Sounds Country Casserole–beef and noodles with cabbage and cheddar cheese made in your Instant Pot.
Sounds Country Casserole
With wide egg noodles, chunks of seasoned ground beef, cooked cabbage and a slightly creamy sauce this dinner is super satisfying. It’s a great one pot meal that you can put together quite quickly.
This recipe is adapted from Amish Country Casserole on the Country Cook. The original recipe has cream soups and a can of tomato soup. I liked to make this with more unprocessed ingredients and was quite happy with how it turned out. It makes for fantastic leftovers the next day too. Enjoy!
Ingredients/Substitution Ideas
- Lean ground beef–I used 93/7. You can also use ground turkey or ground pork
- Yellow onion
- Kosher salt
- Black pepper
- Garlic powder
- Worcestershire sauce
- Smoked paprika
- Ketchup
- Beef broth–or water and Better than Bouillon beef base
- Old fashioned wide egg noodles–I used Mrs. Miller’s brand, they are in a stand-up bag next to other pastas
- Cabbage
- Tomato sauce
- Cream cheese
- Sharp cheddar cheese–or mozzarella
Steps
Turn Instant Pot to saute setting. When display says HOT add in the beef and break it up. Add in the onion, salt, pepper, garlic powder, Worcestershire, smoked paprika and ketchup. Brown beef for about 5 minutes.
Pour in the broth and scrape bottom of pot so that nothing is sticking. Turn off Instant Pot.
Sprinkle in the egg noodles. Top noodles with the cabbage. Dump in the tomato sauce and cream cheese.
Cover Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 5 minutes. When time is up let pot sit for 10 minutes and then move valve to venting. Remove the lid.
Stir well. Sprinkle the cheese on top and let it melt.
Serve and enjoy!
Notes/Tips
- Serve with green salad, collard greens, garlic green beans or roasted broccoli.
- I used my 6 quart Instant Pot*. You can also make this in a 3 or 8 quart pot.
- This recipe can be doubled. Double all ingredients and keep the same cooking time.
- Store leftovers in an airtight container* in the refrigerator for up to 3-4 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
- Other recipes you can make with cabbage are Magic Soup and Instant Pot Panda Express Chow Mein.
- If you use another type of pasta 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 usually use a 5-10 minute natural pressure release for pasta.
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Sounds Country Casserole
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes (plus 10 minute NPR)
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 4–6 servings 1x
Description
Beef and noodles with cabbage and cheddar cheese made in your Instant Pot.
Ingredients
- 16 ounces lean ground beef
- 1 medium yellow onion, diced
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1/4 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 Tbsp ketchup
- 2 cups beef broth
- 8 ounces old fashioned wide egg noodles (I used Mrs. Miller’s brand, they are in a stand-up bag next to other pastas)
- 2 cups chopped cabbage
- 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
- 2 ounces cream cheese
- 1/2 cup sharp cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Turn Instant Pot to saute setting. When display says HOT add in the beef and break it up. Add in the onion, salt, pepper, garlic powder, Worcestershire, smoked paprika and ketchup. Brown beef for about 5 minutes.
- Pour in the broth and scrape bottom of pot so that nothing is sticking. Turn off Instant Pot.
- Sprinkle in the egg noodles. Top noodles with the cabbage. Dump in the tomato sauce and cream cheese.
- Cover Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 5 minutes. When time is up let pot sit for 10 minutes and then move valve to venting. Remove the lid.
- Stir well. Sprinkle the cheese on top and let it melt. Serve and enjoy!
- Category: Beef
- Method: Instant Pot
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It was very good. The store did not have the wide egg noodles, but wide egg pasta worked perfectly. I used ground chicken and seasoned the cabbage layer with additional salt, pepper and garlic powder. It was good topped with hot pepper flakes when serving.
Thank you! I’m glad the wide egg pasta worked well, and those extra seasonings sound fantastic 😊
I don’t have an instant pot. Is there a way this can be adapted for a crockpot or something else?
Here’s how I would make it on the stove top:
Brown the Ground Beef and Onion:
In a large pot or Dutch oven, brown the ground beef with the onion, salt, pepper, garlic powder, Worcestershire sauce, smoked paprika, and ketchup over medium-high heat. Drain excess grease if necessary.
Simmer Ingredients:
Pour in the beef broth (you may need to add more to cover the noodles) and scrape the bottom to deglaze.
Stir in the chopped cabbage, tomato sauce, and noodles until evenly distributed.
Cover and simmer gently over low heat, stirring occasionally, for 12–15 minutes or until the noodles are tender. Add more broth if needed to prevent sticking or drying out.
Stir in the cream cheese until incorporated.
Sprinkle cheddar cheese on top, cover, and let it melt for 3–5 minutes. Serve and enjoy!
Can I substitute the cabbage with something else? Maybe canned green beans?
Yes I think green beans would work well!