Instant Pot® Peel-and-Eat Shrimp recipe

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Ingredients

1 cup beer
1 pound large raw shell-on shrimp, frozen
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 tablespoon seafood seasoning (such as Old Bay®)
¼ cup chopped fresh parsley
¼ cup cocktail sauce, or to taste

Nutrition Info

186.2 calories
carbohydrate: 6.4 g
cholesterol: 187.8 mg
fat: 7 g
fiber: 0.8 g
protein: 19.4 g
saturatedFat: 3.9 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 824.7 mg
sugar: 2.5 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Pour beer into a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot®). Stir in shrimp, butter, and seafood seasoning. Close and lock the lid. Select high pressure according to manufacturer's instructions, set timer for 2 minutes. Allow 10 minutes for pressure to build.

  2. Release pressure carefully using the quick-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, about 5 minutes. Unlock and remove the lid. Stir in parsley.

  3. Transfer shrimp to serving plates and serve with cocktail sauce for dipping.

Recipe Yield

4 servings

Recipe Note

Peel-and-eat shrimp is easy to do on the stovetop but even easier in your Instant Pot®. Not only do you not have to wait for the pot of water to boil, you also don't need a lot of liquid, which means way less seasoning is needed to flavor. Serve with crusty bread if desired.

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