Potato Lasagna is a layered potato dish with chicken, cheese and bacon. Get a head start on the recipe with your Instant Pot!
Potato Lasagna
What is potato lasagna? Potato lasagna is a layered potato dish with chicken, cheese, cream sauce and bacon. It’s called lasagna because of the layering and the sliced potatoes serve as the “noodle” part of the dish.
This is a really fun dinner. Instead of using pasta noodles in a layered dish you use thinly sliced potatoes (cut them the long way). The potatoes are par-cooked in the Instant Pot and then layered with the other ingredients in a baking dish and baked in the oven. The par-cooking helps a lot so that the potatoes don’t take so long to cook in the oven. Raw crunchy potatoes are no good! The creamy white sauce together with the bacon, potatoes and mozzarella are the perfect match.
Ingredients/Substitution Ideas
- Russet potatoes–you can also use red or Yukon gold potatoes
- Cream–or evaporated milk
- Cottage cheese–or ricotta cheese
- Egg
- Kosher salt
- Pepper
- Garlic powder
- Onion powder
- Italian seasoning–or make your own
- Mozzarella cheese
- Bacon crumbles–find in the salad dressing aisle
- Cooked and chopped chicken–I used rotisserie chicken from Costco. You can also cook chicken ahead of time in the Instant Pot. I love this basic shredded chicken recipe.
Steps
- Par-cook the potatoes: Pour 1 ½ cups water into bottom of Instant Pot. Add potatoes into a steamer basket. Drop the steamer basket* into bottom of Instant Pot. Cover Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 1 minute. When time is up move valve to venting and remove the lid. The potatoes won’t necessarily be totally cooked and that is okay. We are just using the IP to get the potatoes partially cooked and they can finish up in the oven.
- Make the sauce: In a medium bowl whisk together the cream, cottage cheese, egg, salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder and Italian seasoning.
- Layer the ingredients: Preheat oven to 350° F. Spray a baking dish (a 9×13 or 9×9 inch dish both work) with non stick cooking spray. Then layer the following: ⅓ of the potatoes (lay flat and lightly sprinkle each layer of potatoes with a bit of salt and pepper), ⅓ of the chicken, ⅓ of the bacon, ⅓ of the cream mixture, ⅓ of the cheese. Repeat 2 more times.
- Cook: Bake for 30 minutes. Cool slightly, slice and serve.
Notes/Tips
- Try adding in some fresh diced tomatoes or some sundried tomatoes. Layer with the chicken.
- Add color by adding in some chopped spinach. Layer with the chicken.
- Serve with a green vegetables like broccoli or green salad.
- This recipe is gluten-free. Get all my gluten-free Instant Pot recipes.
- I used my 6 quart Instant Pot* to steam the potatoes. You can also use an 8 quart pot.
- Store leftovers in an airtight container* in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
- Other recipes you can make with cottage cheese are Loaded Million Dollar Casserole and Instant Pot Egg Bites.
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Potato Lasagna
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 55 minutes
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
Description
A layered potato dish with chicken, cheese and bacon. Get a head start on the recipe with your Instant Pot!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds Russet potatoes, peeled and sliced into long quarter inch slices
- 1/2 cup cream
- 1/4 cup cottage cheese or ricotta cheese
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- 8 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup bacon crumbles
- 4 cups cooked and chopped chicken
Instructions
- Pour 1 ½ cups water into bottom of Instant Pot. Add potatoes into a steamer basket. Drop the steamer basket* into bottom of Instant Pot. Cover Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 1 minute. When time is up move valve to venting and remove the lid.
- In a medium bowl whisk together the cream, cottage cheese, egg, salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder and Italian seasoning.
- Preheat oven to 350° F. Spray a baking dish (a 9×13 or 9×9 inch dish both work) with non stick cooking spray. Then layer the following: 1/3 of the potatoes (lay flat and lightly sprinkle each layer of potatoes with a bit of salt and pepper), 1/3 of the chicken, 1/3 of the bacon, 1/3 of the cream mixture, 1/3 of the cheese. Repeat 2 more times.
- Bake for 30 minutes. Cool slightly, slice and serve.
- Category: Chicken
- Method: Instant Pot and Oven
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I assume you peel the potatoes prior to cooking in the Instant Pot?
yes that’s right! Make sure to look at the recipe card for all instructions: https://www.365daysofcrockpot.com/potato-lasagna/#tasty-recipes-43725-jump-target
This recipe has been in my Bucket List reipe file since you first published it. This Thanksgiving I had a huge amount of leftover turkey and there’s just so many turkey sandwiches one can eat. I thought, turkey is poultry, right so give this a try and I am glad I did! With the addition of the smoked paprika and the poultry seasoning, this added a new dimernsion to turkey leftovers. I am all about quick and easy and this pulled together within five rminutes, not counting potato slicing. Next year we’lll have one night of turkey sandwiches and the rest willl be iused in this recipe. My family even said, “make sure you remember this one, Mom.” You never fail, Karen. Thank you.
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Ahhh this is so nice to hear!! I’m glad you ended up trying it. I loved it too!