Instant Pot Shrimp

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Instant Pot Shrimp is succulent and juicy with a buttery white wine sauce and Old Bay seasoning. You can serve it as a main dish or appetizer with some crusty bread for dipping!

You guys, if you love shrimp as much as we do, you definitely need to try cooking it in the Instant Pot. It’s so easy and results in the juiciest and most tender shrimp!

And since I’m all about the sauces, these shrimp are coated in a lemony, buttery, garlicky white wine sauce that is seriously so good. I want to drizzle it on everything!

For a quick weeknight meal, we love to serve this shrimp with air fryer garlic bread, coconut jasmine rice and some roasted frozen broccoli. And for special occasions, we normally serve it as an appetizer before this sous vide filet mignon and air fryer baked potatoes.

This shrimp recipe will be in good company with some of our other favorites including this sweet chili shrimp, 15 minute New Orleans BBQ shrimp, sous vide shrimp and easy Thai shrimp curry.

Check out the Instant Pot shrimp story!

Why this recipe works

1. The white wine sauce. It’s simple and delicious, and helps keep the shrimp plump and juicy. It’s pretty much magic sauce!
2. It’s a versatile recipe. You can serve it as an appetizer with some crusty bread or as a main meal with rice, noodles or veggies. 
3. It’s so quick and easy! Shrimp cooks fast but in the Instant Pot they take just 1 minute! And the sauce comes together on sauté mode in just 3-5 minutes! Plus you can use them in this Cajun shrimp and grits recipe if you want!

Ingredients

You’ll need 1 pound of fresh shrimp. Any large or jumbo shrimp will work but I like to use 21/25 sized shrimp. For the best flavor, I prefer to use fresh shrimp with the shell-on and just peel and devein them myself. Here’s a quick tutorial on how to peel and devein shrimp.

The sauce starts with 2 tablespoons of unsalted butter. I like to use unsalted so the flavor of the Old Bay seasoning can shine, which is also pretty salty on its own.

For a mild garlicky flavor, use 2 cloves of minced garlic. For the best flavor, stick with fresh garlic and avoid garlic powder. If you like it extra garlicky, feel free to add more.

To continue with the white wine sauce, you’ll need ½ a cup of white wine. I normally avoid cooking wines and go with a dry white wine instead, which has a better depth of flavor. 

For additional cooking liquid, the recipe calls for ½ a cup of chicken broth. You can use store-bought or homemade chicken broth or you can substitute seafood or vegetable broth.

To complement the flavor of the shrimp, you’ll need a tablespoon of Old Bay seasoning. This seasoning is a mix of different herbs and spices so it’s a nice balance of savory and spicy and goes perfectly with seafood. 

For a burst of fresh lemony flavor, you’ll add two lemon halves to the Instant Pot while the shrimp cook.

Step by step instructions

Heat the butter in the Instant Pot using the sauté setting.

Add the garlic and sauté until it starts to brown. Turn the heat off.

Add the stock and white wine.

Then, add the shrimp and Old Bay seasoning and stir to combine.

Add the lemon halves, seal the lid and set to pressure cook for 1 minute.

Use the quick release to release the pressure.

Remove the shrimp and set aside. Turn the Instant Pot back to the sauté setting and simmer the sauce for 3-5 minutes, until slightly reduced.

Stir the shrimp back in and serve garnished with fresh parsley, lemon halves (squeezed) and crusty bread for dipping in the sauce.

Serving options

The crusty bread for dipping is a must! You can also use these air fryer biscuits for sopping up the white wine sauce.

Serve it as an appetizer, before this grilled flank steak, air fryer carrots and truffle mashed potatoes.

For a quick meal option, serve the shrimp with regular white or brown rice, Instant Pot cilantro lime rice, Instant Pot Spanish rice or dirty rice.

Enjoy it in tacos like these easy shrimp tacos.

Serve it with noodles like this shrimp lo mein.

Serve it dipped in this seafood butter sauce.

And if you're a pasta lover like me, you might like this Instant Pot shrimp scampi - it's buttery, lemony and delicious!

Expert tips

1. Instead of chicken stock, you can use veggie or seafood stock. You can also use homemade stock like this Instant Pot chicken bone broth.
2. While this sauce tastes best with white wine, if you prefer not to use it, you can just use more broth instead.
3. Shrimp cook fast so make sure to set your Instant Pot for no longer than 1 minute and quick release the pressure.
4. If you like your shrimp extra garlicky, feel free to add more cloves of garlic.
5. While I buy fresh shrimp with the shell on, and peel and devein them myself. To save time, you can buy them already peeled and deveined.
6. While the cook time is just 1 minute in the Instant Pot, you’ll also need to factor in time for pressure to build and release in the Instant Pot.

Common questions

Other Instant Pot recipes

• Instant Pot Couscous
• Instant Pot Jambalaya
• Instant Pot Blueberry Cobbler
• Instant Pot Gumbo
• Instant Pot Lemon Chicken

Did you make this recipe? Leave a comment below and let me know how it turned out!