Bunco Night Casserole–an easy Instant Pot loaded potato casserole with barbecue sauce, chicken, sour cream and cheddar cheese.
Bunco Night Casserole
Hosting a game night at your house? Try this bunco night casserole. It’s a crowd pleaser! It’s like a baked potato casserole with the addition of barbecue sauce and chicken. You can make this ahead of time and keep it warm on the “keep warm” setting until you’re ready to eat. Serve this main dish alongside some green salad, corn and fresh fruit. Have fun and enjoy!
Ingredients/Substitution Ideas
- Chicken broth–or water and Better than Bouillon chicken base
- Boneless skinless chicken thighs–use thighs for ultimate tenderness, breasts also work but get a little dry
- Red potatoes
- Salt
- Pepper
- Garlic powder
- Onion powder
- Poultry seasoning
- Smoked paprika
- Barbecue sauce–I used Sweet Baby Rays
- Bacon crumbles–or about 6 pieces of bacon…cooked and crumbled
- Sour cream
- Cheddar cheese–I used sharp
Steps
Pour broth into Instant Pot. Add in the chicken in the bottom
and then layer the potatoes on top. Sprinkle the potatoes with salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, poultry seasoning and smoked paprika. Dump the barbecue sauce on top.
Cover Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 3 minutes. When time is up let pot sit for 5-10 minutes and then move valve to venting. Remove the lid.
Gently fold in the bacon, sour cream and cheese.
Salt and pepper to taste. Serve and enjoy!
Notes/Tips
- Serve with a green salad and sweet corn.
- Double this recipe to serve a crowd! Double all ingredients (except broth), keep cooking time the same.
- This stays good on the “keep warm” setting for up to 3 hours.
- This recipe can be gluten free if you use a gluten-free barbecue sauce.
- I used my 6 quart Instant Pot*. You can also make this in a 3 or 8 quart pot.
- Store leftovers in an airtight container* in the refrigerator for up to 3-4 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
- Other recipes you can make with boneless chicken thighs are Going Hiking Casserole and Zippy Chicken Soup.
- Try stirring in some cooked broccoli after pressure cooking time is up so make this a one pot meal.
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Bunco Night Casserole
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 3 minutes (plus 5 minute NPR)
- Total Time: 23 minutes
- Yield: 4–6 servings 1x
Description
An easy Instant Pot loaded potato casserole with barbecue sauce, chicken, sour cream and cheddar cheese.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup chicken broth
- 4 boneless skinless chicken thighs, trimmed of fat and cut into 1 inch pieces
- 6 medium red potatoes, cut into 1 inch cubes
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1/4 tsp poultry seasoning
- 1/4 tsp smoked paprika
- 1/2 cup barbecue sauce
- 1 (2.8 oz) package bacon crumbles
- 1/3 cup sour cream
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Pour broth into Instant Pot. Add in the chicken in the bottom and then layer the potatoes on top. Sprinkle the potatoes with salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, poultry seasoning and smoked paprika. Dump the barbecue sauce on top.
- Cover Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 3 minutes. When time is up let pot sit for 5-10 minutes and then move valve to venting. Remove the lid.
- Gently fold in the bacon, sour cream and cheese.
- Salt and pepper to taste. Serve and enjoy!
- Category: Chicken
- Method: Instant Pot
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Is half a cup of liquid enough for an 8 qt IP? My manual said to use 1 1/2 cups liquid. Don’t want to get the dreaded “Burn”, lol Thanks for the info.!
Maybe add in 3/4 cup instead…the chicken puts off liquid so that is what helps the pot come to pressure 🙂
can you make this in a crockpot!
can this be made without an insta pot?
You can make any recipe without an Instant Pot. My guess would be to layer it in a baking dish, put in oven at 350 and bake until chicken is cooked through and potatoes are tender. Then add the rest of the ingredients as stated.