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Instant Pot Paella

Instant Pot Paella

You favorite Spanish rice dish, cooked in the Instant Pot
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Servings 5

Equipment

  • Instant Pot

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 kilo pork sliced
  • 250 grams chorizo sliced in rounds
  • 2 tsp seasoning blend for pork slices 1/2 tsp each of garlic powder, salt, pepper, sweet paprika
  • 1 pc celery stalk chopped
  • 5 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 pc onion chopped
  • 1 pc yellow bell pepper chopped
  • 1/4 cup tomato sauce
  • 2 cups rice
  • 3 cups broth
  • 1 pinch saffron
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions
 

  • Put the Instant Pot on saute. Add olive oil and saute chorizo/sausage. Take out chorizo.
  • Mix the seasoning blend with the pork slices. Saute the pork slices. Add more oil if necessary. Take out the pork slices.
  • Add the vegetables, one at a time. Start with the onion, then garlic, then celery, then the bell pepper. Once the vegetables are soft, add the tomato sauce.
  • Add back the pork slices, the rice, then the broth. Mix everything together.
  • Taste to see if more salt is needed (this depends on your broth), and add more salt until you find your preferred salt level.
  • Put back the lid of the Instant Pot and set to high pressure cook for 8 minutes. Natural release for at least 10 minutes, then quick release the rest of the remaining pressure.
  • Open the lid, add the chorizo/sausage, and mix it together with the rice.
  • Serve on individual plates, topped with more chorizo and scallions. Enjoy.