How is risotto quick and simple? Put your Instant Pot to use! This risotto with shrimp comes together quickly. The recipe will dazzle your guests or transform a weekday with just a few simple ingredients. The majority of stirring required to prepare a traditional risotto is eliminated by using an electric pressure cooker, giving you more time to prepare a salad and cut up some crusty bread.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 30 mins |
| Additional Time: | 5 mins |
| Total Time: | 45 mins |
| Servings: | 2 |
Ingredients
- 2 cups seafood stock
- 3 green onions
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided
- 1 large clove garlic, minced
- 1 pinch salt and ground black pepper to taste
- ¾ cup Arborio rice
- 1 pinch pinch dried thyme
- 2 tablespoons dry white wine
- ½ pound shrimp, peeled and deveined
- ¼ cup frozen peas
- 1 tablespoon freshly grated Parmesan cheese, or more to taste
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 4 lemon wedges for garnish
Instructions
- Heat seafood stock in a microwave-safe container for about 3 minutes on High. Leave in the microwave until ready to use.
- Slice green onions. Separate green and white parts.
- Turn on a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot) and select Saute function. Melt 1 tablespoon butter. Add garlic and white part of the green onions. Season with salt and pepper and cook, stirring, until onion has softened and garlic is fragrant, about 2 1/2 minutes. Add rice and thyme. Saute, stirring occasionally, until rice begins to have a little color, about 3 minutes.
- Pour in wine and cook, stirring, until wine evaporates, about 30 seconds. Stir in the heated seafood stock, making sure contents of the pot move freely. Turn off Saute function.
- Close and lock the lid. Select high pressure according to manufacturer’s instructions; set timer for 5 minutes. Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.
- Release pressure carefully using the quick-release method according to manufacturer’s instructions, about 5 minutes. Unlock and remove the lid. Add shrimp, peas, and reserved green onion tops. Close the lid and allow the shrimp to cook using the Keep Warm function, about 7 minutes. Open lid and check to see if shrimp are done.
- Add grated Parmesan cheese and remaining 1 tablespoon butter, stirring until butter is melted. Serve with fresh parsley and lemon wedges.
- Large or frozen shrimp will take longer to cook through.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 590 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 77 g |
| Cholesterol | 208 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g |
| Protein | 33 g |
| Saturated Fat | 9 g |
| Sodium | 713 mg |
| Sugars | 2 g |
| Fat | 15 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |