Instant Pot Shrimp Alfredo

Ready for more easy Instant Pot recipes? Well this Instant Pot shrimp alfredo was a winner with my whole family so we figured we’d share it with you today! It’s a bit like fettuccine alfredo but loaded with shrimp and topped with a bit of parmesan too. We just can’t get enough cheese here. (affiliate links present)

Ninja Foodi Shrimp Alfredo

Have you made Instant Pot shrimp yet?? It is the fastest way to cook them to perfectly pink and tender. This time we added them with jarred sauce and noodles for a fast and cheap meal we all love. You can make this pressure cooker recipe in any brand you have.

This is a really great way to cook one of our favorite Instant Pot shrimp recipesin just 1 minute. We’re adding them raw here but you could use frozen too if that is what you have on hand.

For this Instant Pot shrimp alfredo recipe we thawed our shrimp out overnight and put them in our one pot meal raw so everything could cook together perfectly.

If you are new to pressure cooking we have a lot of easy one pot meal recipes for you here. To begin with let’s start with a few basic tips:

• You can PRINT this —–> Instant Pot cooking times cheat sheet that will help you understand how long meat, vegetables and beans take to cook in your pressure cooker.
• I HIGHLY recommend you buy this non stick pot.
  • You should know how to deglaze a pressure cooker after sautéing but it won’t have as many issues with this better liner.

For reference, this is the model I have (a 6 quart) and use for all recipe creations.

Shrimp Alfredo with Jar Sauce and Frozen Shrimp

You can use fresh or frozen for this. Knowing how to cook frozen shrimp in your Instant Pot is helpful too if you just want a bowl of these yummy suckers for lunch! I must say…our family is OBSESSED with anything seafood related. My kids even love sushi!

If you haven’t introduced yours to shrimp or tried our Instant Pot fish recipe you really should. Mine weren’t super fans right at first but it didn’t take long for them to be “hooked”. 😉

This is a peek at how we made this, step by step above. Although I didn’t really call it this but I added our Instant Pot shrimp alfredo to this roundup of Instant Pot casseroles because it kinda’ falls into that category of everything cooked in the same pot.

You could probably add 1/2 c of frozen peas if you felt it really needed a veggie. Here’s how it came out looking like with such a short pressure cook time. OMG….like so good.

I really wasn’t sure how to it would turn out, I had only made Instant Pot spaghettibefore this. Happily surprised I was when it did so I could gobble it up for lunch. Loved that cooking pasta on the stovetop wasn’t needed.

What is the best type of shrimp to use for Instant Pot shrimp alfredo?

Jumbo size shrimp – This size shrimp may look too big to eat but when they’re cooked they shrink quite a bit and become bite sized!

• Thawed
  • If you put them in completely frozen they will make this pasta more watery, that is not our preference. This is How to Cook Frozen Raw Shrimp separately if that is what you have.
  • Feel free to buy at the meat counter already thawed, or buy frozen like we did and leave them in a bowl or baggie in the fridge overnight to thaw out.

If you have No shells: Goes without saying but it would be very difficult to pick them out of the meal to take off the shells, would be a complete mess too. Remove shells and tails before you add them into your pressure cooker

Ingredients

1. Jumbo shrimp – add the shrimp in raw, without shells and deveined
2. Alfredo sauce – I used jarred sauce to make it super easy.
   • If you’d rather make your own cajun alfredo sauce, have at it (just make it in a separate bowl and whisk together so it is smooth before adding, make 15 oz of it, about 2 c.).
3. Noodles medium sized is best for this
4. Onion sliced is optional of course
5. Minced garlic will add a ton of flavor but not required
6. Water – I use vegetable or chicken broth for added flavor, any would work
   1. Uncooked pasta – I used rotini but small/med. shells would work
7. Grated parmesan cheese and/or romano cheese – I used a little of each

Season with salt and pepper at the end if you desire. If you want to add chicken or other meat it should be precooked and diced. As far as the seasonings go I don’t add many as the jar of sauce has enough salt as far as we are concerned. Taste and adjust as needed.

Can you make Instant Pot shrimp alfredo with gluten free pasta?

You could. I don’t have a need for this but in my research the cook time is interchangeable so you should use the timing listed below. Of course everyone has preferences so I would stick to the 3 minutes. If you lift the lid and it isn’t tender enough for you, set to saute and allow to “boil” until it is perfect.

How to Make Instant Pot Shrimp Pasta

• Add your onions, garlic and alfredo sauce into your pot, stir until combined. If you like your shrimp on the well done side add those in now too. (we did, you can see in the photos)
• Pour in your water or broth and stir until smooth. Add peeled jumbo shrimp on top now. If you’re using really tiny shrimp wait to add those until later.
• Pour in your uncooked noodles and submerge into the liquid.
• Close lid and steam valve and set to high pressure for 3 minutes. (if you like your small noodles to be more al dente, set for 2 min.)
• Quick release. If you have very small shrimp just add them to the top of your done alfredo inside your pot now and close the lid back up for 5 mintues to steam them. Then add grated romano and parmesan cheeses and stir so they melt. Serve!

Ready to make a few other easy shrimp recipes once you’re done with this one? Lemon garlic butter shrimp sounds amazing and is on our list.

We’ve got a great pressure cooker fish recipes roundup here too. If you feel like you need a tasty side dish for your shrimp alfredo pasta here are a few ideas:

Same things below are served often with this pasta dish and highly recommend to make as your next one should be this Instant Pot bang bang shrimp pastadish!

What goes well with shrimp alfredo?

• You can make Instant Pot alfredo meatballs with the same sauce
• Our Instant Pot corn always works as a vegetable side dish
• Instant Pot spinach is a grea veggie to make with it