Description
Instant Pot Butter Beans and Shrimp. Pressure cook large lima beans with sausage, vegetables, and Cajun seasoning. Then, add some shrimp to simmer until cooked through. Creamy beans, tender shrimp, and smoky sausage make a fantastic one-pot meal.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 pound dry large lima beans, sorted and rinsed
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 pound smoked sausage (preferably andouille), quartered lengthwise and cut crosswise into ¼ inch wedges
- 1 large onion, minced
- 2 ribs of celery, minced
- 1 green or red bell pepper, seeded and minced
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- ½ teaspoon Cajun seasoning (for the onions)
- 4 cups chicken broth (preferably homemade chicken broth, or use ham broth, vegetable broth, or water)
- 2 cups water
- 2 teaspoons Cajun seasoning (for the pot)
- 2 teaspoons fine sea salt (only if using homemade salt-free Cajun seasoning)
- 4 dashes Worcestershire sauce
- 4 dashes Cajun hot sauce
- 1 pound 51-60 count pre-peeled raw shrimp, thawed
- 1 teaspoon Cajun seasoning (for the shrimp)
- ½ teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
For serving
- Cooked long-grain white rice
- Minced parsley
- Minced green onions
Instructions
- Sort and rinse the beans: Sort the large lima beans, removing broken beans, stones, and dirt clods. Rinse the beans in a fine mesh strainer.
- Sauté the aromatics, sausage, and spices: Heat the butter in an Instant Pot set to Sauté mode adjusted to high until the butter melts. (Use medium-high heat for a stovetop pressure cooker.) Add the smoked sausage, onion, celery, bell pepper, and garlic, and sprinkle with ½ teaspoon of Cajun seasoning. Sauté, stirring often, until the onions and sausage start to brown around the edges, about 8 minutes.
- Beans and broth into the pot: Pour the sorted and rinsed lima beans into the pressure cooker, then pour in the chicken broth and water. Stir in the Cajun Seasoning (and 2 teaspoons of salt if you are using homemade broth and homemade Cajun seasoning).
- Pressure cook the beans for 20 minutes with a Natural Release: Lock the lid on the pressure cooker and cook at high pressure for 20 minutes in an Instant Pot or other electric PC, or for 18 minutes in a stovetop PC. (Use Manual, Pressure Cook, or Pressure Cook - Custom mode in an Instant Pot). After pressure cooking, let the pressure release naturally, about 20 minutes. (If you're in a hurry, you can quick release the pressure after 15 minutes of natural release).
- Cook the shrimp in the remaining heat: Remove the lid carefully, opening away from you - even when it's not under pressure, the steam in the cooker is very hot. Leave the pot in keep warm mode (or put a stovetop pressure cooker back on the stove over very low heat). Sprinkle the thawed shrimp with 1 teaspoon of Cajun Seasoning, then stir the shrimp and the black pepper into the beans. Cover the pot (use a non-pressure lid, or don't lock the pressure lid) and cook the shrimp until they are pink and tender, about five minutes. Serve with white rice, a sprinkling of minced parsley or green onions, and a bottle of hot sauce on the side. Enjoy!
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 60 minutes
- Category: Sunday Dinner
- Method: Pressure Cooker
- Cuisine: Cajun
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Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1.5 cups
- Calories: 372
- Sugar: 6.1 g
- Sodium: 1082.3 mg
- Fat: 16 g
- Carbohydrates: 32.6 g
- Fiber: 9.3 g
- Protein: 25.4 g
- Cholesterol: 108.8 mg