Instant Pot friendsgiving casserole is a chicken/turkey and gravy dish topped with french fried onions. Ladle it over any of your favorite Thanksgiving favorites like mashed potatoes or stuffing.
Instant Pot Friendsgiving Casserole
Friendsgiving is a fun meal experience where friends gather together and each person brings a dish to share. Because it’s not actual Thanksgiving there can be a wide array of foods that you may or may not find at a traditional Thanksgiving dinner. I love this idea so much! In the past I’ve “sort of” wanted to host a thanksgiving dinner but not really because…you know. It’s so much work and I don’t think of myself as a real grown up yet. But I do think I could host a warm up for Thanksgiving with friends…a friendsgiving. That seems like super low pressure and if something doesn’t turn out then oh well! It’s just a casual friendsgiving.
This recipe is a chicken or turkey and gravy-like dish that you would serve over the top of whatever your friends happen to bring. Dressing/stuffing…yes. Green beans…yes. Rolls…yes. Mashed potatoes…yes. Next to a side of cranberry relish…yes. You get the idea. This turkey and sauce is so delicious you’ll want to lick it up off of your plate.
Ingredients/Substitution Ideas
- Sour cream–or 1 cup of heavy cream
- Flour
- Butter
- Onion
- Celery
- Chicken broth–or water and Better than Bouillon
- Boneless skinless chicken thighs or cooked chopped turkey–you can also use cooked and chopped chicken, like rotisserie chicken.
- Garlic powder
- Kosher salt
- Black pepper
- Poultry seasoning
- Celery salt
- Dried parsley
- French’s crispy fried onions
The Basic Steps
- Let sour cream come to room temperature so that it doesn’t separate.
- Saute onion and celery.
- Deglaze the pot.
- Add ingredients.
- Pressure cook.
- Temper the sour cream.
- Ladle the chicken/turkey and sauce over whatever you have on hand (mashed potatoes, stuffing, green beans, rolls, etc.) and top each individual portion with a small handful of the crispy fried onions.
Notes/Tips
- Serve on top of mashed potatoes or another choice.
- The sauce is fairly thin. If you’d like you can thicken the sauce with a cornstarch slurry or some instant mashed potatoes flakes.
- 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.
- Other recipes you can make with French’s crispy fried onions are Instant Pot French Onion Broccoli Casserole and Instant Pot Crispy Cowboy Casserole.
More Friendsgiving Ideas…
Instant Pot French Onion Broccoli Casserole
Broccoli coated in creamy french onion dip, cheddar cheese and then topped with crispy fried onions. Even broccoli haters lover this casserole!
Slow Cooker Marshmallow Sweet Potatoes
A traditional holiday side dish made in your slow cooker to free up oven and stovetop space for all the other food that you’ll be making!
Instant Pot Chocolate Lovers Cheesecake
This cheesecake has an Oreo crust, chocolate cream cheese filling and a chocolate ganache on top. The cheesecake is dreamy and creamy and has no cracks thanks to the Instant Pot!
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Friendsgiving Casserole
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes (plus 10 minute NPR)
- Total Time: 32 minutes
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
Description
Friendsgiving casserole is a chicken/turkey and gravy dish topped with french fried onions. Ladle it over any of your favorite Thanksgiving favorites like mashed potatoes or stuffing.
Ingredients
- 1 cup sour cream
- 2 Tbsp flour
- 2 Tbsp butter
- 1 cup diced onion
- 3 ribs of celery, diced
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs, trimmed of excess fat or 4 cups of cooked, chopped turkey
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- 3/4 tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp poultry seasoning
- 1/2 tsp celery salt
- 2 tsp dried parsley
- 1 (6 oz) package of French’s crispy fried onions
Instructions
- Measure out the sour cream and flour and stir together in a bowl. Set on the counter to come to room temperature while you’re preparing the rest of the recipe.
- Turn Instant Pot to saute setting. When display says HOT add in the butter and swirl it around to melt. Add in the onion and celery and saute for 4 minutes.
- Pour in the broth and scrape bottom of pot so that nothing is sticking.
- Add in chicken, garlic powder, salt, pepper, poultry seasoning, celery salt and dried parsley.
- Cover Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 12 minute for frozen or fresh chicken thighs or 3 minutes for cooked, chopped turkey. When time is up let pot sit for 10 minutes and then move valve to venting. Remove the lid.
- Add a cup of the hot liquid into the sour cream mixture and whisk well. Then pour the sour cream mixture into the pot and stir.
- If you used chicken thighs, break them up into pieces.
- Ladle the chicken/turkey and sauce over whatever you have on hand (mashed potatoes, stuffing, green beans, rolls, etc.) and top each individual portion with a small handful of the crispy fried onions.
- Category: Chicken/Turkey
- Method: Instant Pot
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This looks very good! I’ll be trying it soon. It mentions cooking onions with the celery, but the only onions mentioned in the recipe are fried onions, which looks like they are put on top? Do you use also fresh onions and if so how much?
Hi Jan. The fourth ingredient listed is diced onions. You can use yellow or white onions. And yes you’ll saute them with the celery.