Kentucky Casserole

Kentucky Casserole–creamy cheesy penne pasta with bacon, tomatoes and turkey or chicken. This is an easy dump-and-go Instant Pot recipe!

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Kentucky Casserole

The Kentucky hot brown sandwich is a favorite in Louisville. It has turkey, bacon, a creamy sauce and tomatoes. Today’s recipe takes those flavors and puts them all together in an easy dump and go one pot Instant Pot recipe.

With just some basic ingredients you’ll be surprised at how flavorful this dish is! I loved it! I am sad that my daughter isn’t home because I know she would looove it. I’ll have to share the recipe with her!

This recipe is adapted from Dump-and-Bake Kentucky Hot Brown Casserole by The Seasoned Mom.

Ingredients/Substitution Ideas

• Chicken broth–or water and Better than Bouillon
• Penne pasta–or rotini
• Cooked, chopped turkey or chicken–I used rotisserie chicken
• Garlic cloves–or 1 tsp garlic powder
• Diced tomatoes–you only need half a can for this recipe, I freeze the leftovers. You can also just throw the whole can in for an extra tomato-y dish.
• Bertolli garlic alfredo sauce–or another brand that you enjoy
• Bacon–I cooked mine in the air fryer (390 degrees for 5 minutes on each side). You can also use packaged bacon crumbles.
• Mozzarella
• Parmesan cheese–shredded or grated

Steps

Pour broth into Instant Pot. Sprinkle in the penne.

Dump in the turkey/chicken, garlic, tomatoes and alfredo sauce. Don’t stir.

Cover Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 3 minutes. When time is up let pot sit for 5 minutes and then move valve to venting. Remove the lid. 

Stir in the bacon.

Sprinkle the cheese on top

(I use an air fryer lid to melt the cheese and brown up the top for 3 minutes at 350 degrees). 

Serve and enjoy!

Notes/Tips

• Serve with broccoli (steamed or roasted) and garlic bread or breadsticks.
• You can use another short cut pasta for this recipe like cavatappi, rotini, macaroni, ziti, etc. You may need to adjust the cooking time. Here is the formula: look at the back of the box of pasta and see how many minutes it says to boil the pasta. If it’s 10 minutes you divide that number by 2 (=5) and then subtract 2 minutes. So you would pressure cook for 3 minutes.
• 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 (use a 2 minute pressure cook time instead of 3 minute).
• 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 mozzarella are Chicken Georgia and Company Beef Casserole.

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