Instant Pot Chicken and Sausage Jambalaya with Shrimp
This Instant pot Jambalaya with Chicken, sausage, Shrimp, Rice and Vegetables makes a flavorful New Orleans style meal. Jambalaya is super easy to cook in a pressure cooker and doesn't take very much time. The Instant pot does a great job of melding the spice and flavors together quickly.
Course dinner
Cuisine creole
Keyword chicken and sausage jambalaya, chicken jambalaya, instant pot jambalaya, pressure cooker jambalaya, shrimp jambalaya
add the oil and chicken to the instant pot and click "saute" - cook until browned
add the butter, onion, green pepper and celery - stir and cook
add the sausage and garlic and stir
add 1/2 C of the broth and deglaze the pan really good
Add the rest of the chicken broth, rice, seasonings and stewed tomatoes - stir
place the bay leaves on top and close the instant pot
pressure cook on high for 7 mins
do quick release and open the instant pot
add the shrimp and close the instant pot again - let the residual heat cook the shrimp for 10 mins
open, take out the bay leaves, stir and serve
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Notes
You can cook the sausage with the chicken to brown it - it's a personal choice - I like the flavor but it does sometimes lead to the burn notification - so make sure you deglaze the pan really good when you add the broth. I use a nonstick inner pot to help with that.