Instant Pot Sausage Rice Casserole

Oh my is this creamy Instant Pot sausage rice casserole with cream of mushroom soup and hatch chiles is packed with flavor! An easy and tasty one pot meal you can make in a Ninja Foodi pressure cooker with spicy Jimmy Dean sausage for heat lovers like you.

Pressure Cooker Sausage Rice Casserole

Have you ever made smoked chiles?? They are just so versatile. You can make a similar dish in the oven. It is a creamy mixture of all your favorite things, a dump and go type of dinner if you will. With meat and rice together you can serve as is when you’re ready to eat.

Add some small frozen vegetables in there too if you want, corn kernels would be a good choice. Use any brand of pot you might have at home. You can make this two ways, in your multicooker pot or in the oven with our green chile rice for those directions. It is a lot quicker using this method though.

Ninja Foodi Sausage Rice Casserole

If you just have a Crockpot Express then by all means use that one. We love Ninja Foodi meals and that one works well too, plus a benefit. This one has the air crisp feature to melt another layer of cheese on top. Hatch chiles add a lot of flavor to any dish.

There were a few “heat levels” to choose from too, mild was what we got. When they were roasting them outside in that huge rotary machine they were giving out samples. I didn’t realize they gave me spicy and wow was I about to die. Too much for me but for others that is all they want. Choose your fave. Take a peek at how we incorporated them into this sausage and rice casserole.

Beautiful right??!! Don’t be too afraid. They have mild to extra spicy varieties. Just choose your desired heat level so you’re most comfortable when you’re done. If you choose the type without much heat at all like we do you should really use the spicy ground sausage from Jimmy Dean for this dish.

How do you make hatch chiles less spicy?

I have bought hatch chiles in a can before. With those you can choose mild or spicy. This time I was excited to see fresh, big, and beautiful ones at the store. They were having cooking demos, free samples, and even roasted chiles right in front of me! You can adjust the heat by removing the seeds and membrane which is where the heat is. If left in tact they will be over the top spicy!

I had an opportunity to see just how they did it using large drums. You could hear them pop and crackle as their skins were becoming blackened. From there it is easy to peel the skins right off they said and add it to any dish you like. Or lay them right on top of a burger. Check out how to roast in a roasting drum live here! 

Instant Pot Sausage and Rice Casserole Ingredients

1. Fresh hatch chiles 
2. Sausage – We used a roll of pork ground sausage.
   1. Spicy Jimmy Dean version is great for this dish if you like heat
3. Long grain white rice – you add it uncooked – Instant Pot Jasmine rice timing would change slightly, read this post for info.
4. Celery is optional but a nice add in
5. Bell pepper adds a bit more texture to the soft meal
6. Broth – I used half chicken stock and half vegetable 
7. Cream of mushroom soup
8. Onions once again are optional but a cheap way to add texture and flavor

Variations

I haven’t tried with pressure cooker brown rice yet, because it would increase the cook time quite a bit and I think the rest of the ingredients would not hold up as well. Just my opinion, I wouldn’t do it. If you want to use chicken use our Instant Pot chicken and rice recipe instead.

Now you can somewhat tweak this but need to make sure that the liquid to rice ratio remains the same. You can add 1/2 cup of drained other items like canned beans or frozen vegetables if you would like as well. Ready to give it a whirl??!! Let’s get to it!

Instant Pot Sausage Casserole

Our hatch chiles gave this pressure cooker sausage rice casserole an added kick of flavor and a bit of heat! Here’s what you need  Green onions are optional but add some extra texture when sprinkled on the top when done.

Instant Pot sausage rice and beans

If you want to make something similar to this in the oven, try our chile relleno casserole recipe. Looking for more Instant Pot sausage recipes?

• Pressure cooker sausage soup is amazing
  • More hatch green chile recipes are here
• Instant Pot stuffed cabbage could use ground sausage instead of ground beef
• For a vegetarian Instant Pot rice try this Instant Pot mushroom rice recipe

Prep plus pressure cook time should be a total of about 20 minutes just for reference. It’s a quick and creamy dinner choice!

Steps to take for making a Ninja Foodi casserole of this sort: Use any brand of pressure cooker you have though. Press saute function and add the oil. Then add the sausage. could use ground turkey or chicken sausage if you’d rather I prefer spicy ground sausage. If using above I’d add a dash of cajun seasoning
cook until outsides are no longer pink

How to Cook Rice and Sausage in Instant Pot

• Add diced bell pepper, onion, celery at this point if desired. Turn pot off and deglaze pot with a bit of your stock/broth.
• Whisk together broth and soup until smooth and add to your pot. Pour this in. Add chiles and add the rice on very top, do NOT stir. Gently submerge uncooked rice into liquid below.
• Cook on low pressure for 10 minutes.
• Allow to naturally release steam for 2 minutes.
• Then do a quick release. Stir and enjoy (will continue to thicken as it sits)

If you want to make a version of this in the oven, make our green chile chicken casserole. Watch our recipe video below to get an idea of how easy it is to throw together.

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