I am loving this easy recipe for Instant Pot Red Beans and Rice. This recipe is perfect for entertaining guests or just for dinner any night. Don’t worry, if there are leftovers, they taste just as great reheated the next day.
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I Can Never Get Enough Cajun Food
I’ve always been a huge fan of Cajun and creole food. We have a Cajun restaurant in my hometown that serves the best food in the world! I love their Jambalaya and their chicken Maque Choux. But one of their best dishes is their Red Beans and Rice. Every time I go there, I promise myself I will get something different, but always seem to end up ordering the Red Beans and Rice. There is something so simple yet delicious about this dish. For years, I’ve wanted to develop my own Red Beans and Rice recipe so that I don’t have to drive to my favorite restaurant to get it.
Instant Pot
About one year ago, my wife and I got an Instant Pot. If you haven’t heard about the Instant Pot craze yet, the Instant Pot is a small electrical kitchen appliance. It cooks your food by using pressurized hot air. By doing this, it is able to cook everything much quicker with much more consistency. It also holds in the flavors and you almost always get fantastic results no matter what you make. If you would like to learn more about the Instant Pot, check out this fantastic guide to tell you everything you need to know. So, it was only a matter of time before I got the idea to create an Instant Pot Red Beans and Rice Recipe.
So, without further ado, here is my Instant Pot Red Beans and Rice Recipe!
Instant Pot Red Beans and Rice Recipe
INGREDIENTS:
1 onion (diced)
1 bell pepper (diced)
3 celery stalks (diced)
3 garlic cloves (minced)
1 lb dry red kidney beans
1 tsp salt (or more to taste)
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 tsp hot sauce
1 tsp fresh thyme(or ½ tsp dried thyme)
2 bay leaves
7 C water
1 lb Cajun sausage (thinly sliced)
10 C cooked rice
DIRECTIONS:
1. Add ingredients (except for sausage and rice to the Instant Pot).
2. Place the lid on.
3. Lock the lid.
4. Set to manual high pressure (for 28 minutes)
5. At 28 minutes, use the quick release method (release the valve).
6. Wait until the pin falls.
7. Remove the lid.
8. Run the lid under cold water.
9. Set aside.
10. Add sausage.
11. Put the lid on, locking it.
12. On manual setting set for 15 minutes high pressure,
13. Allow the Instant Pot to release naturally this time.
14. This may take as long as 26 minutes for the pin to drop on its own.
15. Allow this to sit with the lid off to thicken the broth.
16. Serve over cooked rice
Makes 10 servings.
Enjoy!
Instant Pot Red Beans and Rice
Ingredients
- Ingredients:
- 1 onion diced
- 1 bell pepper diced
- 3 celery stalks diced
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 1 lb dry red kidney beans
- 1 tsp salt or more to taste
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp hot sauce
- 1 tsp fresh thyme or ½ tsp dried thyme
- 2 bay leaves
- 7 C water
- 1 lb Cajun sausage thinly sliced
- 10 C cooked rice
Instructions
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Add ingredients (except for sausage and rice to the Instant Pot).
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Place the lid on.
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Lock the lid.
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Set to manual high pressure (for 28 minutes)
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At 28 minutes, use the quick release method (release the valve).
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Wait until the pin falls.
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Remove the lid.
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Run the lid under cold water.
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Set aside.
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Add sausage.
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Put the lid on, locking it.
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On manual setting set for 15 minutes high pressure,
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Allow the Instant Pot to release naturally this time.
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This may take as long as 26 minutes for the pin to drop on its own.
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Allow this to sit with the lid off to thicken the broth.
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Serve over cooked rice
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