Our cheesy Instant Pot hamburger casserole with rice and cream of chicken soup is a meal our family loves for dinner! If you love our Crockpot Hamburger Casserole but want it done faster, get out your pressure cooker and get started.
This one pot meal is a bit of cheesy goodness! Use spicy ground sausage instead if you want to add a bit of heat to our ground beef and rice meal. Load up the cheddar cheese for out of this world Instant Pot recipes flavor.
My girls agree this is on the top of their list for Instant Pot kids recipes for sure. We pack it with a blend of Mexican cheeses so it’s extra ooey gooey. But that’s not all. Top it with some grated cheddar cheese and chives to take this ground beef and rice casserole over the top!
You can make this in any brand machine you have at home. Ninja Foodi recipe like this would use the lid that is not attached with the pressure cook button. But there is an added plus to using this pot too though because you can air crisp an additional layer of cheese on the top too!
Ingredient Notes
You are going to use 80/20 hamburger meat also known as ground beef, spicy ground sausage or ground turkey is low fat but doesn’t offer as much flavor as the other two so it isn’t my preference. Olive oil will allow you to saute it to brown in the first step. It is similar to our Hamburger and Rice Casserole but made really fast!
Use the same grains as you would to make plain Instant Pot White rice uncooked, not Minute rice as that would get too mushy with this cook time. I haven’t tried this with brown rice as that takes twice as long to get fluffy and feel like the other ingredients don’t need as long.
To make this creamy you will want a can of Cream of chicken soup or mushroom variety works, 10 oz. You can make our homemade cream of mushroom soup if you’d prefer ahead of time and use that for more of a from scratch version.
As for the necessary liquid needed to cook everything together I prefer chicken broth, store bought, or beef broth if you’re using mushroom soup.
I like to add a whole can of corn drained, like sweet kernel corn. This is optional but does give it more texture so it isn’t as mushy (and any opportunity to add vegetables into a meal I will do it).
Milk will make it creamier, 2% or whole is best. As for a dairy free alternative I would opt for plain cashew milk.
Cheese is needed too, shredded. Mexican blend is our favorite, or use a mix of sharp cheddar and Jack. We like a lot, folded into the meal when done to melt and served on top of each bowl too.
Variations
Another way we have made it (which I like more than any other) is to mix ground sausage and ground beef together. Use 1/2 pound of a spicy roll of breakfast sausage + hamburger of your choice. This will create a WHOP of flavor and a bit of heat we all love.
You can also add a can of diced chiles which is a great add in and not spicy if you choose the mild variety. You could add medium or spicy for heat if you wanted to.
Does rice need to be cooked before adding to casserole?
Not in this case!! You need to add it uncooked here. There is enough liquid to cook it to tender with the other ingredients as long as it is submerged and not stirred. If you bake this in the oven you would have to cook it first most of the time or it will come out tough.
Can you use frozen ground beef to make a casserole?
You could but you would need to defrost it before starting this. You can use this same machine to do so though. You would just follow our instructions on how to cook frozen ground beef in Instant Pot and then continue on with the steps below.
Tips for Success
When you are cooking meat and grains like this together it is tricky. Once you understand how to avoid the burn notice though you can avoid that and make all sorts of combinations. The way you do this is to leave the meat on the bottom once browned. Whisk together all your liquid ingredients and pour that in. Then pour in your grains (or noodles) and gently submerge into that but do NOT stir or it will hit the bottom of the pot and make the pot think it is burning.
Instant Pot Hamburger Casserole Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 lb hamburger, or ground sausage, spicy is great
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 small onion, diced
- 2.5 cup milk
- 1 can cream of chicken soup, could use cream of mushroom
- 1 tbsp garlic salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1 3/4 cup chicken broth, or beef broth if using cream of mushroom soup
- 1 can corn, kernel, 14 oz., drained
- 2 cup rice, white, uncooked, NOT minute rice
- 2 cup cheese, Mexican blend is great
- 4 oz green chiles, optional, 1 small can
Instructions
- Set pressure cooker to saute and add olive oil, ground beef and diced onions. Cook until meat is no longer pink. Then turn off pot.
- In a bowl whisk together cream of chicken soup, broth, garlic salt, pepper and milk so it is smooth. Pour this into your pot and stir.
- Drain your can of kernel corn and add into the pot, add can of chiles if you'd like to add them, then pour in your uncooked white rice and just gently press down so rice is submerged but do NOT stir!
- Close your pressure cooker lid and close steam valve. Set to high pressure for 8 minutes.
- Do a quick release and remove lid. If you are adding cheese stir contents, then add shredded cheese and stir so it melts. Then serve with a bit more cheese on top!
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
If you make a lot of pressure cooker ground beef recipes add this to your rotation.
Other easy Instant Pot casseroles you’ll love
All of my Instant Pot casserole recipes require uncooked white rice which is handy. No prep work needed when making things like our stuffed pepper casserole either.
- I will say this is a bit like our pressure cooker Mexican casserole, but with fewer ingredients.
- Want to make this with noodles instead of white rice? Follow our Instant Pot cheeseburger macaroni recipe or make our Instant Pot taco casserole some night.
- Instant Pot Ground Beef and Rice is a great one too
What’s wrong with minute rice?
It won’t cook properly, will fall apart and become mush
This sounds so good! I’m a new owner of a Mealthy 2.0. Can I use brown basmati rice and frozen corn? If so how long to cook? Thanks in advance
Can I double this recipe?
I wouldn’t personally but it wouldn’t fit in my 6 qt to do so. If you had the 8 maybe, the 10 it should fit fine I just feel like rice IP dishes don’t turn out as well if you double or triple them
Just put this in the pot to cook… didn’t have any soup so I put in a cup of heavy cream and some ranch seasoning instead… hoping I didn’t ruin it! 😓😓😓
Can you use jasmine rice for this recipe?
sure
My wife and I loved this recipe!
Very easy to make and tastes wonderful!!
OH good glad you liked it
can you use jasmin rice
Do you need to deglaze the pot before cooking with pressure? Any time I have used the saute’ button first, I always get a burn notice if I don’t deglaze! Just curious! My 3 boys choose this recipe tonight for dinner. Can’t wait to try it!
I would suggest getting the non stick pot I have listed and you’ll rarely ever have that issue again. But yes deglaze if you don’t have this type of pot for sure.
My rice was crunchy. I used long grain white as only other choice was minute. Followed recipe exactly.
Just made it with ground turkey and it came out sooo yummy! Thanks for the recipe.
Awesome!! Yes hamburger, ground turkey or sausage works great.