Are you on the hunt for a hearty and filling dinner recipe? Instant Pot Cajun Sausage and Rice Recipe is just what you've been looking for! This recipe is rich and flavorful with just the right hint of spices.
The ingredients are sautéed till soft, then pressure cooked in chicken stock and mixed with rice. This Instant Pot one-pot sausage and rice is easy
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This polish sausage recipe is one you will want to keep on hand. Instant pot sausage with rice is great for meal prepping for the week.
Why You Will Enjoy This Instant Pot Cajun Sausage and Rice...
- Simple ingredients
- Affordable to make
- Family-Friendly and Kid Approved
- Easy to Make
- Healthy
- Great source of protein
- Great Instant Pot Beginners Recipe
And speaking of healthy, this meal is just that! Each serving is high in protein with 10.9 grams in each.
Variations To Recipe
Healthier Alternative: If you're looking for an even healthier option, you can use brown rice instead of white rice. Since brown rice is a whole grain it is higher in fiber and key nutrients.
Spice it Up: Are you a fan of hot and spicy? Simply add more hot pepper sauce to meet your personal flavor preferences. This can easily be added to the whole pot while cooking or to individual servings before eating.
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Ingredients
- Oil
- Kielbasa
- Onion
- Pepper
- Diced Tomatoes
- Chicken Broth
- Steak Sauce
- Rice
- Hot Sauce
- Sugar
- Bay Leaves
How to Make
Step #1: First on the sauté mode. Then add oil and then cook peppers and onion until slightly tender.
Step #2: Add in the diced-up sausage. I like to make smaller-sized pieces.
Step #3: Toss in the diced tomatoes, bay leaves, sugar, steak sauce and hot pepper sauce.
Step #4: Add in the rice and broth. Make sure the rice is submerged in the liquid.
Step #5: Next, set manual pressure for 5 minutes.
Finally, at the end of the pressure cycle. Allow a natural release of pressure for 5 minutes and then a quick release of any remaining pressure.
Serve with additional peppers and/or cilantro or parsley.
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Storage
If you do have leftover kielbasa recipes with rice dish it up into portion dishes and use for quick lunches or dinners after a long hard day at work.
This dish can be frozen but just know the vegetables and the rice will be a bit softer once it thaws. You can freeze the kielbasa and rice recipe with no problem.
FAQs
Yes. Kielbasa is a pre-cooked sausage that you can slice and eat cold or opt to heat up as I did in this recipe.
Andouille offers a more spicy flavor than Kielbasa. Both are similar and either one can be used for this recipe. Andouille is considered to be a cajun sausage.
You will find you are in control of how spicy or mild you make the recipe. Omit the hot sauce if you don't enjoy spice. Or if you like spice add more.
I used a white long-grain rice, and you will find any long-grain white rice works. You could even swap with say Jasmine rice. Just know bolder flavored rice will change up the flavor.
Brown rice takes longer to cook. So you will need to alter the liquid to rice ratio, and cooking time.
You will find using brown it can overcook the vegetables to make them very mushy in texture. I recommend to use white rice for a quicker cooking time.
If you are wanting to use cauliflower rice, simply mix in, and do 0 minute cook, with a quick release of pressure. Anything more than that will make your cauliflower turn to mush.
Or leave the cauli-rice out and then stir in once you are done cooking, to allow the cauliflower rice to heat up.
You will find that rinsing white rice helps to remove some of the excess starch. Rinsing rice is something that is more a personal preference on how you want the end result of your rice is.
Instant Pot Cajun Sausage and Rice Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 8 ounce Kielbasa sausage, cut into ¼ inch slices
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 medium pepper (green, red, yellow or a combination), diced
- 1 (14 ½ ounce) can diced tomatoes with liquid
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 1 tablespoon steak sauce
- 3 bay leaves
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- ½ teaspoon hot pepper sauce
- 1 cup uncooked long grain rice
Instructions
On sauté mode, add oil and then cook peppers and onion until slightly tender. Add in sausage and remaining ingredients. Set manual pressure for 5 minutes. At the end of the pressure cycle, allow a natural release of pressure for 5 minutes and then a quick release of any remaining pressure. Serve with additional peppers and/or cilantro or parsley. Makes 4 servings.
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Nutrition Information
Yield
4Serving Size
1Amount Per Serving Calories 330Total Fat 21gSaturated Fat 6gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 14gCholesterol 43mgSodium 829mgCarbohydrates 25gNet Carbohydrates 0gFiber 2gSugar 8gSugar Alcohols 0gProtein 10g