Instant Pot Cheeseburger Mac and Cheese
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Cheeseburger macaroni recipe? YES, PLEASE! Hamburger meat, pasta and an epic cheese sauce. All made in ONE POT. Too easy!
It’s been a bit hectic here. With the move, the traveling, the wedding planning, and the holidays, we’ve been constantly on the go-go-go.
But even with our super busy schedules, I can still whip up this cozy, comforting cheeseburger mac in a flash.
That’s right. You read that right. It’s cheeseburger MAC. AND. CHEESE. Aka, homemade hamburger helper made a million times better thanks to Cabot cheese.
Owned by 800 farm families throughout New York and New England since 1919, Cabot creates the best cheese and dairy. So it’s no wonder that this mac and cheese yields that super creamy, super epic cheese sauce.
And my favorite part? You can throw all of it in the Instant Pot®! And I mean, all of it, even the uncooked pasta. You barely have to lift a finger here.
After the quick-release, you can stir in all the cheese, letting it melt right into the pasta. The key here is using a good quality cheese, like Cabot Mild Cheddar Cheese. It will make all of the difference!
Instant Pot Cheeseburger Mac and Cheese
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- ½ medium sweet onion, diced
- ½ green bell pepper, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 ½ teaspoons paprika
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- 3 cups beef stock
- 1 (15-ounce) can tomato sauce
- 12 ounces elbow macaroni
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 1 ½ cups shredded Cabot Mild Cheddar Cheese
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
Instructions
- Set a 6-qt Instant Pot® to the high saute setting. Heat olive oil; add ground beef and cook until browned, about 3-5 minutes, making sure to crumble the beef as it cooks; drain excess fat.
- Add onion and bell pepper, and cook, stirring frequently, until tender, about 2-3 minutes. Stir in garlic, paprika and oregano until fragrant, about 1 minute.
- Stir in beef stock, tomato sauce and pasta; season with salt and pepper, to taste. Select manual setting; adjust pressure to high, and set time for 5 minutes. When finished cooking, quick-release pressure according to manufacturer’s directions.
- Stir in cheese and heavy cream until cheese has melted, about 1-2 minutes; stir in parsley.
- Serve immediately.
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Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Cabot Creamery. As always, I only partner with brands that I love and truly believe in, allowing me to create more quick and easy recipes to get us through the week without breaking the bank. All opinions expressed are my own.
I made this as written except I used gluten-free pasta. I cooked it for 6 minutes and it was perfect, not soupy at all. My whole family enjoyed it but I feel like it’s missing something… maybe a dash or two of hot sauce? I also think the canned tomato flavor was too strong so I might try swapping plain tomato sauce for pizza sauce. Still yummy, but I think those changes would make it a real keeper.
Make the changes for you and family… cooking is an art! If your family likes loves hot sauce, spicy, add hot sauce… I hated diced tomatoes growing up, would push them to the side, tomato sauce works… My Mom and Grams called this a “Scrummage”…. Instant Pot just makes it faster and easier….
This was so easy and so yummy! Both my husband and 4-year old son loved it. My son doesn’t often ask for seconds or leftovers and he pounded this. I can’t eat bell peppers, so I left them out and just upped the onion from half to whole. I also don’t keep broth in the house because we just don’t use it up quickly enough, but I do keep Better Than Bouillon. No joke – that stuff is a life saver. This recipe is now on the make again rotation!
Just perfect. The Spouse requested cheeseburger mac with tomato, which isn’t a thing I usually make. It’s 4000 degrees out so I certainly didn’t want to put on a pot of water for pasta. Boom, this recipe. No beef broth in the house, but water and some additional salt did the trick. Happy Spouse!
Excellent recipe! Mine looked just like her picture.. That never happens. Tastes as good as it looks too! Very good whole family including picky toddlers lived it. Perfect recipe!
Has anyone made this without an Instant Pot?
I just made this for my family…we were going to order pizza but I am so glad we didn’t! the whole thing came together very quickly and easily. I love all the Damn Delicious recipes….. every single one is…well…damn delicious! thank you!
Loved this! Didn’t have a bell pepper, so I added a can of diced green chilies. It gave the perfect amount of spice. Also added frozen peas at the same time as the cheese just to add some more veg.
This was soooo good! Kids and parents loved it alike. To me, it tastes like lasagna without all the work. Will surely make again. Thanks!
Delicious. I used ground turkey and stirring in Parmesan adds a nice zing.
Thank you for another delicious recipe – family loved it!
Perfect! A little hot sauce at the end put it over the top.
So good we made it three days later
Very tasty! Swapped a couple ingredients to utilize what I had on hand (evaporated milk instead of heavy cream; tomato soup instead of tomato sauce); overall delicious recipe! Sort of like a DIY hamburger helper; reminded me of my childhood. Great comfort food!
Very easy and tasty! I’ve made it several times and was pleased each time. I’ve used a variety of cheeses – whatever is on hand – and I have also subbed in a can of tomato soup for the tomato sauce and it came out great. Thanks for the recipe.
Loved it! Very easy recipe and flavours are delicious. This is the second recipe I’ve made from the site and I feel like this is the only site I need! Thank you
Great recipe after a day of holiday baking!! I only had Cabot sharp cheddar but it was a wonderful taste!!!!
HUGE family hit and sooo easy!!!!
There isn’t one thing I have made from your blogs or your fantastic meal prep book that my family and I have not loved!!!! Seriously! This is a fave also!!
Do you have nutrition value listed anywhere for your recipes? I am using MyFitnessPal for a workout challenge for a month and would like to be as accurate as I can with my entries.
Thanks tons for all your hard work, yum recipes and fantastic instagrams with Butters and Cartman!!!
-Sandi
Hi Sandy
If you go into the Meals, Recipes and Food tab on My Fitness Pal you can add her recipe directly from the web 🙂
I did it, however I changed the servings to 7 because there was heaps!
This was easy & delicious! We ate it with ketchup & mustard and chopped dill pickles on top and it tastes just like a cheeseburger!!
Love how easy this was! Ultimate comfort food! I used a three cheese blend of medium, sharp, and white cheddar.
Eating this right now and as usual-yumm! Next time I will half the broth and increase the marinara bc my guys prefer lots of sauce. I also used ground buffalo cuz I didnt have beef and I used an Italian cheese mix rather than cheddar.
This was EXCELLENT.
Hi! Have made lots of your recipes and my family loves them! If I was going to double this and use an 8qt Instant Pot- would the instructions stay the same? Thanks!!
very easy and very good. made exactly as recipe said and it came out perfect. Except I used colby jack and cheddar cheese.