This easy Instant Pot chicken parmesan casserole is my kids all time favorite dinner! The classic dish you love made with pasta and cooked in just 10 minutes. I got the idea for this after making my Instant Pot spaghetti with jar sauce over and over again. Use your pressure cooker, Ninja Foodi or Crockpot Express tonight and try it!
This Instant Pot chicken parmesan casserole came out amazing the first time I made it. Everyone devoured it as soon as it was ready. Listed as one of our favorite Instant Pot recipes you will surely make it over and over again too. Sponsored by Mardi Gras Napkins. (affiliate links present)
Table of Contents
- Pressure Cooker Chicken Parmesan Casserole
- Instant Pot Chicken Parmesan Casserole Recipe
- Ninja Foodi Chicken Parmesan Casserole
- How to Make Chicken Parmesan Casserole
- Chicken Parmesan Casserole Instant Pot
- Instant Pot Parmesan Chicken
- What goes good with chicken parmesan?
- Instant Pot Chicken Parmesan Pasta
- Instant Pot Chicken Pasta
- Instant Pot Chicken Parmesan Casserole Recipe
Pressure Cooker Chicken Parmesan Casserole
With some simple ingredients I was able to make this for less than $15 and in 20 minutes cooking time. Use a Ninja Foodi or other pressure cooker to get it all done. Everyone at the table loved it, including my picky husband and 3 kids. Now that is what I call a great recipe win!!
You can use any medium size pasta noodles for this. If I have bowtie or shells it doesn’t matter really. As far as meat goes, chicken breasts are my go to but if you prefer thighs with dark meat that would be just great as well to add protein.
If you are new to pressure cooking we have a lot of easy one pot meal recipes for you here. To begin with let’s start with a few basic tips:
- Make sure to Bookmark our InstaPot recipes page. We add new ones each week!
- Then PRINT this —–> Instant Pot cooking times cheat sheet that will help you understand how long meat, vegetables and beans take to cook in your pressure cooker.
- I HIGHLY recommend you buy this non stick pot.
- You should know how to deglaze a pressure cooker after sautéing but it won’t have as many issues with this better liner.
For reference, this is the model I have (a 6 quart) and use for all recipe creations.
Instant Pot Chicken Parmesan Casserole Recipe
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Ninja Foodi Chicken Parmesan Casserole
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How to Make Chicken Parmesan Casserole
This is what you will need to make this creative meal;
- Instant Pot or pressure cooker – this is the one I have at the top of this post
- I HIGHLY recommend getting a non stick pot to avoid the burn notice on all recipes you make from here on out.
- 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- could use chicken thighs
Chicken Parmesan Casserole Instant Pot
I kinda’ prefer the latter because they are cheaper and much more tender. Everyone usually has a strong preference so go with whatever you prefer.
- Noodles, we used Rotini
- Bread crumbs
- Chicken broth
- 1 jar marinara sauce – spaghetti sauce we use
- Garlic and parmesan cheese
- Onions – optional
- 1/2 cup diced is a great add in
- Salt and pepper
Garlic powder and other seasonings you want to add are of course optional. Of course if you don’t want to add the noodles you can follow our Instant Pot chicken parmesan no breading directions, but I’m telling you this will get thumbs up from everyone in the house.
Instant Pot Parmesan Chicken
We use many of the same ingredients here to make our slow cooker chicken parmesan recipe which you should try too. BUT if you’re always in a rush at the end of the day, I suggest making this one. Complete with the noodles cooked right inside the sauce it’s really quick!
In that I use ground beef but thought “I should be able to make a version of this with chicken too”. And here it is today…. We loved this so much we tinkered with it and even make an air fryer chicken parmesan we make pretty often too. 😉
Yes, you can use frozen chicken in the Instant Pot for this casserole. However, keep in mind that it will take longer unless your pieces are already diced into small pieces and separated. If using whole breasts I would suggest pressure cooking those for 12 minutes first with 1 cup broth. Shred and add in with ingredients for this recipe here.
Yes, any of our chicken pressure cooker recipes can use dark or white meat. Cook time won’t change as long as either are cut into the same sizes.
I love pressure cooking! More specifically Instant Pot casseroles are so perfect for busy moms like us. They’re one pot meals. Just quick release when done and enjoy! The slow cooker used to be my jam but not anymore!
No need to dirty another pot to precook the noodles or the chicken. You can do it all in there. That’s right! For this Instant Pot chicken parmesan dish the noodles are put in uncooked. Added in with the sauce and chicken, they’re cooked perfectly as well as soaking up all the flavors in under 30 minutes.
What goes good with chicken parmesan?
I’m all about quick dinners. I have three girls who are busy with school, after school activities, and my oldest one works now!! I mean anything that goes with our easy pressure cooker chicken recipes works here too but…
- This is really a one pot meal.
- You could serve vegetables on the side.
