Zatarains Dirty Rice Instant Pot Food

SPRUCED-UP ZATARAIN'S® JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Cook and stir sausage and onion in hot oil until the sausage and onion are browned, 7 to 10 minutes.
• Pour water, jambalaya mix, and diced tomatoes with green chile peppers into the pot; bring the mixture to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover the pot, and simmer until the water is mostly absorbed and the rice is tender, about 25 minutes.

ZATARAIN'S DIRTY RICE, JAZZED UP VERSION

Steps:

• In a large pot, combine ground beef and sausage, crumble and mix very well and brown over medium heat. Continue to stir and crumble meat until done.
• Drain fat.
• Add onions, garlic and Zatarains rice mix, (12oz) and specified amount of water (3-1/2 cups).
• Return to high heat, until boiling. Then reduce heat to simmer/low and cook covered for about 20 minutes until rice is tender.
• Stir occasionally.
• Remove from heat and let stand covered for 5 minutes.
• Do a final stir, and serve. I like mine with a little squirt of sriracha as it adds bit of heat and more flavor.
• Enjoy~!

SEAFOOD DIRTY RICE

Steps:

• Melt butter in large skillet on medium heat. Add bell peppers; cook and stir 3 minutes or until tender. Add water; bring to boil.
• Stir in Rice Mix; return to boil. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 20 minutes.
• Stir in shrimp and green onions; mix well. Cook, uncovered, 5 minutes or until shrimp turn pink and rice is tender, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

INSTANT POT DIRTY RICE

Steps:

• Turn the Instant Pot and press the Saute function key. Once hot, add the oil, onions, celery, peppers and bacon and cook for 2 minutes, stirring a couple of times.
• Add garlic and beef and cook for 2 more minutes, breaking the meat apart with a spatula until its color turned from red/pink to greyish.
• Add 1.25 cups of well-rinsed rice, about 2 tablespoons of Cajun spice mix (see notes), a tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce and 350 ml of veggie or chicken stock. Mix through and press Cancel to stop the Saute function.
• Pop the lid on top, lock and make sure the top valve is pointing to Sealing. Press Manual/Pressure Cook and set the time to 4 minutes at HIGH pressure. The Instant Pot will take 5-8 minutes to build up the pressure first. Once the timer is finished, allow about 5 minutes for natural pressure release (NPR) but not much longer as the rice will keep cooking.
• Use the quick release (point the valve to Venting) to let off the remaining pressure and open the lid. Stir through the rice and serve garnished with chopped scallions and parsley. We topped our rice with some fried shallots as well.

NEW ORLEANS DIRTY RICE - PRESSURE COOKER RECIPE

Steps:

• In the pre-heated pressure cooker on medium heat, without the lid, add the oil and onion and saute' until the onion is just starting to soften.
• Push the onion aside and add the raw liver, moving it around until most of it has turned pink.
• Add the sausage and celery and saute' everything together, stirring infrequently, for about 3 more minutes.
• Add the garlic, creole seasoning and rice and mix everything together well.
• Pour in the stock, quickly scrape the bottom of the cooker using the stock to lift up any bits that may have stuck themselves to the base of the cooker.
• Close and lock the lid of the pressure cooker. Turn the heat up to high and when the cooker reaches pressure, lower to the heat to the minimum required by the cooker to maintain pressure. Cook for 4 minutes at high pressure.
• When time is up, open the pressure cooker with the Natural release method - move the cooker off the burner and wait for the pressure to come down on its own (about 10 minutes). For electric pressure cookers, disengage the "keep warm" mode or unplug the cooker and begin counting 10 minutes of natural open time. Then, release the rest of the pressure using the valve.
• Fluff the rice and serve with a sprinkling of fresh parsley and a bottle of Tabasco sauce.