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Instant Pot Paella

Delicious paella that is packed with delicious flavors and comes together in 30 minutes prep to finish!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Dinner, shrimp
Keyword: 30 minute, Chicken, Dinner, Easy Recipes, Instant Pot, Lemon, Shrimp, Tomatoes, Weekend Dinner, Weeknight Dinner
Servings: 6 people

Ingredients

  • 1 cup red pepper - chopped
  • 1 cup onion - chopped
  • 1-1/2 tablespoons garlic minced
  • 1/4 teaspoon curry powder
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 1 teaspoon Paprika
  • 1/2 teaspoon Garlic Powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon Onion Powder
  • 14.5 ounce can diced tomatoes
  • 2 cups dry white rice - extra long long or medium grain
  • 4 cups Chicken Stock
  • 1/2 cup bacon crumbles
  • 2 tablespoons Lemon Juice
  • Optional:
  • 8 jumbo shrimp - raw fresh or frozen
  • 1 pound mussels - precooked
  • 1 cup calamari - raw fresh or frozen
  • 3 chicken thighs boneless, skinless.

Instructions

  • In the instant pot, add red pepper, onion, garlic, curry powder, olive oil, salt, paprika, garlic powder, onion powder and saute.
  • Saute for 4 minutes.
  • Add diced tomatoes and stir.
  • Add rice, bacon crumbles and stir.
  • Add chicken stock and lemon juice. Don't stir.
  • If using raw chicken thighs, add chicken thighs at this point.
  • Put lid on and cook on high pressure for 12 minutes, if using raw chicken thighs.
  • If not using chicken or using cooked chicken or using chicken and seafood cook for 8 minutes with a quick pressure release.
  • At this point, if you are using seafood, add seafood and stir into rice.
  • If seafood is frozen: cook for an additional 5 minutes.
  • If seafood is thawed cook for 3 minutes.
  • do a quick pressure release.
  • If you used chicken, shred chicken and stir back into the rice.
  • If you used shrimp with shells you can remove the shells from the shrimp before serving or leave that up to the person eating it.