Amazingly easy pressure cooker chicken and rice casserole recipe we make in our Instant Pot the other night for dinner. Just 10 minutes cooks chicken, rice and vegetables perfectly. My kids absolutely love this meal and it’s simple for me to throw it all together. A great way to get them to eat vegetables too!
We eat a lot of chicken, rice, and vegetables so it only made sense to make all three in my Instant Pot since I knew I could make it in there quite quickly. This is an amazingly easy pressure cooker chicken and rice recipe that takes just 10 minutes to cook and even my kids love it! Adding vegetables to this dish gives it great flavor, texture, and I find the more I include them in our dinners the more my kids are fond of them. We love casseroles and this reminds me of one, except that I leave the chicken breasts whole instead of breaking them into bite size pieces. One of our favorite Instant Pot recipes now and listed there amongst many other easy dishes you should try! (originally published 3/17)
This is basically what you need here……
It’s a simple pressure cooker dinner that the whole family will enjoy.
If you have ever made the Campbell’s chicken and rice dish this is very similar but cooked in my Instant Pot so timing and a few more ingredients were added to it.
I ate something similar A LOT growing up with everything just dump and go kinda’ meal that I really loved and was made often because it was cheap….and pretty healthy really.
It has everything in a comfort food you’ll want including a bunch of mixed vegetables that cook in no time.
Add any other spices you enjoy, I add just a few myself.
I first made this pressure cooker chicken and rice using whole chicken breasts (small ones) and it came out really well but several people had issues with them not cooking thru or their pot not reaching pressure so I have revised this recipe to one where the chicken is cut up into cubes so there shouldn’t be any issues any longer!
(I didn’t have issues with it cooked this way but I always want to provide the best visitor experience so I tested and tested it to ensure nobody had issues when creating this fabulous dish). 😉
I’ve made lots of other dishes in my Instant Pot because it makes dinner time quick and easy.
If you don’t have one and are a busy mom I would HIGHLY recommend it. It’s a pressure cooker with 6 other functions so you can replace a lot of your other kitchen appliances too.
I was intimidated at first because I had never used one before but now that I’ve tinkered with it I use it every day and share recipes each week that are yummy and super simple to do like this one.
Here it is…….
Here’s what you’ll need to make this Pressure Cooker Chicken and Rice
- White rice (not instant rice, we like Jasmine rice)
- Chicken breasts (medium size, boneless, skinless)
- Frozen mixed vegetables
- Cream of chicken soup
- Cheese (optional but can shred and top when done, we like sharp cheddar)
- Salt and pepper
- Onion (diced, optional, or minced dried onion)
- Instant Pot or pressure cooker – I have 6 qt.
Amazingly easy pressure cooker chicken and rice casserole recipe we make in our Instant Pot the other night for dinner. Just 19 minutes cooks chicken, rice and vegetables perfectly. My kids absolutely love this meal and it's simple for me to throw it all together. A great way to get them to eat vegetables too!
- 1 lb chicken breasts cut into cubes, boneless, skinless
- 1 can cream of chicken soup
- 2 c mixed vegetables frozen
- 1 c white rice not instant, we use long grain white rice
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp minced onion or use 1/2 c. diced fresh onions
- pinch salt
- pinch pepper
- 2 c water
- 1/2 c cheese cheddar, shredded
- 2 tbsp olive oil
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Put cubed chicken pieces into Instant Pot with olive oil and set to saute, cook until chicken is cooked thru. Sprinkle with seasonings and mix well.
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Add soup, rice and vegetables into your pressure cooker. Stir in water.
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Put lid on Instant Pot, close steam valve and set to manual, pressure, high, for 10 minutes.
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Do a quick release when done and carefully lift lid. Serve topped with cheese or stir cheese into pot until melted and then serve.
It is such a quick chicken pressure cooker recipe. I modified the recipe I found here but adjusted some ingredients and the time as well for it to come out moist and ensuring the rice was done perfectly.
