Instant Pot Mac and Cheese with Green Chiles–super easy recipe for macaroni and cheese that’s spiced up with a can of green chiles and made in your electric pressure cooker.
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Instant Pot Mac and Cheese with Green Chiles
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Sometimes you just need a big pot of mac and cheese in your life. Today was one of those days. I have been meaning to see how mac and cheese would turn out in the Instant Pot. And it worked out really well. And although stovetop mac is super easy to make sometimes it’s nice just to load everything in a pot and walk away while you’re busy with other things.
I ended up setting the timer to manual for 4 minutes and then let the pressure release naturally for 3 minutes before I turned the valve to venting. I did have a little foaming happen…if this happens to you just move the valve back to “sealing” and then try to vent again in 20 seconds. I added a little bit of hot sauce to my macaroni and cheese because I just felt it added some zing.
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What Instant Pot/Slow Cooker Did You Use?
For this Instant Pot Mac and Cheese with Green Chiles I used this Instant Pot IP-LUX60 V3 Programmable Electric Pressure Cooker. It’s 6 quarts, so the same size as most slow cookers. It cost me around $80 on Amazon. When I made a similar recipe in the slow cooker I used this 6 quart KitchenAid Slow Cooker.
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Instant Pot Mac and Cheese with Green Chiles
- Prep Time: 13 minutes
- Cook Time: 4 minutes
- Total Time: 17 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
Ingredients
- 8 oz (2 cups) uncooked macaroni noodles
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 (4 oz) can green chiles
- 5 oz (about 1 1/2 cups) grated sharp cheddar
- 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese
- Hot sauce, optional
Instructions
- Lightly spray the bottom of your Instant Pot with non-stick cooking spray.
- Place macaroni, water, milk, salt, pepper, garlic powder and green chiles in the pot.
- Cover the pot and turn the valve to “sealing.” Set to manual and set timer to 4 minutes. When the timer beeps let it count up for 3 minutes.
- Gently turn the valve in between “sealing” and “venting.” If any foam comes out then turn the valve back to sealing and keep it there for 20 seconds. Then try to release the pressure again. Do this until all the pressure is release. Remove the lid.
- Stir in the cheeses until melted. Scoop into bowls and serve with hot sauce, if desired.
Notes
I used my 6 quart Instant Pot for this recipe.
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Will this recipe work in a 3 qt or does it need to be halved? Thanks!
I think it will fit just fine in the 3 quart pot.
Also, forgot to ask if the time would change as well with doubling this recipe. Thanks!
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Love all your recipes – life changing for supper time! When doubling this recipe, is everything doubled or would there be special instructions? Thank you!
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Double everything, keep same cooking time 🙂
I made this tonight, The Macaroni wasn’t done enough for us, I would like it to be a bit more creamy than it was. Followed the recipe to a T.
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It tasted great. I added a 1/2 tsp. dry mustard to the water before cooking it. It went well with air fryer pork chops. Who needs a stove?😜
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I like the sound of air fryer pork chops! Yum!
Is there nutritional info for your recipes?
The new recipes all have nutrition info at the bottom of the recipe cards.
MOST of your recipes have nutritional values included.
Where are the Nutritional values for the instant pot mac and cheese with green chiles?
I consider the numbers before I prepare a new dish.
Thank you
Halved recipe and used my non-stick inser in my 3qt Instant Pot. Subbed heavy whipping cream for milk and used shredded Parmesan cheese. Added 8 shakes if Tapatio hot sauce to mixture before pressure cooking. Needed more pasta then recipe called for and let set in Instant Pot after cooking to thicken sauce. Quite different but ohh so very tasty!
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Your version sounds so great! 👌
Can you double this recipe in the 6 quart or would I need to use an 8 quart?
yes you can double in a 6 quart.
Love so many of your recipes and this one is one of our very favorites! So yummy and creamy. Great depth if cheesy flavor from the 2 types of cheese. I can’t do anything very spicy, but the green chiles give a nice little kick without being too spicy or overpowering. Our 4 year old loves this, too!
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That is why I love green chiles!