- With this dinner recipe you could make no yeast rolls
If you’re looking to incorporate family dinners into your weekly routine more but just don’t know where to start, just whip up a quick meal like this one and try it once a week. The next week aim for twice a week and I guarantee you’ll feel a difference in your household when you spend more time together (I do).
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- Pressure cooker frozen whole chicken is perfect when you forgot to defrost dinner!
- Spicy honey Instant Pot chicken is a family favorite.
- If you haven’t tried hoisin chicken or cashew chicken they’re great
- Make chicken gravy in your pressure cooker is possible too
Instant Pot Chicken Parmesan Pasta
Just like our creamy Pressure cooker chicken and rice is the meal you grew up eating but now you can make it in just minutes!
Tip : Make sure you release the pressure right when it beeps or your noodles will get too soft.
Instant Pot Chicken Pasta
Here’s a quick step by step but detailed ingredient amounts and instructions are below in the printable recipe card. Make, and serve chicken parmesan casserole in a bowl with sprinkled bread crumb mixture on top and enjoy!
Time needed: 10 minutes
Instant Pot Chicken Parmesan Casserole
- Prepare
Put Instant Pot on saute, the normal heat function.
Add olive oil, onions, garlic and chicken cut up into bite size pieces.
You’re going to cook this for 2-3 minutes, just until the pink on outside of chicken is gone and it is now white.
Add salt, basil, spaghetti sauce, broth or water, and stir. Pour in 2 cups full of uncooked noodles on the top, we used rotini.
Push noodles down so they are under the sauce, but do NOT stir everything together. If not the burn notice may occur and stop the cooking process. - Cook
Set your pressure cooker to pressure, high, for 10 minutes, then you will do a quick release to release the steam.
Turn pot off. Stir in 2/3 c. grated parmesan. In a separate bowl melt your butter and then stir in 1/3 c. bread crumbs and 1/3 c. grated parmesan.
Instant Pot Chicken Parmesan Casserole
Equipment
- 1 pressure cooker
Ingredients
- 2 chicken breasts, cut into chunks
- 1/2 onion, diced
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp salt, to taste
- 1 tsp basil
- 1 jar spaghetti sauce, 24 oz.
- 2 c chicken broth, or water
- 2 c noodles, uncooked, small shapes of your choice
- 1 tsp garlic, minced
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1/3 c bread crumbs
- 1 c parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Put Instant Pot on saute, normal function.
- Add olive oil, onions, garlic and chicken cut up into bite size pieces.
- Cook for 2-3 minutes – just until the pink on outside of chicken is gone
- Add salt, basil, spaghetti sauce, broth or water, and stir.
- Add 2 measuring cups full of uncooked noodles on the top, we used rotini.
- Push noodles down so they are under the sauce, do NOT stir everything together.
- Set Instant Pot or pressure cooker to pressure, high, for 10 minutes.
- Do a quick release.
- Turn pot off. Stir in 2/3 c. grated parmesan.
- In a separate bowl melt your butter and then stir in 1/3 c. bread crumbs and 1/3 c. grated parmesan.
- Serve chicken parmesan casserole in a bowl with sprinkled bread crumb mixture on top and enjoy!
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Am I reading that nutrition information correctly? 20 grams of fat?
I don’t have anything to do with that, the recipe card calculates it. It can’t be that much per serving.
If you put the breadcrumbs and butter mixture in a little skillet on the stove and cook for a few minutes while the Instant Pot is on, they’ll be crispy and toasty like you put them in the oven.
First instant pot recipe I tried & it’s a keeper. My family of 4 enjoyed it with a side of garlic bread. We have enough leftover for lunch today.?
Oh yeah!!
Can I use frozen chicken? If so, what do I need to do differently?
If you double the recipe as a whole, do I need to increase cooking time?
Do not fill your IP more than 3/4 full. I wouldn’t double unless you’re able to do that and I probably wouldn’t increase time.
I was thinking the same thing about doubling it, I have 2 teenagers in the house that could eat the pot by themselves. I think I’ll make 2 batches since it doesn’t take long at all to cook
I made this tonight as it was also my FIRST instant pot attempt. I followed the directions and it came out great! Thank you
This looks like soup, not a casserole.
It thickens rather quickly but whatever you call it it is delicious.
We made it with 1 cup of water instead of 2 and it was perfectly thick and delicious!!!
If I want to do 3 or 4 chicken breasts do you recommend more cooking time?
If you cut it up into bite size pcs. like I did here and cook the chicken as stated on the outside on saute before adding everything else in you should be fine.
Where does all the Sodium come from?
Probably the jar of sauce and 1 cup of parmesan cheese.
Exactly what I was thinking! I don’t think I’ve ever seen that much sodium in a single serving of anything!! Something doesn’t sound right.
I don’t calculate the nutrition facts, the recipe card does so I cannot say how accurate it is.
Can I double this recipe and still fit it in the 6qt instant pot?
Did you ever try this? Did it work ?
Probably not. You never want to fill mote than 3/4 full. Just follow that rule.