With one pot (your Instant Pot®), a knife, cutting board, one bowl, and a couple of measuring cups, you can have a delicious dinner on the table in about 45 minutes! Shrimp and orzo make a complete meal, with the addition of a salad and crusty bread.
Ingredients
- medium raw shrimp: 1 pound (peeled and deveined)
- extra-virgin olive oil: 0.33333 cup
- shallot: 1 piece (chopped)
- garlic: 2 clove (minced)
- lemon zest: 1 Tbsp
- pinch red pepper flakes: 1 piece
- salt and ground black pepper: (to taste)
- lemon: 0.5 piece (juiced, optional)
- unsalted butter: 2 Tbsp
- ½ cups orzo: 1 piece
- shrimp stock: 2 cups
- dry white wine: 0.25 cup
- parsley: 1 Tbsp (to taste, coarsely chopped, optional)
- Lemon wedges: 4 piece (optional)
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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Place shrimp in a large bowl and set aside.
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Heat olive oil in a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot®) on Saute function. Add shallot and saute, stirring, for 1 1/2 minutes. Mix in garlic, lemon zest, red pepper flakes, salt, and pepper. Cook and stir until garlic is fragrant, about 1 1/2 minutes. Add the shallot mixture to the shrimp, stir in lemon juice, and refrigerate.
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Clean inner pot, return to the Instant Pot®, and select Saute function. Melt butter and stir in orzo. Keep stirring until all the orzo is coated with butter, about 1 1/2 minutes. Add shrimp stock and white wine; stir to combine. Bring to a boil. Close and lock the lid.
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Select high pressure according to manufacturer's instructions; set timer for 4 minutes. Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.
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Release pressure carefully using the quick-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, about 5 minutes. Unlock and remove the lid. Place the prepared shrimp in a single layer on top of the orzo.
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Close and lock the lid. Select high pressure and set timer for 1 minute. Allow 5 to 10 minutes for pressure to build.
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Release pressure carefully using the quick-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, about 5 minutes. Serve warm with fresh parsley and lemon slices for garnish.