If you love this easy dinner idea try our other pressure cooker meals
- Instant Pot chicken parmesan casserole is a family favorite
- Instant Pot chili mac
- Instant Pot white rice goes great with our Instant Pot spicy teriyaki chicken on top
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If the chicken is cooked throughout during the saute step, why cook it for an extra 10 minutes? Won’t this over cook it?
It isn’t, just cooked on the outside but the inside wouldn’t be cooked thru during the saute process.
“cook until chicken is cooked thru” ?
This is a great base recipe. I followed the recipe with the base of chopped chicken sauted, soup, rice, but I didn’t have frozen veggies so I used what I had on hand. Sauted chopped asparagus, mushrooms, onion and threw in a chpd. Frozen anaheim pepper, and I used chicken broth instead of water. I’m 73 and I love when you cooks post variations, I’m like wow I’ll give that a try. Oh one other thing, herbs, I used what I had again, I sprinkled the chicken with onion powder,garlic powder, lemon pepper, italian seasoning and then I spotted the creole seasoning and sprinkled that, rubbed it all over the chopped chicken and waahlaah! IT CAME OUT GREAT, MY HUSBAND LOVED AND SO DID I. Keep posting !
OH good so glad you loved it!!
Made many recipes in my beloved instant pot and this is the first fail! Followed the recipe to the letter and got the burn message for the first time ever! Decided to give it a good stir, scrape the rice off the bottom of the pot and try again….got the burn message again….let the pot do a natural release since it never got to full pressure….rice was burned and stuck to the bottom of the pot, the rice that wasn’t was under done….put the lid back on and letting it sit, hopefully something is salvageable…..so disappointed
sounds like you forgot the water
Nope. Had the same issue. Most rice needs to be presoaked for 15 minutes, rinsed, and strained before being cooked. This is the step that is missing from this recipe.
Same thing has happened to me! I now have it on the rice option on my IP to see if I can save dinner.
Did the rice button work? The same thing happened to me and I’m trying to figure out what will save it.
I reserve some of the water and put the rice on top of everything in the pot but don’t stir it in. Then I pour the reserved water over the rice and mix it into the rice without stirring the rice into everything. I take a wooden spoon and squeeze the sides so some of the water gets down to the bottom. That usually works to avoid the burn message. It’s tricky with the one pot rice meals!
Making now is it 10 min after pressure is made or 10mon total
This always gets me
Same happened to me. Looks like my rice is cooked good, but chicken is very tough. Hoping to throw into oven and see if I can at least get a meal still.
I made this tonight, using the exact ingredients listed. I did use frozen chicken breasts and added 5 minutes to the time- so 24 minutes under high pressure. Everything came out great, the chicken was flavorful and tender and it was a great meal to make in little time. Next time, I think I would add two more chicken breasts and it would probably be fine- there was lots of leftover rice/vegetables but no more chicken.
Awesome, glad you loved it and thanks for leaving info. about using frozen so others can use that too!!
Followed your advice using 4 frozen breasts and an extra half cup of rice…success. Thank you!
Does the 19 mins include preheat time? Or is it after??
I’ve tried this recipe twice now with no luck. I followed the instructions but my rice burned and the chicken was still raw. Any idea what I’m doing wrong?
The chicken is supposed to be cooked on sauté in the first part of the recipe.
What if you want to make this without the vegetables? What would you do when not layering the rice between the vegetables?
Did I miss it? I can’t find what temperature you used.
When cooking meals such as this or in a crockpot, can the chicken go in raw with all the other ingredients? Or does the chicken need to be pre-cooked or cooked separately?
No for this and several others the chicken goes in raw.
I used Brown rice and tripled the recipe because last time I made it my family loved it so much and it would probably be really amazing to freeze.
(6 c frozen vegs, 3 c brown rice, 6 frozen chicken breast, 2 cans cream soup – I used mushroom, 3 c water and added seasonings.) I layered it the same: veggies, rice, veggies, chicken then poured over the soup and water. I cooked for 30 minutes on high pressure and I thought it came out perfect and the chicken wasn’t dried out!! Hope this helps someone!
Yeah!! So glad they loved it!!
