this is a must I would opt for the link above that is cooked in the oven.

I will tell you that making your own onions fried has been a game changer for us. So much better and you can even serve more on the side since everyone will go crazy over them.

Ingredients

1. Frozen green beans are the best option so they don’t get too soft
2. Mushrooms, Portabello are best
3. Onions diced are nice
4. Butter or vegan dairy free alternative
5. Flour to thicken the sauce
6. Chicken broth or stock
7. Salt and pepper
8. Garlic is optional
9. Half and half is better than milk to make creamy
10. Fried onions in the can

Dairy free option

If you need a dairy free option you can use almond milk and use coconut milk with a bit of cornstarch whisked in instead of half and half. I found a great plant based vegan butter product at the store that tastes amazingly the same.

If you aren’t a big bacon fan…I don’t think we can be friends. LOL. No, you can just omit that if you choose (why, I don’t know).

If you want your vegetables to keep their shape as much as possible and not get too soft then you should opt for fresh or frozen. Fresh will actually stay most firm followed by frozen and canned would get the softest of all. That is the only real difference. If you are a texture person (me) I prefer frozen.

This is a great Thanksgiving sides that can be made in the Crockpot as well but I have always said that the slow cook function on pressure cookers don’t work well. I still stand by this. Instead just use your low slow pot for that style.

I would use your “old fashioned” Crock and gollow our slow cooker green bean casserole recipe for those instructions.

What can you use instead of cream of mushroom soup to make green bean casserole?

I have made this with canned condensed soup before but this one skips all of that and includes recipe for homemade cream of mushroom instead. With heavy cream, seasonings and fresh mushrooms you can make something so much better. Pressure cookers sometime have “a thing” with thick soups so I’d recommend following the recipe below. You may never buy canned again after this. 😉

Pressure Cooker Green Bean Casserole

If you want to brown the top just throw into a baking dish and under your broiler for a few minutes. Transfer to a pretty serving dish and serve, or use a trivet on your table because it will be hot. If this is for the holiday season you could combine these two favorites to make green bean mashed potato casserole too.

How to crisp the top with the Ninja Foodi

1. Follow directions as directed below with a quick release at the end
2. When done sprinkle fried onions on the top
   1. could add some parmesan cheese too
3. Close air crisp lid and set to 400 degrees for 3 minutes to lightly brown top
4. Add additional minutes

Other holiday side dishes you’ll love

• Jiffy cream corn casserole
• Pressure cooker mashed potatoes
• Love this pressure cooker sweet potatoes recipe