Instant Pot Red Beans and Rice
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!
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 625kcal
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
Serving: 2cups | Calories: 625kcal | Carbohydrates: 58g | Protein: 39g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 17g | Cholesterol: 102mg | Sodium: 1371mg | Fiber: 9g | Sugar: 8g