Penny Casserole—an Instant Pot dish with smoked sausage, broccoli, potatoes and a creamy mustard sauce. An easy one-pot-meal!
Penny Casserole
Penny casserole is a one pot dish that you can cook in your Instant Pot with just a 4 minute pressure cooking time! It’s named penny casserole because the sliced smoked sausage resembles the copper coins and it’s budget-friendly! It’s got a creamy sauce that flavors the whole dish nicely. I couldn’t stop sneaking bites of this one!
Ingredients/Substitution Ideas
- Olive oil–or canola oil, vegetable oil
- Beef smoked sausage–or pork smoked sausage, andouille sausage, kielbasa
- Onion–yellow or white
- Water
- Better than Bouillon chicken base–or beef base, vegetable base
- Red potatoes–or yukon gold potatoes, peeled russet potatoes
- Broccoli florets–fresh or frozen
- Sour cream–or 4 ounces softened cream cheese
- Dijon mustard–or yellow mustard
- Salt and pepper–to taste
Steps
Turn Instant Pot to saute setting. When display says HOT add in the oil and swirl it around. Add in the smoked sausage and brown for about 3 minutes.
Then stir in the onions and saute for 3 minutes. Pour in the water and scrape bottom of pot so that nothing is sticking. Turn off the Instant Pot.
Stir in the bouillon to dissolve. Dump in the potatoes…
and broccoli.
Cover Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 4 minutes. When time is up move valve to venting and remove the lid.
In a bowl whisk together the sour cream and mustard. Stir the mixture into the pot.
Salt and pepper to taste.
Serve and enjoy!
Notes/Tips
- We ate this as a one pot meal. However, if you’d like a side dish consider a piece of french bread, some fresh fruit or some corn on the cob.
- I used my 6 quart Instant Pot*. You can also make this in an 8 quart pot. You can cut the recipe in half for the 3 quart pot (keep the water amount the same).
- 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 broccoli Instant Pot Broccoli Cheddar Soup and Instant Pot Beef And Broccoli.
- You can make this dairy free by eliminating the sour cream sauce. It still tastes amazing!
- Can I use frozen broccoli instead? Yes you can! It might get a little soft. If you don’t love it like that then you may want to add it in (hot and ready) after the pressure cooking time is over.
- I don’t like broccoli can I use another vegetable? Sure! Try cauliflower florets, sweet corn, carrots or spinach.
- Equipment I used*: cutting board, knife to slice the sausage, knife to cut the broccoli into florets, wooden saute paddle
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Instant Pot Lucky Man’s Casserole
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Peggy’s Casserole (Instant Pot)
Peggy’s Casserole is an Instant Pot take on a potato and smoked sausage dish with a creamy sauce and cheddar on top. You’re going to love how the Instant Pot can help take a recipe that usually takes oven an hour to bake in the oven and make it in 30 minutes.
Adele’s Casserole
Instant Pot smoked sausage, carrots, potatoes and spinach with a bit of lemon pepper and parmesan cheese. An easy and delicious one pot meal!
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Instant Pot Penny Casserole
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 4 minutes
- Total Time: 24 minutes
- Yield: 4–6 servings 1x
Description
An Instant Pot dish with smoked sausage, broccoli, potatoes and a creamy mustard sauce. An easy one-pot-meal!
Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 (12 oz) package beef smoked sausage
- 1 cup diced onion
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 Tbsp Better than Bouillon chicken base
- 4 red potatoes (1 1/4 pounds), cut into 1/2 inch cubes
- 12 ounces broccoli florets
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 Tbsp dijon mustard
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
- Turn Instant Pot to saute setting. When display says HOT add in the oil and swirl it around. Add in the smoked sausage and brown for about 3 minutes. Then stir in the onions and saute for 3 minutes.
- Pour in the water and scrape bottom of pot so that nothing is sticking. Turn off the Instant Pot.
- Stir in the bouillon to dissolve. Dump in the potatoes and broccoli.
- Cover Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 4 minutes. When time is up move valve to venting and remove the lid.
- In a bowl whisk together the sour cream and mustard. Stir the mixture into the pot. Salt and pepper to taste.
- Serve and enjoy!
- Category: Sausage
- Method: Instant Pot
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Could I use russet potatoes instead of red? Would I peel them?
yes use russets and peel them, should be great
My husband and 9-year-old son loved this. Thank you!
you’re welcome!!
This is delicious! Used frozen sweet corn because the hubby doesn’t like broccoli. That’s the only change. My husband definitely approved of this, so do I! Thanks for another great recipe!
★★★★★
Thanks for the 5 stars Debbie!
can a different mustard be used?
★★★★★
yes you can use yellow mustard if you’d like.
I was also wondering what the slow cooker variation of this would be…
Here’s how I would make it in the slow cooker:
Heat a pan over medium high heat. Add in the oil and swirl it around. Add in the smoked sausage and brown for about 3 minutes. Then stir in the onions and saute for 3 minutes. Add to the slow cooker.
Pour in the water, Stir in the bouillon to dissolve. Dump in the potatoes and broccoli.
Cover and cook on low for 4-6 hours, or until potatoes are tender.
In a bowl whisk together the sour cream and mustard. Stir the mixture into the pot. Salt and pepper to taste.
Serve and enjoy!
Thank you!
Is there a slow cooker version?
Here’s how I would make it in the slow cooker:
Heat a pan over medium high heat. Add in the oil and swirl it around. Add in the smoked sausage and brown for about 3 minutes. Then stir in the onions and saute for 3 minutes. Add to the slow cooker.
Pour in the water, Stir in the bouillon to dissolve. Dump in the potatoes and broccoli.
Cover and cook on low for 4-6 hours, or until potatoes are tender.
In a bowl whisk together the sour cream and mustard. Stir the mixture into the pot. Salt and pepper to taste.
Serve and enjoy!