THANK YOU Dana!! I am COMPLETELY new to the InstaPot family & have ONLY used mine ONCE since getting it at Christmas time!!
Truth be told I followed THAT recipe to THE letter & it ended up having to be cooked for 55 minutes INSTEAD of the 25 minutes the recipe creator said!?!?! Needless to say, I’ve been SCARED of this silly thing EVER since, and being a one income family, we just CAN’T afford to waste good meat on my boo boo’s right now!! ESPECIALLY with my fiance and 3 teen boys to feed!!! LOL😂😂😂
I’m SO glad you tripled the recipe, as I’m going to follow YOUR directions tonight & cross my fingers it turns out as GREAT as it looks!!!😂😂😂
Again, thanks SO much!!
💜💙💚💛💜💙💚💛💜💙💚💛
You sound just like me… One income family three teen boys to feed, new Insta pot and bad experiences the first two times. I’m going to try it this way as well. Thanks for asking questions. Helped me.
Doesn’t the recipe say to cook on High pressure?
Yes it requires high pressure.
Please take off the gluten free. The cream soup has gluten in it. Other than that, it sounds delicious!
You can buy GF cream soup…. That is what I used. Waiting for it too cool now.
I make my own cream of chicken soup, cream of mushroom room and cream of celery soup and store them in the freezer. They are actually better than canned.
https://mywisemom.com/dairy-free-cream-of-chicken-soup
Not all are gluten. Choose a gf one and you will be fine. I do it all the time. Most are more liquid than condensed, so plan accordingly
I don’t have a pressure cooker can I do the same with a crock pot. Just a 8 hrs or so?
I haven’t tried in a crockpot yet so I don’t know.
This is the same as Campbell’s cheesy chicken and rice casserole. You can do it in a crockpot, but I don’t recommend it. It is a favorite in my household, and I always double the recipe pushing t he oven cook time to around 1 hr b 15 min. Crock no more than enough hrs, and still is too dry.
Im sorry, how long do you cook if doubled? I’m new to insta pot and for my family I would need to double. Thank you – cindy
I don’t recommend doubling as it will take different times etc.. Could probably add more chicken and time would remain relatively the same.
If you salute the onion and garlic in a frying pan and follow it with the chicken… then transfer it all to the crock pot, i can see it being wonderful as well.
Thanks for the recipe! This was the first thing I cooked with my new Power Cooker. It came out great, the hubby and grown son inhaled it! I love the fact that I had about six minutes of effort invested and brought a winner to the table.
So glad you all enjoyed it!!
i have a pressure cooker xl with preset buttons, do you know if I would hit the rice or met button for this dish?
meat button sorry lol
I’m not sure, I don’t have one of those.
I don’t have frozen veggies but do have canned mixed. Would I adjust the time at all when using canned instead? Thanks!
Any idea how much more time would it add to make it brown rice?
I haven’t tried that yet and increasing time may make chicken overdone.
Is the rice regular or instant rice?
Regular
Step 1 of your directions calls for water to be mixed with the soup, garlic and onion powders and onion. Please forgive me if I’m missing it, but I don’t see the amount of water called for.
Never mind, lol. I just saw it. Sorry.
I don’t see how much water!
See it now too!
Yes there should definitely be enough pressure for the pin to pop up and pressurize the device. If it didn’t there must’ve been an issue. I would check under your lid to make sure your pin isn’t clogged or has something blocking it from coming up and working properly.
I tried this too and my instant pot never got to pressure either. It’s new and worked yesterday so I don’t think it’s an issue with the pot. Is there some setting you may have adjusted on your pot that isn’t in hE directions? My rice stuck to the bottom like some other people have commented which I’m sure is due to the pressure issue. Any advice you have is welcome!!
This is looks incredibly easy and delish!
I followed this recipe but my chicken was still raw. I put it back on for 10 minutes on high. Did anyone else have this problem?
Were they frozen?? If so that may be the issue. Mine were not pink at all, others have made this as written and report it working great for them. Someone used frozen breasts and had to adjust the time for another 5 minutes they said.