Instant Pot Pressure Cooker Chicken Noodle Casserole

Pressure cooker chicken noodle casserole is the comfort food you dream of for dinner made right in your Instant Pot, Crockpot Express and Ninja Foodi in less than 10 minutes flat! If you love chicken noodle soup made in this pot, add noodles and make it a heartier meal!

Instant Pot Chicken Noodle Casserole

Just got a Ninja Foodi and looking for quick easy chicken recipes too? This will work great! You can use any pressure cooker recipe for that pot too. The brand doesn’t matter it just needs to be an electric version with the high pressure function to it.

We have made many different Instant Pot casseroles because that’s what I grew up on. Now they can be made a lot faster in our multi cooker pot. Most of the time I use leftover chicken but you could dice up a rotisserie too!

Instant Pot Chicken Casserole

If you have rotisserie or leftover cooked chicken, Instant Pot chicken casserole is a quick throw together dinner you can make in no time.

We used rotisserie this time. Fresh chicken can be used as well if you want. I will share all variations in recipe card below so you can make it in a variety of ways.

If you’ve been following The Typical Mom blog for a while you know I am all about easy pressure cooker recipes and this is one of the easiest.

Instant Pot Chicken Noodle Casserole with Cream of Chicken Soup

I typically don’t use precooked chicken but I do like to have a few recipes using leftover chicken recipes in my back pocket, like this one. I just hate wasting food.

• When I do buy one of these at the store we usually make soft tacos the first night by shredding the meat up and loading them up with veggies.
• The next day I use what’s left in a recipe like the one you see here. It adds a lot of flavor to the meat and revives it I guess you could say. 😉
• And here are tips on how to cook frozen chicken in the Instant Pot (in case all you have is frozen)

Here’s what it looks like once it is done and I’m thickening it up at the very end. If you wanted to leave it as is it would be sort of a creamy chicken noodle soup. Good still, but we were aiming for a casserole and those are typically thicker. The pasta you use is up to you. I generally use what I have in my pantry.

Sometimes it’s a mix of farfalle and medium shells if that’s what I have on hand. Remember, no wasting around here. lol Shredded cheddar cheese is wonderful when added in at the very end too. We’re cheese obsessed around here.

Instant Pot Chicken Stew with Noodles

Here are the basic steps to follow. I have a printable recipe card at the bottom of this post as well. Start off by adding some olive oil and uncooked diced chicken (if using cooked chicken you’ll skip this step).

• Turn Instant Pot to saute and cook until outside of chicken pieces are no longer pink
• Make sure to turn pot off at this time to avoid overheating.
• Add in your frozen vegetables, uncooked noodles and garlic salt
• In a separate bowl whisk together broth and condensed soup until smooth. Dump this in and stir contents together.
• Cook on high pressure cook for 2 minutes cook time followed by a quick release.
• If you like very soft noodles set to 3 minutes.
• Allow to sit for 10 minutes for sauce to thicken. If you want it thicker still you can set to saute, whisk 1 tbsp. cornstarch and water together and add that.
• The longer it sits the thicker it will be.

If you have used cream of chicken or mushroom soups before you know it takes longer to come to pressure than other ingredients.

Ninja Foodi chicken noodle casserole

As far as the meat is concerned you can use dark meat as well. If I find thighs on sale I just go for that. You do want to dice it up into bite size pieces first and cook a bit with the saute function. You don’t have to cook it all the way thru as it will be heated longer with the rest of the ingredients.

1. Chicken breasts – we used 2 rotisserie chicken breasts, can use leftover chicken or diced fresh boneless chicken
2. Frozen vegetables – could use canned mixed vegetables, drained
3. Small noodles – we used farfalle but small penne would work well too
   1. I haven’t used frozen egg noodles but others have with success
4. Cream of chicken soup
5. Chicken broth
6. Cornstarch – optional, to thicken it up
7. Half and half
8. Cheese – lots of cheese for us, use as little or much as you want

I promise you this will become your new family favorite “we have no time to cook tonight” meal!

If you’re new to pressure cooking, welcome! Here at The Typical Mom blog we have hundreds to choose from for your Ninja Foodi as well as this pretty pot of mine.

I always use common ingredients that are easy to find at your local grocery store, and are family friendly. Instant Pot kids recipes are kinda’ my thing since I have 3 girls at home.

Other easy Instant Pot chicken recipes you will love:

• This Instant Pot chicken thighs bone in recipe is fabulous
• Our pressure cooker chicken and rice recipe is similar to this but with white rice instead of pasta

We have over 100 other easy Instant Pot recipes here too for your dinner needs.

How long can you keep a chicken casserole in the fridge?

The Food Safety Dept. recommends that casseroles containing chicken and pieces of chicken that have been cooked will stay good in the fridge for 3-4 days. Nuggets and patties will only last 1-2 days.

I will say that we’ve never had leftovers, but this is the general rule for storing what’s left.

Can you freeze homemade chicken casserole?

• You can assemble all the ingredients for your casserole and then freeze it unbaked. This is a great way to prepare an easy freezer meal for your family.
• If you want to freeze a baked casserole, let it cool before wrapping it and freezing. Always use freezer bags or air tight containers. To bake a frozen casserole you can first thaw it in the fridge overnight and bake it the next day.

I would not reheat it in your pressure cooker. In the microwave stirring every minute, or in the oven would be a better way of reheating a casserole.