20 Instant Pot Casserole Recipes - 365 Days of Slow Cooking and Pressure Cooking (2024)

If you’re looking for a warm and comforting dinner that’s easy to make and can feed your family try out some of these Instant Pot casserole recipes. My favorites are #5 and #17. Which recipe will you make first?

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20 Instant Pot Casserole Recipes

Instant Pot 5 Ingredient Beef Enchiladas Casserole

In the mood for enchiladas? Try this easy way to make beef enchiladas in your Instant Pot. This casserole tastes amazing with hardly any work.

Beef Enchiladas Casserole

Instant Pot Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Rice Casserole

A lightened up, easy pressure cooker version of a favorite casserole. This version uses hearty brown rice and for the creaminess it uses greek yogurt instead of cream of chicken soup.

Chicken Broccoli Rice Casserole

Instant Pot Chicken and Wild Rice Casserole

Like chicken wild rice soup, but in casserole form. Plus it’s made in your Instant Pot so there is only one dirty pot to clean and it takes less time to cook.

Chicken Wild Rice Casserole

Instant Pot Cheeseburger Breakfast Casserole

A low carb egg dish that has bacon, beef, cheddar and pickles. This easy quiche-like dish is perfect for breakfast or dinner. It reminds of the Starbucks egg bites.

Cheeseburger Breakfast Casserole

Instant Pot Cabbage Roll Casserole

A super easy and fast way to have the flavors of cabbage rolls for dinner tonight.

Instant Pot Cheesy Potatoes and Sausage

Potatoes, smoked sausage and corn enveloped in a cheddar and sour cream sauce. A perfect dinner or a side dish for a potluck.

Cheesy Potatoes and Sausage

Instant Pot Tuna Casserole

A twist on good old fashioned tuna casserole. Flavors from Mom’s tuna casserole but made easier, faster and without cream of soups.

Tuna Casserole

Instant Pot Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole

All the flavors from chicken cordon bleu but in casserole form. Plus it’s made quickly in your Instant Pot.

Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole

Instant Pot Chicken Curry Broccoli Casserole

Creamy mild curry-flavored rice with chunks of tender chicken, florets of broccoli and lots of cheddar. A family favorite casserole recipe perfect for any weeknight.

Chicken Curry Broccoli Casserole

Instant Pot Funeral Potatoes

Potatoes with a homemade cheesy cream sauce and then topped with a crunchy cornflake topping. The perfect side dish to go with ham or turkey dinner.

Funeral Potatoes

Instant Pot Cheesy Beef Rice Casserole

Taco seasoned ground beef is cooked with brown (or white) rice, picante sauce, black beans and corn. Then sour cream and grated cheese are added to create a creamy delicious dinner that everyone will love.

Beef Rice Casserole

Instant Pot Chicken Enchiladas Casserole

An easy and flavorful way to make chicken enchiladas. Dig in to layers of cheese, tortillas, enchilada sauce and seasoned chicken.

Chicken Enchiladas Casserole

Instant Pot Bacon Egg Casserole

Crispy slices of bacon with fluffy eggs, cubed potatoes and cheddar cheese. An easy breakfast or dinner idea with just 5 ingredients.

Bacon Egg Casserole

Instant Pot Shepherd’s Pie Casserole

A beefy savory casserole with potatoes, green beans and cheddar cheese. The flavors from shepherd’s pie made with a super easy, one-pot method.

Shepherd’s Pie Casserole

Instant Pot King Ranch Chicken

This cheesy and creamy chicken casserole with tortillas and Rotel has its roots in Texas but that doesn’t mean us non-Texans can’t enjoy it too! Whip up my version in just a few minutes using your Instant Pot and NO cream of soups!

King Ranch Chicken

Instant Pot Chicken and Dumplings Casserole

Homemade, pure comfort food. Tender bites of chicken and vegetables covered in a creamy sauce and then topped with pillowy dumplings. Cook in your Instant Pot or slow cooker.

Chicken and Dumplings Casserole

Instant Pot Cheesy Broccoli Sausage Casserole

Fresh broccoli, melty cheese, smoked sausage, a homemade creamy sauce and rice make this casserole the quintessential comfort food. An easy Instant Pot recipe with no browning or sauteing steps.

Broccoli Sausage Casserole

Instant Pot Cowboy Casserole

An easy, hearty, beefy tomato pasta dish with melty cheese that will keep your little and big cowboys happy and full. Yee-haw!

