Instant Pot potatoes with a spunky, creamy sauce and bacon crumbles. A hearty and delicious casserole!

Deathly Hungry Casserole
A few weeks ago we went on a trip with my daughter and her friends. One of the kids is, in his words, “always hungry.” As we were driving he exclaimed, “all of a sudden I am deathly hungry!” We thought that was hilarious because he went from “I’m okay I don’t need to stop for food” to “I’m deathly hungry” in about 5 minutes. Now, in our family, whenever we are starving we say that we are deathly hungry. Greg was just driving home from the cabin (a 4 hour drive) and hadn’t eaten anything so I knew when he got home he’d be deathly hungry so I had this potato casserole waiting for him. He loved it!
This hearty side dish is full of flavor and it only takes a few minutes to prepare and then just a 4 minute pressure cooking time! I love making potatoes in the Instant Pot because they cook in hardly any time at all.
This potato dish starts by steaming cubed red potatoes in the Instant Pot. Then the potatoes are stirred together with fiesta nacho cheese soup, sour cream, seasonings and bacon crumbles. The result is a creamy potato dish with a kick from the nacho flavored soup.
Ingredients/Substitution Ideas
- Red potatoes–or peeled russet potatoes
- Campbells Fiesta Nacho Cheese Soup–or velveeta
- Sour cream
- Black pepper
- Garlic powder
- Chili powder
- Cumin
- Bacon crumbles–or cubes of ham
Steps
Pour 1 ½ cups water into bottom of Instant Pot. Add potatoes into a steamer basket* and drop the basket into the bottom of the Instant Pot.

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 move valve to venting and remove the lid. Remove the basket and set aside. Dump the water out of the Instant Pot.

Add soup, sour cream, pepper, garlic powder, chili powder, cumin and bacon into Instant Pot. Stir until smooth.


Fold the potatoes into the sauce. Serve and enjoy!

Notes/Tips
- Serve these potatoes along with steamed broccoli and a piece of grilled chicken breast or grilled pork chop. Alternately, you can stir in some cooked chopped chicken and vegetables in with the potatoes and make it an all-in-one-pot meal.
- I used my Avokado silicone steamer basket*.
- I used my 6 quart Instant Pot*. You can also make this in an 8 quart pot.
- Store leftovers in an airtight container* in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
- Other recipes you can make with sour cream are Henny Penny Chicken and Instant Pot Santa Fe Beans And Rice.
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Instant Pot Deathly Hungry Potatoes
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 4 minutes
- Total Time: 24 minutes
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
Description
Instant Pot potatoes with a spunky, creamy sauce and bacon crumbles. A hearty and delicious casserole!
Ingredients
- 2 pound red potatoes, cut into half inch cubes
- 1 (10.5 oz) can Campbells Fiesta Nacho Cheese Soup
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 (3 oz) package bacon crumbles
Instructions
- Pour 1 ½ cups water into bottom of Instant Pot. Add potatoes into a steamer basket and drop the basket into the bottom of the Instant Pot.
- 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 move valve to venting and remove the lid. Remove the basket and set aside. Dump the water out of the Instant Pot.
- Add soup, sour cream, pepper, garlic powder, chili powder, cumin and bacon into Instant Pot. Stir until smooth. Fold the potatoes into the sauce.
- Serve and enjoy!
- Category: Side
- Method: Instant Pot

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I do not have the steamer basket. can the potatoes go right in the water and strained afterwards?
They sometimes get grainy, but you could try it. I would reduce pressure cooking time to 3 minutes.
I made this tonight. We can’t buy fiesta nacho soup in Canada, so I bought the cheddar soup and added some con queso. I also added chicken breast that I cooked first and shredded it while the potatoes were cooking. I used the hot broth from the chicken to save time on building pressure for the potatoes.
I definitely will make this again
oh good! So glad you could still make it with what you could find 🙂
is there a way to replace nacho soup for something?
cheddar soup and add con queso or taco seasoning?
maybe some queso con salsa?
Sounds great! Could I add 3-4 boneless, skinless chicken thighs?
Thanks
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Well, the only problem with that is the potatoes only use a 4 minute cooking time. So if the chicken was cut into bite size pieces then it would work but if it was whole thighs then it wouldn’t work.