Press the 'Pressure Cook' or 'Manual' button and set the time to ZERO (0) minutes for frozen cooked shrimp (or 1 minute for frozen raw shrimp) on High pressure. Close the lid and turn the valve to a Sealing position. Now you’ve got a perfect seafood dinner in minutes, thanks to your Instant Pot! Serve this shrimp over rice or quinoa, add it to salads, or toss with some butter and minced garlic for a quick shrimp scampi. Put water in the Instant Pot and add frozen shrimp. One minute is plenty of time to pressure cook raw shrimp to perfection! Set the cooking time to zero (0) minutes on High pressure, followed by a quick release (QR), and while the Instant Pot comes to pressure the shrimp will be already thawed and heated! I also use 1/2 cup of hot tap water (instead of cold) so the Instant Pot comes to pressure as quickly as possible!įor frozen raw shrimp, I use the cooking time of 1 minute on High pressure followed by the quick release (QR).

Since shrimp cooks really quickly, for frozen cooked shrimp I’m utilizing my “zero minutes” technique that I also use for quick-cooking vegetables in the Instant Pot (such as broccoli, cauliflower and asparagus). Instant Pot will not only thaw your frozen shrimp, it will cook it and your shrimp will be piping hot! This Instant Pot frozen shrimp recipe works well for both raw and cooked frozen shrimp.

Got a package of frozen shrimp in your freezer? You’ve got dinner! Toss the package on frozen shrimp into your Instant Pot and get a pot of piping hot cooked shrimp in 5 minutes! Don’t own an Instant Pot? Click here to read my Instant Pot review.Įven though you can thaw frozen shrimp under running water, it’s nice to be able to do it in the Instant Pot.

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