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Instant Pot Smoked Sausage with Parmesan and Orzo

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Instant Pot Smoked Sausage with Parmesan and Orzo–smoked sausage, peppers, mushrooms, tomatoes, orzo and parmesan cheese cooked quickly in your pressure cooker. This meal is loaded with flavor and is a dump and go one pot meal.

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Instant Pot Smoked Sausage with Parmesan and Orzo--smoked sausage, peppers, mushrooms, tomatoes, orzo and parmesan cheese cooked quickly in your pressure cooker. This meal is loaded with flavor and is a dump and go one pot meal.

Instant Pot Smoked Sausage with Parmesan and Orzo

What a great meal! The flavors in this dish blend together so well. The veggies and the sausage are the star of the dish and the orzo just stands quietly in the background. This is a meal that you chop everything up and throw it in the pot, walk away for a few minutes and come back to a delicious dinner. You’ll just have a cutting board, knife and pot to wash. Not bad, not bad!

Ingredient notes:

I used beef smoked sausage. You really can use whatever type of cured sausage that you want. Kielbasa, cajun, chicken sausage with spinach and cheese, etc.

The mushrooms that I picked out at the store were small white button mushrooms. I quartered them which I really thought was fun instead of sliced mushrooms.

I used a normal can of diced tomatoes but I think if you wanted to infuse even more flavor into this dish you could use fire roasted tomatoes.

I’ve made this dish with both red and green peppers. They are both tasty. Use what you prefer.

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Instant Pot Parmesan Sausage Orzo--smoked sausage, peppers, mushrooms, tomatoes, orzo and parmesan cheese cooked quickly in your pressure cooker. This meal is loaded with flavor and is a dump and go one pot meal.

What Pressure Cooker Did You Use?

To make Instant Pot Smoked Sausage with Parmesan and Orzo 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.

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Instant Pot Smoked Sausage with Parmesan and Orzo

★★★★★

4.6 from 8 reviews
  • Author: Karen Petersen
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 1 minute
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 4–5 servings 1x
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Description

Smoked sausage, peppers, mushrooms, tomatoes, orzo and parmesan cheese cooked quickly in your pressure cooker. This meal is loaded with flavor and is a dump and go one pot meal. 

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Ingredients

  • 12 ounces quartered mushrooms
  • 1 (12 ounce) package smoked sausage, sliced into quarter inch rounds
  • 1 cup uncooked orzo
  • 1 ¼ cup water
  • 1 red or green bell pepper, cored and diced
  • 1 (14.5 ounce) can petite diced tomatoes, with juice
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 tsp dried basil
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • 1 tsp dried parsley
  • ½ tsp dried oregano
  • ½ tsp kosher salt
  • ¼ tsp black pepper
  • ½ cup Parmesan cheese

Instructions

  1. Evenly layer the mushrooms and smoked sausage in the bottom of your Instant Pot. Sprinkle in the orzo evenly and then pour in the water. Then evenly add in the peppers, diced tomatoes, garlic, basil, onion powder, parsley, oregano, salt and pepper. Don’t stir. 
  2. Cover the pot and secure the lid. Make sure the valve is set to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 1 minute on high pressure. When the time is up perform a quick release by moving the valve to venting. 
  3. Stir. It will be a little runny at first but then thicken up. 
  4. Scoop onto serving dishes and top each dish with 2 Tbsp of Parmesan cheese. 

Notes

The peppers get a little soft even with just a 1 minute cooking time. If you want them semi-cooked (not soft not crisp) you can place them in a foil packet and then place the packet on top of the ingredients. After the food has cooked open the packet and stir the diced peppers into the pasta. 

I used my 6 quart Instant Pot Duo 60 7 in 1*.

  • Category: Pasta
  • Method: Instant Pot
  • Cuisine: Italian
Instant Pot Smoked Sausage with Parmesan and Orzo--smoked sausage, peppers, mushrooms, tomatoes, orzo and parmesan cheese cooked quickly in your pressure cooker. This meal is loaded with flavor and is a dump and go one pot meal.