Cowboy Casserole

Instant Pot Tamale Casserole

Seasoned ground beef, corn, olives, tomatoes and cheese with corn bread baked on top. An easy one pot meal made fast in your Instant Pot or slow in your Crockpot.

Tamale Casserole

Instant Pot Dirty Rice Casserole

An easy dinner dish with rice, andouille sausage, chicken and lots of flavor from cajun seasoning and fire roasted tomatoes. The whole pot will be gone within minutes! Make it in your Instant Pot or slow cooker.

Dirty Rice Casserole

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20 Instant Pot Casserole Recipes - 365 Days of Slow Cooking and Pressure Cooking (2024)

FAQs

Can you Slow Cook something and then pressure cook it? ›

Generally, if your slow cooker meat, soup, or stew recipe calls for 8 hours on the low setting or about 4 hours on the high setting, it should be fully cooked in about 25 to 30 minutes in the Instant Pot. For chicken or turkey, use the 15-minute poultry button.

What lid to use when slow cooking in Instant Pot? ›

Get a glass lid

While you can use the slow cooker setting with the standard Instant Pot lid (set to vent), you'll get better results when you use a tempered glass lid with a stainless steel rim—find it on Amazon for under $20.

Is Slow Cook on Instant Pot same as crock pot? ›

Normal on the Instant Pot Slow Cooker Function is equivalent to low heat on a traditional slow cooker. Normal reaches 200 degrees F. High on the Instant Pot Function does not get as high as high heat on a slow cooker, but by adding 15 minutes per hour of slow cooking, you can experience similar results.

Does food taste better in a pressure cooker or slow cooker? ›

As the ingredients cook under pressure, their flavors are concentrated, resulting in a richer taste. Tenderization: Pressure cooking breaks down tough fibers in meats and other ingredients, making them more tender and juicy.

Does pressure cooking or slow cooking make meat more tender? ›

Both slow cookers and pressure cookers do a good job of tenderizing tough meat, but each makes meat more edible in a different way. A pressure cooker is an enclosed pot with a lid that locks to form an airtight seal.

Do you close pressure valve when slow cooking? ›

If you were using a pressure setting, make sure the Steam Release Valve is in the “Seal” position. Otherwise, the Steam Release Valve should be placed in the “Release” position if you were trying to use a non-pressure setting (like Slow Cook).

What temp is low on a Crockpot? ›

Most slow cookers have two slow cooker temperature settings. The 'Low' cook setting reaches temperatures between 164-182°F (reaching a peak of around 205°F after 4 hours). Wondering what temperature is 'High' on a Crockpot slow cooker? The 'High' cook setting tops off at around 205°F after cooking for 4 hours.

Why is an Instant Pot better than a crock pot? ›

An Instant Pot does have more functionality (like sautéing, pressure cooking, slow cooking, and acts as a rice cooker, steamer, and warmer!) than a slow cooker, but if you don't plan to use all of its extra functions and just prefer the simplicity of a slow-cooker, then you might prefer a Crock-Pot.

Can Instant Pot replace slow cooker? ›

You can cook in it, store food in it and reheat in it, it is also easy to clean. When you are using a conventional slow cooker you have no way of speeding cooking up if the recipe is going too slow. In the instant pot you can mix the slow cook function with the sauté and pressure cook functions.

Can you leave Instant Pot slow cooker on overnight? ›

You can use an Instant Pot as a slow cooker. Some slow cooker recipes call for an 8 hour cook time. Therefore, yes, in certain situations you could leave an Instant Pot on overnight.

Should I Slow Cook or pressure cook? ›

As for convenience, because a pressure cooker cooks so darn fast, you aren't sacrificing all that much on that front, either. Anything that takes eight hours to cook in a slow cooker can be cooked in about 45 minutes in a pressure cooker, and most things cook much, much faster even than that.

Can you speed up slow cooking? ›

Placing aluminum foil over the content of the slow cooker or placing it over the top of the crock with the cover placed on top of the foil will speed up the cooking process.

Can crockpot be used as pressure cooker? ›

A crockpot is a slow cooker that uses moist heat to cook food over a long period of time. A pressure cooker, on the other hand, uses high pressure and steam to cook food quickly. The two appliances have different designs and safety features, and it would not be safe to attempt to convert one into the other.

Why is slow cooking better than pressure cooking? ›

Slow cookers can take less fashionable cuts of meat and really make something special. They offer the advantage of adding extra depth to your cooking. Adding red wine, herbs & spices to the slow cooker can take your dish to another level. Slow cookers are energy efficient.

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