This pressure cooker chicken spaghetti casserole is an easy and comforting weeknight dinner the whole family will love. Chicken and peppers are cooked with spaghetti and topped with cheese, delicious bite after bite! Because this casserole is made in a pressure cooker, it is super low hands-on cooking, so you can spend more time with the family.
I’m all about easy and comforting dishes, especially ones that practically cook themselves! Pressure cookers are super popular these days, and for good reason! While traditionally making a spaghetti casserole involves a pot to boil water for spaghetti, then a strainer to pour the water off, then a pan to fry the chicken and vegetables, then a baking dish to cook/bake everything together, when making this chicken spaghetti casserole in the pressure cooker, you’re only using one cooking vessel!
I could not be more excited to share this recipe for pressure cooker chicken spaghetti casserole as part of my partnership with Pick ‘n Save, they’re a Wisconsin grocery store chain I absolutely love!
When I was doing my weekly grocery shopping at Pick ‘n Save, I not only found all the items needed to make this amazing dish, but saw that they also have a housewares section and sell pressure cookers right there in the store! Pick ‘n Save truly has everything, and we love shopping there as a family! From organic produce and products (part of their Simple Truth product line) to amazing dairy/cheese, everything you need to make meals is available at their stores.
I used a 6 qt Instant Pot brand pressure cooker to make this recipe, but any 6 quart pressure cooker would work.
As I was making this chicken spaghetti casserole for the millionth time for dinner, a friend stopped by and she couldn’t stop saying how delicious it smelled…and she isn’t wrong! This dish smells as delicious as it tastes! She immediately wanted the recipe to make for her family too.
Whenever my husband has this dish, he says it reminds him of a good Midwestern casserole. Ben (my 2 year old son) also loves it, so it’s kid approved for all those picky eaters out there!
Once the recipe is done cooking, you may open the lid to your pressure cooker and think it looks a bit soupy. Never fear! It will look soupy, but it will thicken as you add in that yummy cheese and let it sit for a few minutes.
After whipping up this recipe, I decided to play around with a few different toppings. I’ve got to say, the toppings totally transform the dish to be even better! So, once the chicken spaghetti casserole is complete, do yourself a favor and be sure to add on some crumbled bacon (because bacon makes everything better!) and some parsley. You’ll thank me for it later.
Next time you’re in need for an easy chicken dinner the whole family will love, definitely give this pressure cooker chicken spaghetti casserole a try!
I’d love to hear from you in the comments below – what are your favorite comforting dinners?
Other posts you might enjoy:
- Instant Pot Lemon Chicken Risotto
- Healthy Instant Pot Spaghetti and Meat Sauce
- 5 Ingredient Instant Pot Chicken Alfredo
Chicken Spaghetti Casserole
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon Simple Truth extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 medium onion finely chopped (about 1/2 cup)
- 2 bell peppers finely chopped (about 1 cup)
- 1 garlic clove finely chopped/pressed
- 1 pound Simple Truth boneless skinless chicken breasts cubed
- 2 cans 10.5 oz. each Simple Truth cream of chicken soup (condensed)
- 4 cups Simple Truth chicken broth or water
- 1 pound Simple Truth spaghetti
- Salt and Pepper
- 2 cups Roundy's shredded Colby jack cheese
- Optional toppings: crumbled bacon 1/4 lb. cooked/crumbled and/or fresh parsley
Instructions
- Press the “Sauté” setting on a 6 qt. pressure cooker and add in olive oil. Add in onion and bell pepper and sauté for 4 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add in garlic and cubed chicken breast and sauté for another 2 minutes. Make sure no chicken is stuck to the bottom of the pressure cooker.
- Spoon the contents of 2 cans of cream of chicken soup into the pressure cooker and pour in 4 cups of chicken broth (or water). Stir to combine.
- Break dry/uncooked spaghetti in half and put into the pressure cooker. Gently press the spaghetti down so that the spaghetti is mostly covered by liquid. Add a generous pinch of salt and pepper. Do not stir dry spaghetti, space will be tight.
- Seal the pressure cooker lid and set the pressure cooker to “High Pressure” for 8 minutes.
- Flip the valve to release the pressure (quick release) and when the pressure subsides open the lid and stir in 1 cup of cheese. Sprinkle remaining cup of cheese on top and let sit for 2-3 minutes, until it has melted. Contents of the pressure cooker will thicken as it sits with the lid off, so if it seems like there’s a little too much liquid, let it sit with the lid off for a few additional minutes. Serve and enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
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Ed says
I have 3 qt Instant Pot that I’d like to get started making some easy recipes. Would it be too much to send some
recipes for this?
Tanya says
I can’t wait to try this. It may actually get me to use my instapot, which for some reason, I have been resistant to use! I adapt everything to my crockpot, which I am obsessed with when Fall starts! From one pot weekday meals to Soup Sunday, the crockpot never gets put away! My absolute favorite is Sweet potato black bean chili (double batch!).
Jenny Rae Pearson says
Saving this right now as the cooler weather has me craving comforting meals like this! My favorite for the past couple years has been the one pot Thai shrimp and quinoa…I could literally eat it all day!
CATHERINE says
One of our favorite comfort dishes is a big bowl of homemade chili mac topped with cheese and sour cream.
