This is the best 5 minute Instant Pot chili mac recipe that you and your kids will love! A classic old fashioned goulash style dinner packed with ground beef and noodles with that chili flavor you love. Dump all the ingredients in and have a complete meal done in less than 15 minutes total, it’s a family favorite.
This easy 5 minute Instant Pot chili mac recipe rocks! We have three kids which means macaroni is always in the house. We’re also huge chili lovers so it would only be reasonable to combine the two to make an easy dinner idea, that’s what we did and made this! So easy to do and a perfect addition to our long list of Instant Pot recipes here. Of course we added cheese to the top when it was done, everything is better with lots of cheese. Packed full of meat, beans, and the pasta they love it was a new favorite you can make in a traditional pressure cooker too. Here’s how easy it is to make. (affiliate links present, originally posted 3/17)
We have made this 5 ingredient dump chili recipe for years and years. It is so simple and perfect to use in this cheesy chili mac recipe. I just added macaroni noodles and enough water for them to cook all together in the Instant Pot and it only took 5 minutes to cook!!! Seriously the easiest pasta pressure cooker meal ever. If you don’t have this fun kitchen appliance it is genius I tell you and I use it every night…that’s why I have so many recipes to share. lol
This is what you’ll need to make our easy Instant Pot chili mac recipe, and a video showing you how we make it:
- Ground beef
- Onion
- Diced tomatoes
- Tomato sauce
- Red Beans
- Elbow macaroni noodles
- 1 pkg. chili seasoning (can use a pkg. of taco seasoning instead…still great)
- Chili powder
- Cheese (to top with, optional but so yummy)
This is the best 5 minute Instant Pot chili mac recipe that you and your kids will love! A classic old fashioned goulash style dinner packed with ground beef and noodles with that chili flavor you love. Dump all the ingredients in and have a complete meal done in less than 15 minutes total, it's a family favorite.
- 1/2 onion diced
- 1 lb ground beef or ground turkey
- 1 can diced tomatoes 15 oz
- 1 can tomato sauce 8 oz.
- 1 can red beans 15 oz
- 1 c elbow macaroni uncooked
- 1 c water
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 pkg. chili seasoning packet or 1 tbsp seasoning salt, or 1 pkg. taco seasoning
- 1 tsp chili powder optional - more or less depending on spice level desired
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Turn Instant Pot to saute and add olive oil, onions, and ground beef.
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Brown meat until cooked. Turn off IP.
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Add all other ingredients and stir. (can use 1 tbsp. seasoning salt or for best flavor add instead 1 packet of chili or taco seasoning packet)
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Turn IP to manual, pressure, high, for 5 minutes (3 if you like noodles more al dente). Close steam valve.
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When done do a quick release and carefully open lid. Serve topped with cheese!!
It is a really easy meal that is inexpensive and quite healthy too. You can spice it up or add as much seasoning you’d like to this basic recipe but we like it this way! My kids love it and it is a warm comfort food that’s perfect when it’s “chilly” outside or really year round. I love my Instant Pot especially during the summer when the last thing I want to do is turn on my oven when it is 100 degrees outside!
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This is going to be a go to meal for my family for sure
Awesome!
This had great flavor, but mine stuck to the bottom. I followed the recipe except for draining the beans. I wonder what happened? I only high pressured in IP for 5 minutes and when I immediately went to do the steam valve release, no steam!! I made sure it was in the right position too before pressure cooking. This is the first time this has happened to me when using Instant Pot…
I have learned when cooking pasta put the pasta on top and do not stir. Make sure it’s covered in liquid though.
I just bought my Instant Pot, and this is my very first trial recipe. It was a big success ! Yeah!!!! Noodles were not overcooked, it’s perfect! I trust you completly and tonight, I’m making the butter chicken 😀
OH yeah!! Let me know what you think of the butter chicken too…I have A LOT of recipes to choose from!
Silly question….do you drain the grease from the hamburger before adding the other ingredients?
I drain mine even when I use lean ground meat.
Quick and easy I did drain the beans .
Great recipe for a family
V
Do you drain the beans or is liquid needed for pasta?
It’s really up to you, would work fine either way.
How long should I set it for if doubling the recipe?
I don’t recommend doubling as you don’t want to go over 3/4 full in the pot. If you have an 8 qt and it isn’t over that then I would probably keep time the same.
The ingredient list calls for a chili seasoning packet, the directions say taco seasoning packet. I would imagine both are good! But it was a bit confusing! 😉
I don’t like any prepackaged spice packets, I used garlic sliced very thin, chili powder, cumin powder and some ground pepper. Don’t add salt. Never add salt! Plus used fire-roasted diced tomatoes.
Yum! The only kind of tomato sauce I had in the pantry was El Pato spicy tomato sauce, which gave this super quick dish a nice kick. Will definitely make this again!
I have a glute intolerance. Would the GF elbow pasta work well with this recipe. I am finding out that it is not always just an easy 1 to 1 swap.
This was a hit, home run, we love it, Thank you, from Texas,
How large a can of diced tomatoes?
Do you drain the can of tomatoes ?
I didn’t but if you wanted it a bit thicker you certainly could.