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New Orleans Instant Pot Shrimp Etouffee

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Instant Pot Shrimp Etouffee garnished with green onions and chopped parsley in black bowl on a wood slat background - Paint the Kitchen Red

This Instant Pot Shrimp Étouffée is a classic New Orleans recipe made with Creole spices and plenty of shrimp in a spicy tomato-based sauce.  The rich and delicious stew tastes great over rice. This recipe is perfect for Mardi Gras but is so easy that you could make a regular weekday meal extra special. Shrimp Étouffée (pronounced 'eh-too-fay') is one of the more popular dishes from Louisiana, along with gumbo, jambalaya, red beans and rice, and shrimp creole. The word 'étouffée' is ...

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Instant Pot Indian Fish Curry | Fish Molee

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Instant Pot Indian Fish Curry in dark bowl

Instant Pot Indian Fish Curry is inspired by a popular fish curry that's traditional in the Southern part of India.  This mild coconut milk-based curry with a tinge of tartness is so quick and easy to make.   Kick up the heat by adding more jalapeno or serrano chilies.  Serve over rice. Since I use the Instant Pot as much as I do, I  find myself cooking a lot of meat and chicken dishes.  But every so often I get a hankering for fish! I always keep a bag of Costco wild-caught ...

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Easy Homemade Instant Pot Spaghetti with Meat Sauce

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Instant Pot Spaghetti and Meat Sauce in a black bowl and wood background; napkin with bread on the side - Paint the Kitchen Red

This Easy Homemade Instant Pot Spaghetti with Meat Sauce is a one-pot pressure cooker recipe and does NOT use jar spaghetti sauce.  The sauce is made from scratch and the spaghetti and sauce are cooked together to make a quick and easy, kid-friendly, delicious meal! If you've been following my blog, you'll probably notice that this recipe is a departure from the usual, which tends to be international and/or spicy.  That doesn't mean we don't eat Mac and Cheese or Spaghetti; it's just ...

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Instant Pot Thai Grilled Chicken (Gai Yang)

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Instant Pot Thai Grilled Chicken Thighs on dark background with sprinkled cilantro and green onions

Instant Pot Thai Grilled Chicken (Gai Yang) is a pressure cooker adaptation of the popular Thai street food.  The recipe uses chicken thighs, which are meaty and perfect for cooking in the Instant Pot, because they stay moist.  Finishing on the grill and glazing with Thai sweet chili sauce gives the chicken a spicy sweet barbecue flavor that's irresistible! Like most folks who live through snowy and cold winters, we love spending as much time outdoors as we can in the summertime!  And that ...

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Easy Chinese-style Instant Pot Fried Rice

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Instant Pot Fried Rice - bowl of rice with vegetables garnished with green onions in blue bowl on blue napkin with chopsticks

If you're looking for that last-minute accompaniment to complete your dinner menu and you don't have a lot of time, this Instant Pot Fried Rice is perfect for you.  This pressure cooker rice recipe calls for frozen vegetables and ingredients you probably have on hand and requires minimal prep work.  Add some sriracha sauce to give it that extra zing! This recipe should be called Instant Pot 'Unfried' Rice because it's actually not fried at all. But although it may not be fried, it is ...

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