Instant Pot Red Beans and Rice
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Instant Pot Red Beans and Rice are a frugal and flavorful meal that whips up quick and with little hands-on time. It’s packed full of flavorful red beans, sausage, and white rice. Both the red beans and rice are cooked at the same time in your pressure cooker!
Red beans and rice in the instant pot
I made this recipe with my other partner in crime, aka taste tester, aka the cutest-red-head-on-the-block, Katie. She loved this recipe and insisted I snap a picture (or 6) of her gobbling up her instant pot red beans and rice. 🙂 I mean, isn’t she the cutest?
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Pot in pot cooking with a pressure cooker
A few notes about this recipe: this is a pot-in-pot recipe (much like my recipe for instant pot meatloaf). Meaning, you will need a trivet and a small metal bowl to house the rice so it can cook over the red beans. Unfortunately, a springform or push pan will not work for this recipe as the water from the rice will leak out. I’ve linked to the products I personally use on Amazon, using affiliate links.
New to the instant pot? Check out our instant pot guide here.
If you are new to pot-in-pot cooking with your instant pot, don’t feel intimidated. It’s really easy and a great way to see what your electric pressure cooker is capable of doing for you. It saves time, gives you fewer pots to clean, and produces a delicious meal (I have proof, my 3-year-old ate it). 😉
More cajun-inspired recipes
We have shared a few other Cajun recipes that you might enjoy. Check them out below:
- Instant Pot Jambalaya with Chicken, Sausage, and Shrimp
- Cajun Chicken Pasta
- Crockpot Cajun Sausage and Potatoes
- Instant Pot Chicken Creole
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Instant Pot Red Beans and Rice
Equipment
Ingredients
Red Beans
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 large yellow onion chopped
- 4 garlic cloves minced
- 1 cup water
- 1 green bell pepper chopped
- 2 cans red kidney beans drained and rinsed
- 1 12.8 ounce package chicken andouille sausage
- 1 tablespoon creole seasoning
- 1 teaspoon hot sauce
- 2 bay leaves
Rice
- 2 cups jasmine rice rinsed well
- 2 cups water
Instructions
- Set instant pot to saute and heat olive oil.
- Once the oil is hot, add onion and saute until soft.
- Mix in garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
- Turn instant pot off.
- Mix in 1 cup water, beans, bell pepper, sausage, creole seasoning, hot sauce, and bay leaves.
- Place trivet inside instant pot, on top of bean mixture.
- In a small metal mixing bowl (one that wiil fit inside your pot), mix together rice and water. Place bowl of rice on top of trivet.
- Close lid and set to sealing.
- Program instant pot to manual high pressure for 20 minutes.
- Quick Pressure Release.
- Fluff rice and serve with red beans.
Nutrition
More instant pot recipes:
- Instant Pot Meatloaf with Potatoes and Carrots
- Instant Pot Salsa Chicken Tacos
- Instant Pot Spare Ribs
- Instant Pot Vegetable Beef Soup
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I’m not clear on the water. You list 1 cup of water and then 2 cups of water, which I guess is for the rice. Where does the other cup of water come in?
Thanks.
Hi Denise! Thank you for catching that. The 1 cup of water is mixed into the beans mixture. The 2 cups of water is for the rice. I will update the recipe now to explain better. I apologize for the confusion and really appreciate your bringing it to my attention.