Ellen’s Oklahoma Casserole–A quick, one-pot dinner that’s packed with flavor! Ground beef (or turkey), Rotel, ranch beans, corn, and cheesy Spanish rice all cook together in minutes for the easiest weeknight meal ever. This dump-and-go Instant Pot recipe is hearty, budget-friendly, and family-approved.
Ellen’s Oklahoma Casserole
With only 6 ingredients this recipe is a super fast and easy to make, not to mention delicious. I’m going to share this with my daughter in college so she can make it in her mini Instant Pot*. It’s nice because it doesn’t have any seasonings (which she often doesn’t have). You don’t need to dig through your spice cabinet or measure out a bunch of seasonings because the Zatarain’s mix, Rotel, and ranch beans bring all the flavor you need. It also makes great leftovers for lunch the next day.
Recipe adapted from Ellen’s Oklahoma Casserole on Just a Pinch.
Ingredients/Substitution Ideas
- Ground beef–or ground turkey
- Zatarain’s spanish rice–or rice-a-roni spanish rice
- Rotel diced tomatoes with green chiles–find next to other canned tomatoes
- Ranch style beans–find next to other canned beans. You can also use chili beans.
- Frozen sweet corn–or one can of corn, drained.
- Mexican blend cheese–or another type of cheese you like
Steps
Turn on sauté mode, add the beef once it says HOT, break it up and brown for 5 min. Drain the grease and season with a little salt and pepper.
Pour in the water and scrape bottom of pot so that nothing is sticking. Turn off Instant Pot. Sprinkle in the contents of the Zatarain’s box.
Dump the Rotel, ranch beans and corn on top.
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 10 minutes and then move valve to venting. Remove the lid.
Stir in the cheese.
Serve and enjoy!
Notes/Tips
- Serve with a green salad or roasted vegetables.
- Instead of Zatarain’s brand you can also use Rice-A-Roni brand of spanish rice.
- 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 4 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
- Try serving the leftovers wrapped up in a soft tortilla.
- Other recipes you can make with mexican blend shredded cheese are Greg’s Taco Lasagna and Rodeo Casserole.
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Ellen’s Oklahoma Casserole
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 3 minutes (plus 10 minute NPR)
- Total Time: 23 minutes
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
Description
A quick, one-pot dinner that’s packed with flavor! Ground beef (or turkey), Rotel, ranch beans, corn, and cheesy Spanish rice all cook together in minutes for the easiest weeknight meal ever. This dump-and-go Instant Pot recipe is hearty, budget-friendly, and family-approved.
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef or ground turkey
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1 (6.9 oz) box Zatarain’s spanish rice
- 1 (10 oz) can Rotel diced tomatoes with green chiles
- 1 (15 oz) can Ranch style beans
- 1 1/2 cups frozen sweet corn
- 1 cup shredded mexican blend cheese
Instructions
- Turn Instant Pot to saute setting. When display says HOT add in the beef and break it up and brown for 5 minutes. Drain off excess grease. Lightly salt and pepper the meat.
- Pour in the water and scrape bottom of pot so that nothing is sticking. Turn off Instant Pot.
- Sprinkle in the contents of the Zatarain’s box. Dump the Rotel, ranch beans and corn on top.
- 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 10 minutes and then move valve to venting. Remove the lid.
- Stir in the cheese.
- Serve and enjoy!
- Category: Beef
- Method: Instant Pot
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This is great. I made as recipe is written using ground chicken. Really good stuff
Yum! That sounds great!
Was in a hurry. Knew this recipe wouldn’t let me down. Just wanted everybody to know this is excellent made with J Dean ground sausage! That’s all I had thawed out in the fridge, so that’s what I used. SO GOOD!!
Thanks Kim!!
Could this be made in a crockpot?
Excellent!!! Great taste!!!
Thanks Sue!
I baked mine in a 400 degree oven for 45 minutes, stirring about every 10 minutes and added the cheese and let it stand for about 10 minutes to melt the cheese. Next time I’m adding Frito or corn tortilla chips
Thanks for the instructions! Hope you liked it!
I love these recipes but I don’t own a instapot. These recipes look so good. Can they be made in a crockpot. If so do a conversion recipe
Hi, rice in the slow cooker is a bit tricky, too dry and it burns or you have too much liquid and mushy rice. You of course brown the meat first. Look up rice in slow cooker if you want to try. I would cook the rice according to package over the stove, then throw everything together to marinate the flavors. A big pot on the stove could work or In a slow cooker for an hour. On low then move to warm setting to let it simmer, rice will likely be mush.
I was a little uncertain about this recipe! Not that I don’t trust you, Karen… You have yet to steer me wrong!
But, the ranch-style beans are where I was like WHAT?? LOL
So I made it, and it was so flippin’ GOOD! It had lots of flavor and we all gobbled it right up!
Now, I couldn’t find the Zatarain Spanish Rice at my store, but they had the Knorr Spanish rice and my hubby likes corn but not in a dish or casserole (he’s a Weirdo)…. So I used hominy instead of corn…. I also used beef broth for my liquid… Plain water is boring! hahaha
We will be making this again! 🙂
I’m so glad you tried it! I loved this one. Good to know that Knorr brand works well too 🙂
This was so good! The only corn that I had was a can of southwestern style corn.It worked out fine.Going to be my lunch tomorrow. Thanks for the recipe.
Thanks Kathy!
Made this supper tonight.
It is so easy, and so good! Thanks for the recipe!
I loved it too! Thanks for the 5 stars!
WHOA! I’ve been using Zatarain’s Spanish Rice for years as a side. I already know this is going to be amazing. It’s next on the list. Be back with stars.
Hope you love it Kim!
Yep, was amazing. Thanks again! Had dinner on the table in about 30 min. WHOA!
Just made this again this morning (for tonight). We’ve got another hurricane headed for us & we might lose power. This recipe is so good & filling & EZ to throw together. Thanks again, Karen.
Oh no! I was wondering how the hurricanes were affecting you! Hopefully you are okay.
We dodged 3 hurricanes this year, Praise God! Have done a lot of praying at this house. We got hit with a CAT5 back in Oct 2018 & our area is still not over it. Would not wish that on my worst enemy.
So glad you are okay! That is scary!