When you don’t know what to make for dinner and you have limited time and ingredients try this easy peasy cheesy hamburger and rice casserole in your Instant Pot.
Disaster Averted Casserole
Currently I’m cabinning it up with my husband and son and his 2 friends. Today’s recipe got 2 thumbs up from all 3 fifteen-year-old boys. They came in after swimming and kayaking in the rain for 2 hours…cold and shivering and ready to eat. I was unsure if they would love the dinner just because it was a conglomeration of ingredients that I had on hand here at the cabin but they were all so enthusiastic about this dinner and told me it was bussin’. Disaster averted! If you’re looking to create a delicious dinner from what you have on hand this recipe just might be the one! There are plenty of ways to sub in and sub out ingredients to make it with what you have at your house.
Ingredients/Substitution Ideas
- Lean ground beef–or ground turkey, ground pork
- Onion–white, yellow or a shallot
- Kosher salt
- Pepper
- Garlic powder–or granulated garlic
- Poultry seasoning–or make your own
- Chicken broth–or water and Better than Bouillon Chicken Base
- Long grain white rice–or converted rice
- Frozen sweet white corn–or canned corn
- Campbell’s cream of mushroom soup–or cream of chicken soup. You can also use 4 ounces of cream cheese or a cup of sour cream. If you use sour cream then add it in after the pressure cooking time is over or else it will curdle.
- Colby jack cheese–or cheddar, mozzarella, pepperjack, monterey jack
Steps
Turn Instant Pot to saute setting. When display says HOT add in the beef and break it up. Add in the onion. Brown for about 5 minutes. Drain off excess grease.
Stir in the salt, pepper, garlic powder and poultry seasoning.
Pour in the broth and scrape bottom of pot so that nothing is sticking. Turn off Instant Pot.
Sprinkle in the rice evenly. Dump in the corn and the cream of mushroom soup. Don’t stir.
Cover Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 3 minutes on high pressure. When time is up let pot sit for 10 minutes and then move valve to venting. Remove the lid.
Stir in the cheese.
Scoop onto plates and serve.
Notes/Tips
- Serve with a side of roasted broccoli and fresh fruit.
- Variation: use 1 ½ cups of sliced carrots in the place of the sweet corn. Or another idea is to stir in a cup of peas after the pressure cooking time is over.
- You can make this recipe gluten-free if you use cream cheese in the place of cream of mushroom soup.
- 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 colby jack cheese are Instant Pot Chick-fil-A Mac and Cheese and Instant Pot Pierogi Casserole.
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Disaster Averted Casserole
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 3 minutes (plus 10 minute NPR)
- Total Time: 23 minutes
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
Description
When you don’t know what to make for dinner and you have limited time and ingredients try this easy peasy cheesy hamburger and rice casserole in your Instant Pot.
Ingredients
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1 cup diced onion
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp poultry seasoning
- 2 1/2 cups chicken broth
- 1 2/3 cup long grain white rice or converted rice
- 1 1/2 cups frozen sweet white corn
- 1 (10.5 oz) can Campbell’s cream of mushroom soup
- 1 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 the onion. Brown for about 5 minutes. Drain off excess grease.
- Stir in the salt, pepper, garlic powder and poultry seasoning.
- Pour in the broth and scrape bottom of pot so that nothing is sticking. Turn off Instant Pot.
- Sprinkle in the rice evenly. Dump in the corn and the cream of mushroom soup. Don’t stir.
- Cover Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 3 minutes on high pressure. When time is up let pot sit for 10 minutes and then move valve to venting. Remove the lid.
- Stir in the cheese. Scoop onto plates and serve.
- Category: Beef
- Method: Instant Pot
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Cooking times were perfect for my ingredients and blended splendidly. I was somewhat surprised to find myself reaching for additional seasoning once the dish was plated. I thought it might be a little salty reading down the ingredient list, but I added a shake of seasoned salt and some hot sauce to finish. Good.
★★★★
Thanks for the review!
can this recipe be made in crock pot
I haven’t tried this particular recipe in the slow cooker. You’d have to brown the beef first on the stove. And I’m not sure on the water to rice ratios. But if you do try it let me know how it goes!