Chili is great for so many comfy meals.😊
VICTORIA HARRAH says
I just bought a new pressure cooker and this recipe has been added to my Plan to Eat meal plan for Saturday Night!! I can’t wait to try it!!
My favorite comfort food is a White Chicken Chile. I use ground chicken instead of shredded which makes a perfect “dip” for tortilla chips!! My kiddos love it and it’s my go to Potluck contribution!
Sweetphi says
Oh I think you’re going to love this recipe! And I love your favorite comfort food!!
VICTORIA HARRAH says
Thank you again for sharing!! =)
Linda Bick says
Favorite comfort dinner =🌮tacos!
Sweetphi says
Tacos are always a huge favorite!
Mary W says
My #1 comfort dinner is Scotch Broth Soup with fresh bread or rolls. The soup is really a stew made with Lamb and Barley – two of my favorite ingredients. I also think of pizza as a comfort meal.
Sweetphi says
Oh yum, that sounds so comforting and amazing!
Wendy Burrow says
Totally making this tonight!
Our favorite comfort foods are oven-baked mac and cheese, quesadillas (make in 5 minutes and add anything) and also anything you can wrap in a tortilla, like a combo of scrambled eggs/new potatoes/tomatoes/beans/jalapenos. Hint: chop the potatoes and then precook them in the microwave…finish in the frying pan!
Sweetphi says
I hope you love this dish! And I love the tip about the potatoes, thank you for sharing!
Marlee says
This dish looks amazing but I don’t gave a pressure cooker, how could I make this on the stove or oven?
Sweetphi says
You could make this stovetop/oven by cooking the pasta like you normally would. Then you’d make the chicken and veggies like in the recipe, you’d combine all the ingredients (except don’t add water) to a baking dish and then bake it covered in cheese at 350 for about 15-20 minutes, until the cheese is all melty, then serve and enjoy 🙂
Donna Trice says
One of our fall favorites is boneless pork roast with dry onion and condensed cream of mushroom in the crock pot. We have it over rice with steam bag veggies.
Sweetphi says
This is genius Donna! Would you mind if I made a version of this for the blog to share with others? I think others would love to see a recipe like this! I’ve made something similar with pork roast, potatoes and italian seasoning in a crock pot, but love the dry onion and condensed cream of mushroom!
Gloria Aman says
We have several comfort foods. One is Homemade Chili and the other is Lasagna. I entered but where I live I have never seen a Pick N Pay store here.
Sweetphi says
Homemade chili and lasagna are such great comfort foods! Is there a Kroger near you? If your comment is selected as the winner we could do a Kroger gift card for you or work something out 🙂
Nancy S. says
Our go-to for comfort food is actually a side dish of cheesy potato casserole. It goes well with burgers as well as breakfast. Mmmm.
Sweetphi says
I LOVE cheesy potato casserole as a side dish – I never thought of them as a side dish for breakfast too, but that’s genius, thank you for sharing! I make cheesy potatoes in the slow cooker and it’s always such a hit at parties, and I love it because it’s so hands off! (recipe here in case you’re interested- https://sweetphi.com/5-ingredient-slowcooker-cheesy-potatoes-recipe/)
Lisa Burkhart says
My favorite comfort food is a pot on my homemade chili. Getting ready to make a pot with the cooler weather.
Always reminds me of my mom.
Sweetphi says
Aw – I love how certain dishes remind us of certain people. Homemade chili sounds amazing with the cooling weather!
Heather says
Now that the weather is changing (a little too early) I am craving comfort food. One of my faves is what we call mashed potato hot dish. It is kind of like pot pie, but the crust is mashed potato. So yummy and my 3.5 year old loves it!!!!!
Sweetphi says
Isn’t it crazy how quickly the weather changes? that mashed potato hot dish sounds amazing, I’m going to have to look that up because it sounds like something my son would love (if you have a link or a source for the recipe you use, I’d love to know!)
Jeffrey says
You can’t go wrong with a pasta dish, but lately there has been something that comforts me more than anything…French Toast Bake. I like using stale bagels, buttermilk, blueberries and a hefty shot of bourbon!
Sweetphi says
Wow – that French Toast bake sounds amazing, and so comforting!
Jess Hay says
My favorite comforting dinner is pork chops with rice and gravy, and broccoli with ranch dressing on the side. My mom made it with cream of mushroom soup-gravy when I was a kid, and it’s been a favorite meal since then!
Sweetphi says
That does sound like such a great comforting dish, yum!
Monica M says
With it getting colder this time of year, I am looking forward to making my homemade chili. It is my favorite comfort food (and probably my husbands favorite to).
Sweetphi says
I love a good chili – so does my husband, it’s just an all around comforting dish! I recently made a chili con carne (it’s just a meat no beans chili) in a pressure cooker and I cannot wait to share the recipe here on the blog in the next few weeks because it was so good!!
Monica says
Can’t wait to read your chili recipe 😊!!!!!
Denise E. says
This recipe looks scrumptious! I am definitely going to send it to my daughter. She has a pressure cooker, but I don’t. She’s always looking for something like this to feed her picky eaters!
I rely on my good old slow cooker. My absolute favorite is Mississippi Pot Roast.
Sweetphi says
Thank you so much for sharing this recipe with your daughter, I always appreciate the shares! Mississippi pot roast sounds amazing – it’s a dish I recently learned about, something I’ll have to make this winter for sure!