Fire Station Casserole–an Instant Pot dish featuring seasoned ground beef, rice, black beans, and green chiles, all brought together with cheddar cheese and sour cream for an easy, comforting meal.
Fire Station Casserole
If you’re looking for something hearty, filling and easy to make…something that is perfect for feeding a hungry crew I’ve got you covered. This dinner is protein packed and is quite quick and easy. You can easily double this recipe to feed 10 people. If you want to serve it with something else to stretch the meal consider serving it with warm tortillas or cornbread and honey butter. Want to up the protein? Double the amount of ground beef. And if you’d like to make it a little spicy try adding it a diced jalapeno with the beef and onion or add some spicy salsa on top of each serving.
Ingredients/Substitution Ideas
- Lean ground beef–or ground turkey
- Onion
- Kosher salt
- Black pepper
- Garlic powder–or 4 large garlic cloves, minced
- Cumin
- Chili powder
- Beef broth–or water and Better than Bouillon beef base
- Converted rice–or long grain, basmati or jasmine
- Diced green chiles–I used mild
- Black beans–or pinto beans
- Sour cream
- Cheddar cheese–I used sharp
Steps
Turn Instant Pot to saute setting. When display says HOT add in the beef and break it up. Add in the onion, salt, pepper, garlic powder, cumin and chili powder and brown for about 5 minutes.
Pour in the beef broth and scrape bottom of pot so that nothing is sticking. Turn off Instant Pot.
Sprinkle in the rice. Dump in the green chiles and beans. Don’t stir.
Cover 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 and cheese.
Serve and enjoy!
Notes/Tips
- Serve with corn, warm tortillas, avocado or diced tomatoes and shredded lettuce.
- What is “converted rice”? Don’t confuse converted rice (or sometimes it is called parboiled rice) with pre-cooked or minute rice. Parboiled rice has been processed in its husk by soaking, steaming, and drying. As a result, all the nutrients from the husk are absorbed into the grain before it’s removed. The starch content alters in the process, making cooked parboiled rice less sticky than regular white rice. The rice kernels aren’t clumpy and glued together instead they are more separated. I found a bag of parboiled rice at Walmart next to the normal long grain white rice. Sometimes I buy it at Winco in the bulk section. I have also found it in the orange box (Ben’s brand) next to other rices.
- This recipe is gluten free.
- I used my 6 quart Instant Pot*. You can also make this in a 3 or 8 quart pot.
- You can easily double this recipe in a 6 or 8 quart pot to feed the whole firehouse.
- 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 sour cream are Instant Pot Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas and Instant Pot Sour Cream Taco Rice Bake.
Did you know you can filter the recipes on my website to search by meat type, IP or Crockpot, low carb, gluten free, etc.? Use the filter to find exactly what you are looking for.
Fire Station Casserole
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
Description
An Instant Pot dish featuring seasoned ground beef, rice, black beans, and green chiles, all brought together with cheddar cheese and sour cream for an easy, comforting meal.
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound lean ground beef
- 1/2 cup diced onion
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 1 1/2 cups beef broth
- 1 cup converted rice
- 1 (4 oz) can diced green chiles (I used mild)
- 1 (15.5 oz) can black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1/3 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, salt, pepper, garlic powder, cumin and chili powder and brown for about 5 minutes.
- Pour in the beef broth and scrape bottom of pot so that nothing is sticking. Turn off Instant Pot.
- Sprinkle in the rice. Dump in the green chiles and beans. Don’t stir.
- Cover 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 and cheese.
- Serve and enjoy!
- Category: Beef
- Method: Instant Pot
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