Instant Pot Cheesy Beef Rice Casserole–taco seasoned ground beef is cooked with brown (or white) rice, picante sauce, black beans and corn. Then sour cream and grated cheese are added to create a creamy delicious dinner that everyone will love.
Instant Pot Cheesy Beef Rice Casserole
This is an extremely versatile dish that can be made just how you want it! My family LOVED it as is but you can make these changes if you’d like:
- To make this dairy free leave out the sour cream and cheese. It still tastes really good!
- This can be gluten free. Make sure you taco seasoning doesn’t contain gluten.
- I used brown rice but you can also use white rice. If it’s long grain white rice just increase the water to 1 1/2 cups and use 1 cup of white rice. Cook for 4 minutes instead of 22.
- Instead of black beans you can choose to use pinto beans or kidney beans.
- Instead of frozen corn you can use a can of corn that has been drained.
- Instead of ground beef you can use ground turkey.
- I haven’t tried this with jarred salsa (I used picante) but I bet it would work just fine!
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What Pressure Cooker Did You Use?
To make Instant Pot Cheesy Beef Rice Casserole I used my 6 quart Instant Pot Duo 60 7 in 1*. I love this Instant Pot because it has the yogurt making function which I use almost weekly. It has two pressure settings (high and low), and there are also little slots in the handles so that you can rest the lid there instead of putting it down on your counter-top.
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Instant Pot Cheesy Beef Rice Casserole
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 22 minutes
- Total Time: 37 minutes
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
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Taco seasoned ground beef is cooked with brown rice, picante sauce, black beans and corn. Then sour cream and grated cheese are added to create a creamy delicious dinner that everyone will love.
Ingredients
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 3 Tbsp taco seasoning (I use homemade)
- 1 1/3 cup water
- 1 cup uncooked brown rice (see note)
- 2 cups picante sauce (I use Pace’s mild)
- 1 (14.5 oz) can black beans, rinsed and drained
- 2 cups frozen corn
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 cup grated sharp cheddar
Instructions
- Turn your Instant Pot to the saute setting. When the display says HOT add in the ground beef. Break it up*. Add in the taco seasoning. Brown the beef for about 5 minutes.
- Deglaze the pot with the water.
- Add in the rice, picante sauce, beans and corn. (I layered the ingredients and did not stir)
- Cover the pot and secure the lid. Make sure the valve is set to “sealing.” Set the manual/pressure cook button to 22 minutes.
- When the time is up let the pot sit for 5-10 minutes and then move the valve to venting. Remove the lid.
- Stir in the sour cream and the cheese.
- Scoop into bowls and serve.
Notes
I used my 6 quart Instant Pot Duo 60 7 in 1*.
To make this dairy free leave out the sour cream and cheese. It still tastes really good!
This recipe is gluten free. Just double check the taco seasoning for wheat. McCormick’s makes packets that say gluten free right on the front.
I used brown rice but you can also use white rice. If it’s long grain white rice just increase the water to 1 1/2 cups and use 1 cup of white rice. Cook for 4 minutes instead of 22.
Instead of black beans you can choose to use pinto beans or kidney beans.
Instead of frozen corn you can use a can of corn that has been drained.
Instead of ground beef you can use ground turkey.
- Category: Beef
- Method: Instant Pot
- Cuisine: Mexican
Keywords: gluten free, instant pot
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Aimee says
June 11, 2019 at 6:28 pmMade this tonight but totally missed the direction to lower the cooking time for white rice! I used white jasmine rice. It wasn’t over cooked, but next time I’d try a shorter cook time for sure! Great meal for pantry ingredients…I used regular salsa, a packet of taco seasoning, canned corn and canned black beans. Super easy and yummy.
★★★★★
Karen says
June 12, 2019 at 8:03 amOh I’m glad it wasn’t totally ruined!
