Instant Pot Green Bean Casserole

This easy Instant Pot green bean casserole with bacon recipe tastes good! Loaded with bacon and crispy fried onions you'll want to make a double batch! Works great in your Crockpot Express or Ninja Foodi machines too.

If you're like us and love this nifty device too you should try this bacon filled green bean casserole recipe! A great one of our side dish Instant Pot recipes. (affiliate links present)

Ninja Foodi Green Bean Casserole

This dish is a must during Thanksgiving and Christmas time. We have always made it in the oven but last year we didn't have a lot of room in there because of all the other dishes so we thought we'd try it in our Ninja Foodi pressure cooker!

We think there are two tricks to why this tastes so good. The bacon, and using frozen green beans instead of canned. If you do have this machine with a dual purpose you can air fry the top onions in the same pot as the first steps, which is a major win.

Instant Pot Green Bean Casserole with Frozen Green Beans

Yes you can make this vegetarian but um why?? You can crisp strips, use already bagged real bacon bits or make as a leftover ham recipe. My husband loves this so much we make it several times a year, not for the holidays.

We used our green bean casserole with bacon and adapted it for our Instant Pot. Of course since this isn't put into the oven it will not get that crispy fried green bean taste on the top. So if this is a must we would opt for the link above that is cooked in the oven.

We will tell you that making your own onions fried has been a game changer for us. So much better and you can even serve more on the side since everyone will go crazy over them.

Ingredients

1. Frozen green beans are the best option so they don't get too soft
2. MushroomsPortabello are best
3. Onions diced are nice
4. Butter or vegan dairy free alternative
5. Flour to thicken the sauce
6. Chicken broth or stock
7. Salt and pepper
8. Garlic is optional
9. Half and half is better than milk to make creamy
10. Fried onions in the can

Dairy free option

If you need a dairy free option you can use almond milk and use coconut milk with a bit of cornstarch whisked in instead of half and half. We found a great plant based vegan butter product at the store that tastes amazingly the same.

If you aren't a big bacon fan…we don't think we can be friends. LOL. No, you can omit that if you choose (why, we don't know).

Is it better to make green bean casserole with frozen, fresh or canned green beans?

If you want your vegetables to keep their shape as much as possible and not get too soft then you should opt for fresh or frozen. Fresh will actually stay most firm followed by frozen and canned would get the softest of all. That is the only real difference. If you are a texture person (us) we prefer frozen.

Can you use the slow cooker function on pressure cooker to green bean casserole?

This is a great Thanksgiving sides that can be made in the Crockpot as well but we have always said that the slow cook function on pressure cookers don't work well. We still stand by this. Instead use your low slow pot for that style.

We would use your “old fashioned” Crock and gollow our slow cooker green bean casserole recipe for those instructions.

What can you use instead of cream of mushroom soup to make green bean casserole?

We have made this with canned condensed soup before but this one skips all of that and includes recipe for homemade cream of mushroom instead. With heavy cream, seasonings and fresh mushrooms you can make something so much better. Pressure cookers sometime have “a thing” with thick soups so we'd recommend following the recipe below. You may never buy canned again after this.

Pressure Cooker Green Bean Casserole

If you want to brown the top throw into a baking dish and under your broiler for a few minutes. Transfer to a pretty serving dish and serve, or use a trivet on your table because it will be hot. If this is for the holiday season you could combine these two favorites to make green bean mashed potato casserole too.

How to crisp the top with the Ninja Foodi

1. Follow directions as directed below with a quick release at the end
2. When done sprinkle fried onions on the top
   1. could add some parmesan cheese too
3. Close air crisp lid and set to 400 degrees for 3 minutes to lightly brown top
4. Add additional minutes

Other holiday side dishes you'll love

• Jiffy cream corn casserole
• Pressure cooker mashed potatoes
• Love this pressure cooker sweet potatoes recipe

Instant Pot Green Bean Casserole Recipe

By This easy Instant Pot green bean casserole with bacon recipe tastes good! Loaded with bacon and crispy fried onions you'll want to make a double batch! Prep: 10 minutes minsCook: 25 minutes minsTotal: 35 minutes minsServings: 8 Save Recipe Saved! Pin Recipe Comment Print Recipe

Equipment

Ingredients

• 4 pcs bacon, optional
• 1 lb frozen green beans
• 1.5 c French's fried onions, or homemade fried onions
• 8 oz mushrooms, portabello
• 1/2 c onion, diced
• 1 tbsp garlic, minced
• 2 tbsp butter salted
• 2 tbsp flour, all purpose
• 1/2 c half and half, or heavy cream
• 1 1/4 c chicken broth
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp pepper

Instructions

• If adding fresh bacon: Spray the inside of your Instant Pot with non stick spray. Dice bacon, set to saute, and cook until bacon is lightly browned. Drain grease (can leave in for flavor but it will be greasier at the end when done). Or use 1/2 c. bacon bits and skip this step. Deglaze pot and turn pot off.
• If not adding bacon: Set pressure cooker to saute and add butter, melt. Add diced onion and garlic. Season with salt and pepper and cook for about 2 minutes.
• Add mushrooms and saute until they have released some of their juices and liquid has evaporated. Add flour and stir so everything is combined.
• Pour in the broth and half & half and stir until well combined. Allow to simmer until sauce has thickened to gravy-like consistency.
• Lastly add the frozen green beans, stir. Then place lid on pressure cooker and seal vent.
• Cook on pressure function, high for 5 minutes. Then do a quick release.
• To thicken again set the pot to saute once again. Allow to bubble and let some of the liquid to evaporate and thicken up. If you'd like it thicker add 1 tbsp cornstarch in a bowl with some of your hot liquid. Whisk together until smooth and add into pot. Stir and it will thicken more.
• Remember it will thicken as it sits and cools too so don't overdo the cornstarch/flour.
• Serve topped with fried onions!

Nutrition

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

Additional Info

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