Instant Pot Smoked Sausage Country Boil—A one pot meal with tender red potatoes, sweet corn, fresh green beans and smoked sausage. A perfect summer meal with tons of flavor.
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Instant Pot Smoked Sausage Country Boil
I’ve been seeing all sorts of recipes for shrimp boil in the Instant Pot but unfortunately Greg is allergic to shrimp. I decided to make my own version with smoked sausage and other fun added ingredients. I was so please with how it turned out. Very flavorful and I love how it’s a complete one pot meal.
I decided to use a 1 minute pressure cook time for this recipe. I did this because I knew that green beans and corn don’t need much time. I used baby red potatoes and sliced them in half. I layered the ingredients so that the potatoes would cook on the bottom and get done and then the corn and beans would not be overdone. I was so happy when I opened the pot and all the food was cooked (not overcooked or undercooked!) perfectly.
My Smith’s had a sale on smoked sausage so I stocked up. I used a garlic chicken sausage that was made by Hillshire Farm and it was so tasty. You can also use kielbasa or andouille sausage (or whatever you want).
Greg, Reagan, Reagan’s friend and I ate this up in no time! Skyler was sad when he came home and it was all gone. It was a hit. I loved drizzling the remaining juices over the top of my potatoes. It had so much flavor. So don’t forget to do that!
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What Pressure Cooker Did You Use?
To make Instant Pot Smoked Sausage Country Boil I used my 6 quart Instant Pot Duo 60 7 in 1*. I love this Instant Pot because it has the yogurt making function which I use almost weekly. It has two pressure settings (high and low), and there are also little slots in the handles so that you can rest the lid there instead of putting it down on your counter-top.
Instant Pot Smoked Sausage Country Boil
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 minute
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 4–6 servings 1x
Description
A one pot meal with tender red potatoes, sweet corn, fresh green beans and smoked sausage. A perfect summer meal with tons of flavor.Â
Ingredients
- 1 tsp seasoned salt
- ½ tsp celery seed
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- ½ tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp dried parsley
- 1 cup water or broth
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 ½ pounds petite red potatoes, washed and halved
- 1 (13 oz) package smoked sausage of your choice, sliced into half inch rounds
- ½ pound fresh green beans, washed and trimmed
- 3 ears of corn, husked and cut into thirds
- 2 Tbsp butter, cut into 8 small pieces
Instructions
- In a small bowl stir together the salt, celery seed, smoked paprika, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder and parsley.
- Pour water into the bottom of the Instant Pot and add in the bay leaf.Â
- Add in the potatoes in an even layer. Sprinkle about half of the seasonings over the potatoes. Add in the sausage in an even layer. Add in the green beans in an even layer. Sprinkle the beans with half of the remaining seasonings. Add in the corn in an even layer. Sprinkle the corn with the rest of the seasonings. Add in the butter on top of the corn.Â
- Cover and secure the lid. Make sure the valve is set to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 1 minute. The pot will take a while to come to pressure. Once the minute of pressure cook time is up move the valve to venting. Remove the lid.
- Toss the contents of the pot with tongs. Scoop onto serving dishes. Drizzle a tablespoon of the drippings onto each serving.Â
Notes
I used my 6 quart Instant Pot Duo 60 7 in 1*.
A comment from a user said, “I added some frozen shrimp to the top of the pot and everything cooked perfectly! “
- Category: One Pot Meal
- Method: Instant Pot
- Cuisine: American
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Are the green beans hard after being cooked?
★★★★★
Nope, they are soft.
Hi Karen,
This looks great. Instead of using all the seasonings, how do you think Old Bay would be? Do you think the flavor would conflict with the seasonings in the sausage?
Dave
I bet that would be great!
I used uncooked sausage since the recipe did not specify precooked. I also didn’t have cob corn so put in a can of corn (drained) and at the end, I still had a lot of water left. Thinking next time I’ll try just half a cup of liquid as the sausage likely released a lot
How did the uncooked sausage do?
No complaints, though I’d suspect fried sausage would give that extra what’s-it-called flavor to take it up a notch. Overall, everything still tasted great, but next time I might grill the sausage first and see how that goes. Or I might stay lazy and just toss it in uncooked 😉
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Haha! I’m so lazy when it comes to that stuff!
This was excellent. The spices really stand out in this recipe, so kudos there. I would suggest everyone try to get the freshest, sweetest corn possible.
