Seafood Gumbo Pressure Cooker Recipe
Seafood gumbo is a popular dish thanks to its rich flavors and filling nature. You can make delicious seafood gumbo easily with your pressure cooker, resulting in a warm and amazing meal. The following is a delicious seafood gumbo pressure cooker recipe that is sure to get your taste buds singing!
1. Classic Louisiana-Style Seafood Gumbo
This classic Louisiana-style seafood gumbo recipe is ideal when you want a traditional, heavy seafood gumbo that will leave you clamoring for more.
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb. shrimp – peeled, deveined
- 1/2 lb. crab meat
- 1/2 lb. smoked sausage – sliced
- 2 onions – diced
- 1 green pepper – diced
- 2 celery stalks – diced
- 1 tomato – chopped
- 1 cup frozen okra
- 2 tsp Cajun seasoning
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 1 1/2 Tbsp. garlic – minced
- 4 cups beef broth
- 1 tsp brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup flour
- Parsley – for garnish
Instructions
- First, rub the shrimp with Cajun seasoning and then set aside for later.
- Turn your pressure cooker on sauté mode, and then add olive oil when heated.
- Brown your sausage in the pressure cooker for about 8 minutes, then transfer to plate and set aside.
- Add flour and more olive oil to pressure cooker to make a roux; then add onions, celery, garlic, and bell pepper and cook until soft.
- Deglaze if necessary before stirring in broth, black pepper, cayenne pepper, salt, brown sugar, Worcestershire and okra.
- Add in sausage, then top with tomatoes, but do not stir.
- Lock the lid of your pressure cooker and cook for 5 minutes; quick release steam, stir in the shrimp and lock again for 10 minutes to cook the shrimp with the residual heat trapped inside.
- After 10 minutes, open and serve with parsley as garnish.
2. Chicken and Seafood Gumbo
Here is another seafood gumbo pressure cooker recipe. This hearty gumbo features chicken, seafood and a healthy dose of vegetables for a filling and stunning meal.
Ingredients
- 1 1/5 lbs. chicken – thighs, skinless and boneless; cut into small pieces
- 1 lb. shrimp – peeled, deveined
- 1/2 lb. okra
- 2 onions – diced
- 2 celery stalks – diced
- 2 green peppers – diced
- 1 Tbsp. garlic – minced
- 2 Tomatoes – diced
- 1/3 cup flour
- 1/4 cup oil – olive or canola
- 3 cups water
- 2 tsp Old Bay seasoning
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- optional: 2 jalapenos – diced, with seeds
Instructions
- Turn your pressure cooker on sauté mode, and then mix the oil and flour together to create a roux.
- Add in your onion, celery, green pepper and garlic and cook until soft.
- Stir in your Old Bay seasoning, salt, diced tomatoes, water, and chicken.
- Turn your pressure cooker off.
- Lock the pressure cooker and cook on Manual/High-Pressure with a 23 minute cooking time.
- When the cooking time is over, use natural pressure release to remove the steam.
- Once it’s open, stir in your okra and optional jalapenos. Cook for 5 minutes, uncovered.
- Add shrimp and cook for about 5 minutes or until done. Serve.
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