Cheesy Instant Pot hamburger casserole with ground beef and rice is a one pot dish our family loves for a quick and easy dinner! If you love our Crockpot Hamburger Casserole but want it done faster, get our your Ninja Foodi or pressure cooker and try this tonight.
This Instant Pot hamburger casserole 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. (affiliate links present)
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 Instant Pot ground beef and rice casserole over the top!
Table of Contents
- Ninja Foodi Hamburger Casserole
- Cheesy Instant Pot Hamburger Casserole
- What are the different types of hamburger meat?
- Ingredients
- Variations
- How to Make Hamburger Casserole in Pressure Cooker
- Does rice need to be cooked before adding to casserole?
- Can you use frozen ground beef to make a casserole?
- Other easy Instant Pot casserole recipes you’ll love
- Instant Pot Hamburger Casserole Recipe
Ninja Foodi Hamburger Casserole
You can make this in any brand you have at home. Ninja Foodi recipe like this would use the lid that is not attached with the pressure cook button. Made in the same pot you can saute the ground beef or sausage in just minutes this way.
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.
Cheesy Instant Pot Hamburger Casserole
Like I said, a pound of spicy ground sausage is a great twist, or us half and half. If you make a lot of pressure cooker ground beef recipes add this to your rotation.
If you have a different brand of pot that is okay. I have made this in my Ninja Foodi, Crockpot Express and Mealthy as well. No matter what machine you use, you’ll start with the saute setting adding your olive oil, onion and ground beef.
- The only difference with this would be that you could melt an additional layer of cheese on top.
- Just sprinkle 3/4 cup of cheese after stirring the rest in and set your air crisp lid to 400 degrees for about 6 minutes.
What are the different types of hamburger meat?
There are many out there, and it is really your preference. We buy half a cow at the beginning of each year and use that. It is as organic and low fat as you can get but I have used 80/20 in the past.
- The four main types of ground beef are; ground chuck, ground round, and ground sirloin.
- These will all look quite similar in a grocery store or butcher’s shop. They may be labeled under a variety of names and may be a major difference in the price you pay.
Generally the leaner you buy the more expensive it is, and organic is always more money as well (but we think it is worth it). Make sure it is defrosted to make this Hamburger and Rice Casserole.
Ingredients
- Hamburger or spicy ground sausage / ground turkey
- Use the same grains as you would to make plain Instant Pot White rice uncooked, not Minute rice
- Cream of chicken soup or mushroom variety or make 10 oz. homemade cream of mushroom soup if you’d prefer
- Chicken broth store bought, homemade, or beef broth if you’re using mushroom soup
- Onions diced fine are nice
- Olive oil to brown the meat in the saute step
- Can of corn drained, like sweet kernel corn
- Milk will make it creamy
- Cheese is needed too, shredded. Mexican blend is our favorite, or use a mix of sharp cheddar and Jack.
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.
You could omit the cheese entirely if you’d like. HOWEVER cheese is a must for us. The more the better really but that is personal preference. I like sharp cheddar but that is up to you too. I’ve used a Mexican blend that was already shredded. If you have a dairy free household member you can serve them, then add it later too.
How to Make Hamburger Casserole in Pressure Cooker
- Saute olive oil, meat, and diced onion until hamburger is no longer pink.
- Turn off and whisk together in a separate bowl your condensed soup, broth, milk and spices.
- Pour that into your pot and stir.
- Drain your can of corn and add that in, do NOT stir.
- Pour in uncooked white rice evenly on the top, don’t stir!
- Close lid and steam valve and set to high pressure cook for 8 minutes, followed by a quick release.
- Stir in cheese and serve!
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 an Instant Pot and then continue on with the steps below.
Other easy Instant Pot casserole recipes 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
Instant Pot Hamburger Casserole
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 lb hamburger, or ground sausage, spicy is great
- 1 onion, diced
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2.5 c milk
- 1 can cream of chicken soup, could use cream of mushroom
- 1 tbsp garlic salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1 3/4 c chicken broth, or beef broth if using cream of mushroom soup
- 1 can corn, kernel, 14 oz., drained
- 2 c rice, white, uncooked, NOT minute rice
- 2 c 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
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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.