Instant Pot Shrimp Scampi Pasta
What's not to love about Instant Pot shrimp scampi pasta? With creamy angel hair pasta and flavorful shrimp, this meal is cooked in one pan in less than a half hour!
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 large shallot, halved and thinly sliced (about ½ cup)
- 4 cloves garlic, minced minced
- ¼ cup dry white wine
- 8 ounces uncooked angel hair pasta
- 2 ½ cups chicken broth, divided
- ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 pound large frozen shrimp (size 20-30), deveined, shells and tails removed (do not thaw, see note)
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
- ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
Instructions
- Heat Instant Pot on Sauté function. Add butter, olive oil, shallots, and garlic. Cook, stirring constantly, until shallots soften, 2 to 3 minutes.1 tablespoon butter, 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1 large shallot, halved and thinly sliced, 4 cloves garlic, minced
- Add wine and cook, stirring, until wine has reduced slightly, about 1 minute. Turn Instant Pot off.¼ cup dry white wine
- Add 1 ¼ cups broth to pot, scraping up any brown bits. Crack pasta in half and layer in a criss cross pattern. Add remaining broth and separate strands of pasta as much as possible.8 ounces uncooked angel hair pasta, 2 ½ cups chicken broth, divided
- Sprinkle with red pepper flakes and then arrange frozen shrimp on top of the uncooked pasta, without stirring. Sprinkle with salt.¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, 1 pound large frozen shrimp (size 20-30), deveined, shells and tails removed , ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- Secure Instant Pot lid and turn valve to seal. Set on Pressure Cook (or manual, high pressure, depending on your model) for 0 minutes (not a typo!). If your Instant Pot model will not accept 0 minutes as a setting, simply press Cancel when you hear the signal that it’s reached full pressure.
- Once the Instant Pot has reached full pressure, immediately release pressure by doing a quick release, and turning valve to vent.
- Remove cover and stir in Parmesan cheese, fresh parsley, and lemon juice.½ cup grated Parmesan cheese, ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley, 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- Taste and season with additional salt and red pepper flakes as needed. Serve immediately.
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Notes
If using fresh or thawed shrimp:
- Cook pasta as directed above, omitting shrimp. It will only take about 6 minutes to come to pressure instead of 15.
- When pasta has finished cooking, remove the lid and stir in shrimp. Leave Instant Pot on warm setting, with the lid on but not sealed, and cook for 8-10 minutes or until shrimp is cooked through (pink and shaped like the letter C), stirring 3 times to ensure shrimp cooks evenly.
- Continue with the remainder of the recipe and stir in Parmesan cheese, fresh parsley, and lemon juice.
- Use a skillet to cook the shrimp. Sauté the shrimp in a skillet, plate the pasta, and top with the shrimp. If you're worried about the shrimp being overcooked, this is a good method.
- Skip the wine. You can omit white wine when making shrimp scampi. Fresh lemon juice or chicken broth can be added instead if you prefer.
- Make it vegetarian. Omit the shrimp.
Nutrition
Serving: 4ounces shrimp with pasta and sauce | Calories: 448kcal | Carbohydrates: 50g | Protein: 30g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 161mg | Sodium: 1082mg | Potassium: 480mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 754IU | Vitamin C: 9mg | Calcium: 206mg | Iron: 2mg
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