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Love me some sweet corn!
Excellent!
-Used Old Bay seasoning as substitute for all spices–about 2 Tbsp total and it was perfect (add more if you like more spicey)
-The tiny red potatoes were super expensive so I used just red potatoes and cut into quarters/eighths. Worked fine.
And yes the potatoes were cooked with just 1 min of pressure cooking!
If I wasn’t gluten free, I would have made with toasted garlic bread. Yum!
Definitely a family ‘keeper.’
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Yum! your ideas sound great!
that sound very good
It is!
5 Star! I added some frozen shrimp to the top of the pot and everything cooked perfectly! Thanks so much for. This simple to prepare and delicious recipe!
This is so good to know that the shrimp worked! I will make a note in my recipe. Thank you.
So what is the total time it takes to cook this?
Hi Renee, it will take the pot about 10-15 minutes to come to pressure, 1 minute of pressure cooking time, about 3 minutes to quick release the pressure. So around 15 minutes give or take a few minutes. Hope this helps! It’s a tasty recipe
Could you use Old Bay in place of the spice mixture?
Yes!
What if I added cabbage? Need more liquid? Same cooking time?
I bet you could just throw some in without any changes.
I made this last night. We had intended to have leftovers for lunch today, BUT this recipe created such a delicious meal that we ate all of it last night. This recipe deserves 10 stars!
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How awesome to hear Mary! I’m glad you liked it.
Just to clarify, is the sausage already cooked?
I buy fresh links and am not sure if one minute would be enough to cook them. Thank you!
Yes, the sausage I use is pre-cooked. You may want to cook yours first and then use the 1 minute time.
So good! The spices are perfect and everything was cooked just right. The potatoes were some baby potatoes from our garden. The only thing I did differently was to fry the slices of sausage in a skillet before putting in the IP. That gives it a little extra flavor. Thank you for the delicious recipe.
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Yum on frying the sausage! Good idea 🙂
Save getting a skillet dirty. Use the saute setting and brown sausage with 2 tsp oil in the IP, remove when done, cancel saute mode and continue with the recipe. Yum.
Save getting a skillet dirty. Use the saute setting and brown sausage with 2 tsp oil in the IP, remove when done, cancel saute mode and continue with the recipe. Yum. Remember to scrap up browned bits and keep in pot to prevent “burn” notice.
I am using all fresh vegetables as called for in the recipe but I added a bag of frozen shrimp on top and because I am using my 8 qt pot I increased water to 2 cups. The recipe says to cook for one minute after reaching pressure. Should I cook longer because of the frozen shrimp?
I’d keep the same time. It will take longer to reach pressure.
Another winner! I was a little doubtful about the one minute, but the potatoes came out fine. So easy to make.
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Yay!!! I know the one minute is throwing people off but the way it’s layered it works!
This was great, I used frozen veggies and increase the time to 8 min turned out perfectly. I also used fingerling potatoes. Will have this as one of my weekly go to instant pot meals.
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Good to know! Thanks Laverne.
Same question regarding shrimp.
Excellent! I followed the recipe except used 4 ears of corn cut into thirds instead of 3 ears. (My Kroger only had fresh corn in pre-shucked packages of 4) Dinner turned out great!!! I used my 8 quart Instant Pot. The flavor was amazing. All the ingredients cooked perfectly. Vented immediately after the 1 minute cook time. It took my 8 qt. 23 minutes to come to pressure. I will be making again! Thank you.
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Thanks for sharing your experience with the 8 quart! Very helpful
My Instant Pot has 2 pressure settings…do I use High or Low?
I would always use high unless noted.
yes that’s right
high
Can this be done in a Crock-Pot and how many hours would I do it for?
Here’s the crockpot version: https://www.365daysofcrockpot.com/slow-cooker-smoked-sausage-country-boil/
How would you add shrimp to this?
I’d add it in on the top with the corn
Can i use shrimp instead of sausage
I believe you could. Not as flavorful though.
Would everything be the same in an 8 quart instant pot? What about if I added in frozen shrimp?
It will take longer to come to pressure so hopefully it won’t be overdone. You may need to increase the liquid amount so that it can reach pressure. You might want to heat up the water a bit so that it reaches pressure sooner.
How long would you cook this if you were using frozen beans and frozen corn?
I’m not sure. I would probably run some hot water over the frozen corn and beans first. Someone said they used frozen corn and it was still cold.