Instant Pot breakfast casserole with sausage and eggs is solid for the weekend or holidays! It is sure to become your favorite Ninja foodi pressure cooker breakfast. Here's how to make thhis quiche style dish.

Slice of frittata garnished with chives and cheese on a square white plate, with a fork beside it. A full instant pot breakfast casserole graces a round plate in the background, next to a colorful cloth.

Ok so yes we are obsessed with our new fancy pressure cooker! Do you have one yet?? We've made tons of meals but thought we'd try something for Christmas morning breakfast this year! This is a popular Instant Pot recipe We enjoy on the weekends all the time.

We are a family who loves breakfast, like our cinnamon roll breakfast casserolebut we also love savory dishes. Throw all the things we love in, let it cook, and enjoy them all together any time of day.

Doesn't need to be an IP either though, there are several other brands out there that work. As long as it is electric, and not the old fashioned type you can make this. We use a springform pan but that will be discussed too. We have made a crockpot breakfast casserole for years so this year we thought we'd make it in our pressure cooker.

Packing it full is what love, we made this last weekend. It is sort of like a crustless quiche if you want to call it that. But without the crust so you only get the good inside parts you crave. It's packed with a whole lot more than cheese egg and ham or spinach.

We made it three ways, one in the pot itself (but it does stick to the bottom for this method), the style you see here that's like a crustless quiche, and one using a bundt pan which is similar to a breakfast bundt cake.

You could add 1/4 cup of defrosted frozen hashbrowns into the mix if you wanted that too. Or substitute that instead of meat if you want a vegetarian style dish.

Ingredient notes

You will need to precook the meat. Jimmy Dean HOT ground sausage is great to add. Cooking on the saute function works well instead of dirtying a pan or skip with a package of bacon bits.

We have used cheese and skipped it on others because our husband can't have dairy so we used almond milk as an alternative. Either way it works. For veggies you need to dice them fine onions and bell peppers work well.

keep in mind that adding a lot more ingredients may mean adding a minute or two on to the cooking time. Everyone prefers their eggs a little drier or more on the wet side so the first time you make this you can adjust according to your preference.

How Long to Cook Breakfast Casserole Instant Pot

If you want to add meat you will need to precook the meat for about 5 minutes so that would need to be accounted for. Then with all the other ingredients are added into the pan you need to set to pressure high for 12 minutes.

What is the PIP Method?

For the first (pot in pot) PIP method you see here in the round pan you will need to use a springform cake pan, this is the one we use. Essentially it is steamed and comes out as a “pie” you can slice. This is what it looks like using the first PIP method.

The directions are similar but vary a bit. We used a little less in this pan and increased the time because it is thick. Of course if you like your eggs done and drier we might add a minute or two.

The first time we made this it didn't come out smoothly because our pan had lost a lot of the “non stickiness”. So make sure you have a good Teflon pan or spray it well. We mean it is fabulous no matter what but if you want it pretty that's our tip…..

Instant Pot Breakfast Casserole Recipe

By This Instant Pot breakfast casserole recipe is solid for the weekend or for the holidays! Packed with eggs and sausage it will fill you up & made quickly. Prep: 5 minutes minsCook: 15 minutes minsTotal: 20 minutes minsServings: 4 Save Recipe Saved! Pin Recipe Comment Print Recipe

Equipment

Ingredients

6 oz sausage, (precooked) or 2 tbsp. bacon bits
1/2 c cheese, shredded, mix of cheddar and jack is good
2 tbsp onion, diced, or dried minced onion
1/4 c bell pepper, diced
1/3 c green onions, diced
1 c hashbrowns, defrosted
6 eggs
1/3 c milk
salt and pepper, to taste (we add after)

Instructions

Spray the inside of your springform pan with non stick spray to avoid sticking.
Defrost your hash browns and set aside. If using sausage cook inside Instant Pot on saute or on stove top until pink is gone, set aside.
In a bowl whisk your eggs, milk, and a pinch of salt and pepper together.
Fold in your hash browns and other chunkier ingredients leaving 1/4 c. cheese on the side to sprinkle on top when it is done.
Pour your egg casserole mixture into your springform pan and cover with foil.
Add 2 c. water into the inside of your Instant Pot and put a trivet in the middle.
Lower your springform pan on to the trivet and close the lid.
Set to manual, pressure, high, for 16 minutes.
Do a slow release (move valve to the side slightly to let steam come out slowly).
Lift pan out of Instant Pot and remove foil.
Allow to cool at least 5 minutes before gently flipping over on to a plate, cutting, and serving to ensure it maintains it's shape.
Sprinkle more cheese on top and enjoy.

Nutrition

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Additional Info

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