Instant Pot Shrimp Boil
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Everyone’s favorite low country boil can be made so easily and effortlessly right in your pressure cooker in just 6 minutes!
It feels so stinking good to be back home.
Don’t get me wrong.
The pasta and gelato were all to die for in Italy, but we couldn’t bear to be away from Butters for that long.
The minute we got back home, we smothered Butters for about 2 hours, did 17 loads of laundry, and whipped up the easiest shrimp boil of my entire life.
Yup, 6 minutes in the IP is all you need. That and that garlic butter sauce you serve it with.
But excuse me while I just faceplant myself into this butter sauce here. It’s been a long two weeks away from home!
Instant Pot Shrimp Boil
Ingredients
- 1 ½ pounds baby red potatoes
- 1 12.8-ounce package smoked andouille sausage, thinly sliced
- ½ medium sweet onion, chopped
- 4 teaspoons Old Bay seasoning, divided
- 1 tablespoon hot sauce
- 3 ears corn, halved
- 1 16-ounce pilsner or lager beer
- 1 ½ pounds medium shrimp, shell-on
- ¼ cup unsalted butter
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
- 1 lemon, cut into wedges
Instructions
- Place potatoes, sausage, onion, 3 teaspoons Old Bay seasoning and hot sauce into a 6-qt Instant Pot®. Stir until well combined. Top with corn and beer.
- Select manual setting; adjust pressure to high, and set time for 5 minutes. When finished cooking, quick-release pressure according to manufacturer’s directions.
- Add shrimp. Select manual setting; adjust pressure to high, and set time for 1 minute. When finished cooking, quick-release pressure according to manufacturer’s directions.
- Melt butter in a small skillet over medium low heat. Stir in garlic and remaining 1 teaspoon Old Bay seasoning until fragrant, about 1-2 minutes.
- Serve shrimp mixture immediately, drizzled with butter mixture, garnished with parsley and lemon, if desired.
Notes
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Another winner! So easy and flavorful to make! My family gobbled it up.
Made this tonight in Australia.
I made the following substitutions as it’s what I could get at my local supermarket…
– andouille sausage used kranski
– Old bay seasoning used Cajun Seasoning
– Hot sauce used Tobasco
– Beer – just used 1 can
– Prawns – used green shelled prawns
It was great and I will defiantly make this again.
I cooked it in an Instant Pot Duo Crisp as directed in the recipe.
This was a terrific Instant Pot recipe. I’m new to IP, but this had all the makings of a good recipe with lots of flavor. I bought large, shell on shrimp, since the medium size just looked too small. Used Polish kielbasa instead of sausage and used a bottle and half of Budweiser beer, since that’s what I had. Turned out great. Will definitely keep this recipe in my arsenal. I used the steamer basket in my 8qt pot, worked great. Thank you!
Can I add more shrimp instead of the sausage? Is frozen corn okay to use?
Just made this for dinner tonight, family loved it. It makes enough to feed all very well and still have leftovers. Super easy and the flavors are wonderful! I only had non-alcholic pale ale on hand but it did the trick to pull all the ingredients together fabulously. The name of your website says it all!!
Great Recipe. Everything was cook to a perfect tasty texture.
I will say that the preheat cycle took around 25 minutes. Don’t expect this to be ready in 6 minutes.
My total cook time was about 40 minutes. I used a genuine 6qt. Instant pot.
We will be making this again.
This was amazing! I don’t like beer but I still used it and thought it turned out yummy. Based on others’ comments, I added cabbage. I also used yellow/gold potatoes (and cut them in half) because that’s what I had. It tasted sooo good! This recipe is a keeper!
I have made this like five or six times as delicious comes out delicious every time
I have made this a number of times and I cannot recommend it enough!! In fact I have made MANY of her recipes and you can count on them! Perfection every time!
Go get yourself the ingredients and make this tonight! You will LOVE it!!
Made this last weekend and it was sooo good we’re making for my mom again this weekend.
All I have it light lager. Will that work?
Great recipe!! We especially loved the seasoned butter for the top! Loved how incredibly quick and easy this recipe was. We used frozen cooked shrimp, and it was good, but next time will use raw shrimp as the recipe calls. My father in law makes this camping and adds cabbage; so we added cabbage too and it really soaked up the yummy seasoned beer flavor! I highly recommend!
Like everything else I’ve made from this site, damn delicious. Better than a restaurant.
My family cannot thank you enough for this recipe! They love leftovers, so I doubled the sausage, Shrimp and potatoes which was great for my 8 quart Instant Pot. I used frozen, deveined shrimp and set the time to zero to cook it. I doubled the butter and garlic too! It was a HUGE hit, and now my mom has requested we do it again for her birthday. You are an Instant pot genius!
This recipe is very good! It has the right amount of kick and spice. Definitely a keeper of a recipe!
Wow! So yummy!! I used Heineken beer in mine and it turned out Damn delicious 🙂
Thank you for the simple easy recipe. We enjoyed it.
OMG…! I made this recipe tonight and WOW! My family literally went nuts for it. My athlete son had 3rds and would have eaten the entire pot if I had let him. I only had frozen breaded shrimp so I baked it in the oven and we added it later. This recipe is fantastic!
I wanted to try some shrimp in my instant pot and this recipe popped up in my search. I was skeptical about shrimp in the IP. This was a quick and delicious meal. My only complaint it was too much for just the 2 of us.
Are the shrimp fresh or frozen?
Most recipes using this method call for FROZEN SHRIMP since you have already cooked the other ingredients. The key is adding frozen shrimp on top of the already HOT food then bringing the IP back up to pressure only requires the additional minute to cook the shrimp to perfection. Yum Yum Yum
Amazing! Followed the recipe exactly. Used Dos Equis for the beer. So much flavor in the sauce. Will for sure be making again!