*Karen Petersen is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.

Comments

  2. I made it as I it turned out wonderful just wondered if I could add some raw shrimp along with sausage or chicken thighs it up and unthawed. Your thoughts

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  3. This is a great recipe. Really enjoyed it. If I add chicken thighs how does this change cooking directions?

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  4. hi Karen! made this last night and my husband (meat & potatoes only) who doesn’t like anything new, really liked it! having for supper tonight. should taste better being a leftover.

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  5. This was delicious. I only used 6 oz. of smoked sausage, and it was substantial. Used canned mushrooms since I didn’t have any fresh ones. I used 5 mini peppers (red, yellow and orange) in place of the bell pepper. The spices were just the right amount. Will definitely make again.

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  8. Made this in my 6 qt IP and it turned out great! Thanks for another yummy recipe:)

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  10. I need to double the recipe too and was going to use 2 cups orzo but keep the other ingredients the same except the water – would I double the water to 2 1/2 cups? I just don’t want it to end up too watery.

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  13. I am not new to the Instant Pot. I have an 8 quart and it is wonderful. When I read this recipe the first thing that came to mind, other than the ease of it, was that dreaded ‘burn notice’. And .. I was correct. It was about 5 minutes into the start of coming to pressure, the IP beeped, and there was that ‘burn’! Having no choice I opened the top and had to attempt to scrape the orzo now hopelessly stuck to the bottom of the pot, which even my stainless steel spoon and a heavy hand couldn’t accomplish. Everything now being mixed together due to my scraping, was sure to bring another ‘burn notice’ if not more. Second ‘burn’ popped up, scraped the bottom again, but still could not remove all the orzo sticking to the bottom. If I make this again, the orzo will not go on the bottom because with the weight of the other ingredients on top, there was no doubt in my mind the orzo would stick and create that ‘burn’. By the time my IP went into its fifth burn notice, the orzo seemed to be cooked al dente. I switched from pressure cook to slow cook low, just to give the orzo a few more minutes to cook. All this said .. in the end, the flavor of was quite good. I will make it again but with some changes…like perhaps using cooked orzo to start.

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    • You remembered to put the water in first, right?
      I wonder if you increased the amount of water it would help??
      I want to try this recipe, but a bit skepticle now!!

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        • Pot in pot is probably a good idea. I have been using the IP for long enough that I just take things in stride, and have learned what to do in most circumstances .. like the burn notice. I actually laughed when it appeared because I was quite sure that was what would happen. However, your recipe was great tasting, and I will make it again for sure. Thanks for the suggestion.

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      • I did remember to put in the water first, and somehow I don’t think additional water would have helped other than to have made the orzo really mushy. As I wrote, the orzo was cooked after the fifth burn notice, so it all worked out. I wouldn’t toss the recipe just because the orzo stuck to the bottom because the taste was great.

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    • I followed the recipe exactly as shown and I also got the dreaded ‘burn notice’ so I was happy to see Karen’s comments. I would love to try this again because it did taste so good but I will hold the orzo off until the end. I used a Cajun andouille sausage which added a delightful bit of spice to the dish.

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    • I made this tonight and while I didn’t get the burn indicator (I never have!) it eventually started the countdown without coming to pressure. The orzo was stuck/burnt to the bottom of the pot, just like Karen. I tried it twice and then just cooked it a bit more on saute.

      I subbed zucchini for the bell pepper (hubby can’t eat those). Other than that, I followed the recipe exactly. No stirring happened before.

      I did do the chopping of ingredients just before putting them in, so maybe the extra minutes of the orzo sitting in the water caused the problem? We really liked it so I’ll try it again and maybe this time have everything ready to plop in the pan before adding the rice.

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  14. Karen,
    I think the name if fine & it sounds yummy. Am going to pick up a couple of the ingredients I’m missing & make it tomorrow!
    Thank you for another great recipe!

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