Debbie says
May 19, 2019 at 4:56 pmI made this today. The flavor was excellent. My brown rice was not quite done yet after 22 minutes and was a little crunchy, but I should have checked it before adding the sour cream and cheese. I used a 6 quart Instant Pot Duo Plus to make it. I will make this again and just cook my it a little longer. Thanks for a great recipe!
★★★★★
Karen says
May 20, 2019 at 11:15 amGlad you liked it! Weird about the crunchy rice! Did you halve the recipe?
Michael Reid says
January 6, 2019 at 8:11 pmSo…using long grain white rice; cook for ONLY 4 minutes?
Karen says
January 7, 2019 at 6:41 pmyes it cooks very quickly.
MFM says
January 5, 2019 at 6:35 amWe loved this recipe and it was very easy! Used jarred salsa and doubles easily.
★★★★★
Karen says
January 5, 2019 at 9:31 pmAwesome! Glad to hear.
Barbara says
December 16, 2018 at 8:30 pmWhat about instant brown rice? That’s what’s currently in my cupboard. Thanks for this recipe!
Karen says
December 17, 2018 at 12:49 pmI haven’t experimented with minute brown rice in the instant pot yet! I’m sure it would take only 1 or 2 minutes of pressure cook time but I’m not sure on how the water to rice ratio would work.
Devra says
December 15, 2018 at 9:43 pmCan you completely leave out salsa? My husband will not eat anything in which you can see a tomato. Even though he eats tons of pizza, ketchup, and spaghetti. SMH
Karen says
December 17, 2018 at 3:36 pmcould you substitute it with salsa verde?
Jessica Crooks says
December 9, 2018 at 1:50 pmI have an 8 qt duo is there a certain amount of water for a bigger pot
Karen says
December 17, 2018 at 4:04 pmI am pretty sure the 8 quart manual states you need 18 ounces of liquid.
Lanie says
November 25, 2018 at 7:44 amIs this cooked at high pressure? Is that correct that brow rice takes 22 minutes and white takes 4?
Karen says
November 27, 2018 at 3:37 pmyes high pressure and yes that’s right!
Lanie says
November 25, 2018 at 7:28 amAll of your recipes are wonderful. I get excited when I see your emails. You are a wonderful cook. I like the fact that you do up and slow cooker. Thank you so much. Do you serve this with chips as a dip?
★★★★★
Karen says
November 27, 2018 at 3:38 pmnot as a dip usually just crunched up on top 🙂
Chris says
November 25, 2018 at 7:20 amMade this last night with a few adjustments – so very good!!
I reduced rice and water by half. Did not have sour cream- did have cream cheese so used 4 Oz. Love my IP and your recipes!!
★★★★★
Karen says
November 27, 2018 at 3:38 pmcream cheese saves the day!
Vesta says
November 24, 2018 at 1:19 amThis recipe sounds good. Is there a rule for timing rice? I use brown jasmine rice that cooks on the stove for 25 minutes in 1 3/4 cups water. I cannot find any IP recipes using this rice. I see you bought an 8 quart instant pot today. I did too. I hope you will start showing recipes and accessories for the 8 quart soon.
Karen says
November 24, 2018 at 7:50 pmHi Vesta, here is info on how to cook brown jasmine rice:
2 cups brown jasmine rice (Or long grain brown rice, or brown basmati rice)
2 1/2 cups water
20 minutes pressure cook time, 15 minute natural release
I’m so excited to try out my 8 quart!
Deborah says
November 20, 2018 at 9:33 pmDo you have this recipe for the slow cooker? It sounds amazing!
Karen says
November 24, 2018 at 7:59 pmNope! I haven’t tried this one yet in the slow cooker!
Fay Davis says
November 20, 2018 at 2:58 pmThis looks really yummy…except I can’t have tomatoes (sorry, picante sauce!)
Any idea if I could make this without the picante or a substitution? If I made it without, I could take out my part and then add in the picante for the rest of the family.
My husband got me the Instant Pot for my birthday and it’s one of the most used presents he’s ever given me…he won with this appliance!
Karen says
November 24, 2018 at 8:02 pmI would use a salsa verde!