lemon shrimp risotto

This 15-minute Instant Pot shrimp risotto is a meal dreams are made of: Restaurant-quality risotto made with simple ingredients in the comfort of your own home! Chicken broth, plump, lemony shrimp, sweet shallots, and wilted spinach add flavor to this simple, hands-off risotto.

Instant Pot Lemony Shrimp Risotto

extra virgin olive oil, (divided)

shrimp

kosher salt, (divided)

lemon

red pepper, (optional)

shallot

Arborio rice

broth (32 ounces)

spinach leaves

unsalted butter

Set the Instant Pot or other multicooker to Sauté and add 1 tablespoon of the extra virgin olive oil. When the oil is hot add the shrimp and 1/4 teaspoon of the salt. Sauté the shrimp until just cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes, then transfer to a medium bowl. Press Cancel. Toss the shrimp with the lemon zest and crushed red pepper, if using.

Set the Instant Pot to Sauté again. Add the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil and shallot and cook, stirring frequently, until the shallot begins to soften, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the rice and cook, stirring, until the rice is translucent, about 2 minutes. Add the broth and another 1/2 teaspoon salt. Stir to scrape up any brown bits on the bottom of the pot. Lock the lid and set to cook on high pressure for 6 minutes.

When cooking is complete, press Cancel and carefully quick-release the pressure.

Stir for a minute or two to thicken the risotto, then add the spinach, butter, and remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt, stirring just until the spinach is wilted. Serve topped with the shrimp and their juices.

Fantastic! This Shrimp Risotto was so easy and hardly took any time at all. Whole family loved it. Delicous!!!

this is the most incredible shrimp risotto recipe i have ever tried. so light yet so indulgent at the same time!!!!

I love this recipe so much, I make it 2-3 times a month! I love risotto but I'm always turned off by how time consuming and labour intensive it is. 6 minutes in the pressure cooker though? Absolute MAGIC and the juicy shrimp adds so much flavour!

Love the creaminess of the risotto in 6 mins!  The final dish was a bit bland; and I added garlic powder, a hearty pinch of cayenne, Tellicherry fine Black pepper, and 1/2 of the lemon used for zest to the pot.  Our garden did not have enough spinach so I added Rainbow chard with the ribs removed.  Mixed well with the dish.    

I think, because we like garlic, that I will add fresh, crushed garlic to the shallots and the crushed red pepper to the rice and broth to get a more amp'd up heat!  

Suzy, I am a huge fan!  I just needed a bolder flavor.  Maybe the stove top method will be bolder.   I will do stove top the next time!

It's a win! I've been doing a similar chicken thighs risotto for a few years that my family loves. So I adapted this to add as said wine during rice saute and some butter at the end along with shredded pecorino romano cheese with extra stock to desired creaminess. Also used chopped/minced garlic during shrimp saute and tossed in frozen spinach at end as I could not find fresh at the store but it worked great as I usually used frozen peas in the chicken version.

Absolutely delicious ! 
First thing i made with my instant pot and what a delight !

This recipe was so quick, easy and delicious! It was my first time making risotto in the instant pot and it turned out perfect.

I made it the stove top way. Based on the comments I added 2 cloves of garlic with the shallots and a little dried basil. I used the 1/2 c of white wine at the beginning and also a splash of lemon juice.  I sprinkled a little sweet paprika on the shrimp while I was cooking them (inspired by the shrimp and beans recipe).  Absolutely delicious. I’m not much of a cook, and I love that these recipes are so accessible and make me glad I can try something new and have it turn out well.  Pre-ordered my cookbook last week.

This didn’t work out for me, just very bland.

I made this recipe in my instanta pot. OMG! It was fabulous I’ve made it with homemade stock and better than bullion! Both were excellent! I didn’t use as much  salt  as the recipe called for.

A creamy, elegant risotto made with tender shrimp, garlic, butter, lemon, and Arborio rice for a restaurant-quality meal at home.

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