Instant Pot ground beef and potatoes cooked together in one pot is a hearty breakfast or dinner idea everyone will love. If you loved our ground beef casserole with potatoes recipe in the oven, this will be a hit too.
Are you ready for the perfect meat and potatoes recipe? This one pot meal is literally comfort food in a bowl. Just one of many Instant Pot recipes we love here on The Typical Mom blog.
Ninja Foodi Ground Beef and Potatoes
I love this IP or a Ninja Foodi recipe because it pairs perfectly with any side dish or is hearty enough to eat it on its own. With this pot you are going to use the lid that is not attached to make it all fork tender.
Pile it into a small bowl and top with shredded cheese. It’s one comfort food that your belly is going to love! I have been known to go off the recipe and add in chicken broth instant of milk for this recipe and it still turns out quite flavorful and delicious.
The good news is that this simple Instant Pot ground beef recipe is as easy as a few easy steps and then stepping back and letting the Instant Pot take over and do all the work.
Ingredient Notes
As for the cubed potatoes I typically use russets or red as Yukon Gold are softer and fall apart too much.
You can brown the ground beef in the same pot with the saute function. Then they like to leave me the clean-up on the bottom of the pot and pan but I don’t mind that part at all.
Since we’re talking about ways to change up this recipe, one other idea is to try different liquids in place of the milk. Beef broth and chicken broth can be simple choices to try. They’ll add a lot of flavors as well to the recipe.
Adding in the onion and bell peppers makes for a sweet and tasty addition. I like to use sweet onions because of their flavor and taste. Some people prefer to use less sweet and that’s totally up to preference.
When it comes to bell peppers, have fun and use some that have bright colors. Mix it up with 1/2 cup of all of them. A bit of sweeter red, orange, and yellow can really add a fun look to this dish.
One thing that I have realized all these years after cooking in this pot is that it’s a very forgiving appliance. This makes it super simple to make recipes and then go off script of those recipes as well. Some other delicious additions to this recipe could be:
Firmer veggies like pressure cooker carrots and okra will cook at about the same rate whereas more delicate broccoli won’t fare as well. A drained can of black beans would be a good add in. The whole thing may not fit but 1/2 cup or so would bring a Mexican flare to this dish.
You could also add 1/3 cup of homemade Rotel to add a bit of heat and texture to it. We use this often as all the goodness is together in one can and makes every dish more wow!
Don’t forget to load up on toppings too. Our go to of course is more cheese, some diced fresh cilantro, and even diced fresh onions too. I’ve also added pico de gallo salsa on top and that is such a nice flavor enhancer as well!
Instant Pot Ground Beef and Potatoes Recipe
Equipment
- 1 oven safe dish
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef, or ground sausage
- 4 small potatoes, peeled and diced
- 1/3 cup onion, diced
- 1 small bell pepper, diced
- 3 tbsp butter
- 2 cup milk, 2% or whole
- 3 tbsp flour
- 1 tsp garlic salt
- 2 cup cheese, cheddar, shredded
Instructions
- Set pot to saute, add ground beef, onion, bell peppers and garlic salt. Brown until no longer pink. Turn pot off. Drain grease out of pot. Add potatoes into the beef mixture and toss.
- On the stovetop in a pan (or remove meat, drain, and make roux on saute in IP). Melt the butter, add flour and whisk until incorporated. Add milk and stir until it bubbles and thickens. Add cheese and stir until melted.
- Combine meat mixture and sauce, toss together so it is all well incorporated.
- Empty pressure cooker pot and rinse out. Pour 2 cups of water into the bottom with a trivet inside.
- Spoon potato ground beef mixture into a ceramic baking dish that will fit inside your IP.
- Set dish on top of trivet and close lid. Cook on high for 15 minutes with a quick release when done.
- Lift out and serve. Sauce will continue to thicken as it sits and cools.
Video
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Want to make a version of this in the oven and see which one you love more? We have done that too! If you are feeding a crowd I would follow this cheesy potato casserole recipe. You can make either one vegetarian or with meat inside.
This recipe is bananas. Who has a perfectly cylindrical dish that can both hold a pound of beef and 4 potatoes while simultaneously being able to fit inside an instant pot?????
15 min was not enough time to cook the diced potatoes. I put in it for another 15.
Why do you need to put it in another dish on a trivet inside the IP? Can I just pressure cook it in the pot?
NO the thick sauce will cause it to trigger the burn notice