Family Night Casserole–a creamy, cheesy, and mildly spiced Instant Pot enchilada pasta with ground beef, macaroni, and a Southwestern flair.
Family Night Casserole
This one-pot enchilada pasta is easy, hearty, and packed with flavor, making it perfect for a stress-free family night dinner. It’s almost like goulash meets enchiladas meets stroganoff. Kids and adults love it…everyone will leave the table happy! You can easily customize this enchilada pasta to suit your preferences. Swap the ground beef for ground turkey. If you need a gluten free pasta alternative, try using Banza penne pasta (same cooking time). For a dairy-free version, leave out the sour cream and cheese. We like things pretty mild at our house but you can easily adjust the spice level by choosing mild, medium, or hot enchilada sauce and green chiles. This was a win at our house and I think you’ll love it too! Give it a try this week.
Ingredients/Substitution Ideas
- Lean ground beef
- Dry minced onion
- Chili powder
- Garlic powder
- Kosher salt
- Cumin
- Black pepper
- Dried parsley
- Beef broth
- Macaroni–or penne
- Red enchilada sauce–I used mild
- Diced green chiles–I used mild
- Frozen baja corn blend–find in the frozen veggie aisle…they have roasted corn, black beans, onions, green chilies, red and green peppers in them
- Sour cream
- Cheddar cheese–or monterey jack, mexican blend
Steps
Turn Instant Pot to saute setting. When display says HOT add in the beef and break it up. Add in the onion, chili powder, garlic powder, salt, cumin, pepper and parsley. Brown for about 5 minutes.
Pour in the broth and scrape bottom of pot so that nothing is sticking. Turn off Instant Pot.
Sprinkle in the pasta. Dump in the enchilada sauce, green chiles and corn blend.
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 5-10 minutes and then move valve to venting. Remove the lid.
Stir. Add sour cream to a bowl and stir a cup of the macaroni into the sour cream to temper it. Then stir the mixture into the Instant Pot.
Sprinkle with the cheddar and let melt.
Serve and enjoy!
Notes/Tips
- Serve with a green salad or some roasted green beans.
- I used my 6 quart Instant Pot*. You can also make this in a 3 or 8 quart pot.
- This recipe can easily be doubled or halved.
- If you’re not a huge sour cream fan trying cutting the sour cream in half or using 4 ounces of cream cheese in its place.
- Store leftovers in an airtight container* in the refrigerator for up to 4 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
- Other recipes you can make with sour cream are Mexican Sour Cream Rice and Instant Pot Sour Cream Chili Bake.
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Family Night Casserole
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 4 minutes (plus 5 minute NPR)
- Total Time: 24 minutes
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
Description
A creamy, cheesy, and mildly spiced Instant Pot enchilada pasta with ground beef, macaroni, and a Southwestern flair.
Ingredients
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1 Tbsp dry minced onion
- 2 tsp chili powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp dried parsley
- 2 cups beef broth
- 8 ounces macaroni
- 1 (10 oz) can red enchilada sauce (I used mild)
- 1 (4 oz) can diced green chiles (I used mild)
- 1 cup frozen baja corn blend
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Turn Instant Pot to saute setting. When display says HOT add in the beef and break it up. Add in the onion, chili powder, garlic powder, salt, cumin, pepper and parsley. Brown for about 5 minutes.
- Pour in the broth and scrape bottom of pot so that nothing is sticking. Turn off Instant Pot.
- Sprinkle in the pasta. Dump in the enchilada sauce, green chiles and corn blend.
- 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 5-10 minutes and then move valve to venting. Remove the lid.
- Stir. Add sour cream to a bowl and stir a cup of the macaroni into the sour cream to temper it. Then stir the mixture into the Instant Pot.
- Sprinkle with the cheddar and let melt.
- Serve and enjoy!
- Category: Beef
- Method: Instant Pot
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