Instant Pot Red Beans and Rice with Smoked Turkey

Instant Pot Red Beans and Rice with Smoked Turkey

Learn how to make classic New Orleans Red Beans and Rice with Smoked Turkey in an instant pot! This recipe is easy to make and bursting with incredible flavors.

Prep15 min
Cook1 hr 30 min
Total1 hr 45 min
Servings15
Difficultymedium
AmericanEntrees

Ingredients

  • 1 tbspOil
  • 5strips bacon, medium, chopped
  • 1 largeOnion, chopped
  • 1bell pepper, medium, chopped
  • 3stalks celery, medium, chopped
  • 8garlic cloves, fine, chopped
  • 2 lbCameliadry red beans or red kidney beans, rinsed, rinsed
  • 2bay leaves
  • 1 tspdry thyme
  • 6smoked turkey necks
  • 2 lbsmoked beef sausage, medium, sliced
  • 4 cupWater
  • 0.25 cupWorcestershire Sauce
  • 1 tbspKosher Salt
  • 1 tbspGround Black Pepper
  • 2 tspGarlic Powder
  • 2 tspcumin
  • 2 tspCayenne
  • hot sauce, to taste
  • 3 cuprice ( ), cooked

Instructions

  1. 1

    Turn on the heat to medium in a large skillet add the oil and bacon, and cook for 5 minutes, stirring constantly until the bacon gets brown and crispy. Remove the bacon, add the onions, bell peppers, and celery, and cook for 2 minutes, stirring a few times.

  2. 2

    Add the garlic, bay leaf, and thyme. Add the red beans, turkey necks, sausage, vegetable mixture, worcestershire, bacon, and water to the instant pot. Cover and lock the lid, press pressure cook, and high pressure, and set the timer for 1 hour 30 minutes.

  3. 3

    After the timer goes off, release the steam, remove the lid, and stir in the kosher salt, black pepper, garlic powder, cumin, and cayenne. As you stir smash some beans with the back of a spoon to make the beans creamy. You can also use a potato masher. Taste and adjust seasoning. Serve beans with a scoop of cooked rice.