Pressure Cooker Shrimp Scampi Paella. Whod have ever thought that you can literally toss together a delicious meal using frozen shrimp and uncooked rice in just 5 minutes Well, I did When you start thinking like a pressure cook er, not a pressure cooker, but a cook who cooks in a pressure cooker, then you can easily come up with all sorts of quick and fabulous meals My 5 Minute Pressure Cooker Shrimp Scampi Paella is the perfect example of how you can take a basic technique like cooking rice and layer in flavors to make a one pot meal once you become comfortable with the fundamentals of pressure cooking. If you havent gotten on the pressure cooking bandwagon, trust me youll love it. I have several pressure cookers, ranging in styles and sizes, however I recommend the new electric multi cookers that feature a pressure cooking option in addition to doing a bunch of other things like slow cooking, yogurt maker, etc. I use a Go. Wise USA 6 Quart, 8 in 1 Multi Cooker, I tested several similar brands and found it to be the most efficient least expensive at roughly 8. I recommend it over the popular Instant. Pot, which in my tests took roughly 1. Not to mention the Go. Wise USA 6 Quart, 8 in 1 Multi Cooker comes with an awesome rack designed for making eggs and a unique egg preset, it makes the absolute perfect hard boiled easy peel eggs, even from laid that same day fresh eggs But Ill talk more about how to make those later For those of you whom are new to pressure cooking and are apprehensive because of the old timer stories of explosions and such, there is absolutely no reason to have any concern with these. They are basically fool proof with their safety locks, the only key is to always make sure you use enough water and dont over fill them but still they have safety shut off features to protect you even if you make a mistake. You cant even open them until they are safely depressurized, unlike the old fashioned stove top units Ive been using for the past 1. Ray has been kidding me lately, I just got some beautiful wild caught shrimp on sale and he keeps teasing me that hell see how I eat them on Instagram. And I assured him that Id make them for us, for dinner, not just for my lunch, duh. Well, today I had shrimp for lunch. And he found out on Instagram. I guess he knows me very well. But latest I made plenty of extra for his dinner when he gets home from work Since shrimp doesnt require a long cooking time, its super important to start with large 1. FROZEN shrimp and ALWAYS wild caught. The key to the deep flavors of the rice in this dish is using shrimp with the shells on, its just like you made it with a shrimp stock since so much of the shrimp flavor is in the shell, much like how a traditional paella is flavored. Only instead of sticking with traditional paella ingredients, I mixed things up with a butter scampi flavor. But dont worry if the shrimp with the shells on isnt your style, you can easily remove the shrimp from the rice since you set it on top and quickly peel them before serving if desired. To make it a meal, serve it with a side of steamed green beans.