College Football Casserole–beef and pasta with mushrooms, green chiles, tomatoes and cheese. An easy Instant Pot recipe.
College Football Casserole
When you’re ready to watch some football on a Saturday night and eat some grub try this easy instant pot pasta dish. You can even double the recipe if you’re serving a crowd or a bunch of teenage boys in my case. It’s only got a few ingredients that are mostly all found in your kitchen right now.
This recipe is adapted from Football Casserole on Food.com.
Ingredients/Substitution Ideas
- Lean ground beef–or ground pork, turkey, chicken
- Mushrooms
- Dry dehydrated onion–or 1 tsp onion powder
- Kosher salt
- Black pepper
- Garlic powder
- Parsley
- Worcestershire sauce–or steak sauce
- Ketchup
- Beef broth–or chicken broth
- Small shells–or another short cut pasta like macaroni
- Diced green chiles–I used mild
- Petite diced tomatoes–or crushed tomatoes
- Sour cream–or heavy cream
- Colby jack cheese–or cheddar, pepperjack
Steps
Turn Instant Pot to saute setting. When display says HOT add in the beef and break it up. Add in mushrooms. Brown for 5 minutes. Drain off excess grease. Stir in the onion, salt, pepper, garlic powder, parsley, Worcestershire sauce and ketchup.
Pour in the broth and scrape bottom of pot so that nothing is sticking. Turn off Instant Pot.
Sprinkle in the pasta shells. Dump the green chiles and tomatoes on top.
Cover Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 4 minutes. When time is up let pot sit for 10 minutes and then move valve to venting. Remove the lid.
Stir in the sour cream. Salt and pepper to taste.
Sprinkle the cheese on top and let it melt. Serve and enjoy!
Notes/Tips
- Serve with a green salad. We like the Olive Garden italian salad dressing.
- 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 5 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
- Other recipes you can make with mushrooms are savory mushroom chicken and garlic mushroom chicken.
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College Football Casserole
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 4 minutes (plus 10 minute NPR)
- Total Time: 24 minutes
- Yield: 4–6 servings 1x
Description
Beef and pasta with mushrooms, green chiles, tomatoes and cheese. An easy Instant Pot recipe.
Ingredients
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 8 ounces sliced mushrooms
- 2 Tbsp dry onion or 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp parsley
- 1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 Tbsp ketchup
- 2 cups beef or chicken broth
- 8 ounces small shells
- 1 (4 oz) can diced green chiles (I used mild)
- 1 (14.5 oz) can petite diced tomatoes
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup shredded colby jack cheese
Instructions
- Turn Instant Pot to saute setting. When display says HOT add in the beef and break it up. Add in mushrooms. Brown for 5 minutes. Drain off excess grease. Stir in the onion, salt, pepper, garlic powder, parsley, Worcestershire sauce and ketchup.
- Pour in the broth and scrape bottom of pot so that nothing is sticking. Turn off Instant Pot.
- Sprinkle in the pasta shells. Dump the green chiles and tomatoes on top.
- Cover Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 4 minutes. When time is up let pot sit for 10 minutes and then move valve to venting. Remove the lid.
- Stir in the sour cream. Salt and pepper to taste. Sprinkle the cheese on top and let it melt. Serve and enjoy!
- Category: Beef
- Method: Instant Pot
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Usually you can just leave them out and the recipe will be fine. Artichoke hearts is a good substitute.
I notice a lot of your recipes have mushrooms in them. Is there something else that could be substituted as my husband is not a fan of mushrooms? Thanks for your answer. I love a lot of your recipes and use them a lot.