Pressure Cooker Creamy Chicken and Rice Casserole

Pressure cooker creamy chicken and rice casserole is amazing! Use raw or rotisserie chicken and Rice a Roni in your Ninja Foodi or Instant Pot for dinner! You could use Instant Pot frozen chicken breasts too and quickly defrost in your pressure cooker. Total comfort food I tell you!

Instant Pot Creamy Chicken and Rice

It is actually in two places since you can use your Ninja Foodi too. Got a Crockpot Express or Mealthy?? No problem, you can make this in any brand you might own.

It is a family favorite meal because you can make the side dish and main protein all in one pot. Use dark or white meat, whatever you have on hand or you prefer. Love veggies too? You could add 3/4 of a cup of frozen mixed vegetables into the mix as well! If you loved our Crockpot creamy chicken but want it faster this is it.

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Looking for chicken rice casserole with no soup with no can needed, this is it! Many recipes call for cream of chicken soup or cream of mushroom and those can be tricky when you pressure cook.

Pressure Cooker Creamy Chicken and Rice Casserole

We actually made something similar years ago. It wasn’t quite as dump and go as this one and used white rice instead of boxed. BUT if you want to make Instant Pot chicken and rice without the creamy part we have directions for that too. Some used brown rice with this method and had luck.

Ingredients

1. Chicken is raw boneless, skinless, cut into bite size pieces. Leftover chicken or rotisserie diced into small pieces works too
2. Onion diced adds flavor and texture
3. Chicken broth adds more flavor than water
4. Water or more broth
5. Rice a Roni chicken or wild rice versions
6. Carrots diced are optional
7. Celery is optional
8. Olive oil if you use raw meat
9. Basil and parsley, black pepper optional
10. 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
    1. if you want to make it creamy at the end
    2. without it follow our Instant Pot cheesy chicken and rice recipe instead

Cooking time is quick after you throw everything in and set to high pressure!

Ninja Foodi Creamy Chicken and Rice

I used leftover smoked chicken we had for the protein. This is a great leftover chicken recipe I tell you. I hate wasting food so I love having a few of these in my back pocket in order to use everything up.

• Carrots and celery are optional. I halved baby carrots because that is what I had in the house already. Use what you have I say. If I only have 2 cups of chicken broth instead of 3 I use that and use more water. It is a very forgiving recipe.

Like I said, you can omit the heavy whipping cream at the end if you wanted and serve it as is. My oldest daughter said both ways were “so good!”

We make a lot of Instant Pot casseroles because everyone just seems to love them. With all the veggies, meat and either rice or noodles together it’s a one pot meal.

This is what it looks like once you add the cream though. It continues to thicken as it sits. If you want to thin it out just add some water but we loved it as is. It’s now been added to our favorite June recipes you should try. Other recipes you should try after making our Instant Pot chicken and rice casserole

Other easy family friendly meals you’ll love

• Green chile rice is amazing
• Make our sausage and rice casserole in your pressure cooker too
• Creamy chicken breasts in your Instant Pot

If you want Instant Pot mushroom rice that is fantastic too.

How to Make Creamy Chicken and Rice

• Turn pressure cooker to saute (brown on CPE) and add olive oil, carrots, onions and celery. Cook until onions soften. Turn pot off.
• Add in all other ingredients EXCEPT heavy whipping cream. This includes the powdered flavor packet included in your box of Rice a Roni, stir.
• Put pressure cooker lid on and close steam valve as well. Set to pressure high for 12 minutes (timing works for both raw chicken pieces cut into bite size pieces, or precooked diced rotisserie chicken pieces)
• Do a quick release and lift lid. Can serve now and it is delicious. OR to make it creamy pour in your heavy whipping cream and gently stir in until it is combined well.

Now if you do not want to add a grain or carb in with your meat we do have a recipe without that in our Instant Pot creamy chicken recipe here. Great if you would rather have it on top of egg noodles instead or don’t have rice on hand.

Tips

Make sure you quick release right when it is done. A natural release will make the rice quite mushy. Keep in mind this is a casserole style dish so the rice is creamy and very soft. If you like it a bit firmer then use precooked meat and set to 20 minutes with a quick pressure release at the end. 1/4 cup parmesan cheese could be stirred in at the end for EXTRA creaminess too!