Pressure cook Mexican Casserole. Pressure cooker Mexican casserole is total comfort food! Made in your Instant Pot, Ninja Foodi or Crockpot Express it will become a new favorite pasta meal. This casserole was created quite on accident and aren't those the best meals when they turn out amazing??!!

Turns out I didn't have any white rice so I used brown rice, and I used a left over ear of corn. New to cooking with a pressure cooker? Try out the Be the Boss of Your Instant Pot Video Course! You can cook Pressure cook Mexican Casserole using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Pressure cook Mexican Casserole

You need 1 pound of ground turkey or chicken (I used 93% lean ground turkey).
It's 1 tablespoon of extra-virgin olive oil.
It's 1 cup of uncooked quinoa.
You need 1 of medium yellow onion, diced.
Prepare 1 (10 ounce) of cans red enchilada sauce (mild or medium).
It's 1 (15 ounce) of can black beans, drained and rinsed.
You need 1 (15 ounce) of can fire-roasted diced tomatoes in their juices.
It's 1 cup of corn kernels, fresh or frozen.
You need 1 of red bell pepper, cored and diced.
You need 1 of green bell pepper, cored and diced.
It's 1 tablespoon of ground cumin.
Prepare 2 tablespoons of chili powder.
You need 1 teaspoon of garlic powder.
It's 1 cup of shredded Mexican blend cheese, divided.
It's of For serving: chopped fresh cilantro, diced avocado.
It's of chopped green onion, sour cream or plain Greek yogurt.

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Pressure cook Mexican Casserole step by step

Heat the olive oil in a large skillet or Dutch oven over medium high. Add the turkey and onion. Cook and stir, breaking up the turkey as you go, until the turkey is no longer pink, about 5 minutes. Transfer to the bottom of a large pressure cooker..
To the pressure cooker, add the enchilada sauce, black beans, tomatoes, corn, red bell pepper, green bell pepper, chili powder, cumin and garlic powder. Stir to combine, then cover and pressure cook on high for 25min..
While cooking add 1 cup of quinoa to a small pot with 2 cups of water. Boil till water is absorbed..
Quick release pressure to remove the lid and stir. Add quinoa and stir. Taste and adjust any seasonings as desired..
Saute to desired consistently..
Stir in 1/2 cup of the shredded cheese, then sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top. Serve hot with any desired toppings..

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