This Instant Pot Gumbo is so easy to make and even easier to clean up. Made with sausage, chicken, and shrimp, this gumbo is BURSTING with flavor!
Instant Pot Gumbo is the perfect meal for a COLD day. It is thick, hearty, and is straight-up some of the comfiest comfort food of all time. I have tried several different varieties of gumbo, but my favorite includes chicken, sausage, AND shrimp. Mostly because I can’t pick a favorite meat to put in it. I like them all!
What is gumbo?
Gumbo is a Southern comfort food that originates in Southern Louisiana. It can be made SO many different ways most gumbo dishes start with a basic, dark roux, peppers, onions, and celery. You can add a protein such as sausage, chicken, or shrimp as well. Or all three. It is usually thickened with okra and/or filé powder in addition to the roux. It really depends on your taste!
Additions/Substitutions:
As mentioned above, there are so many ways you can go when making gumbo. Some may argue that tomatoes do not belong in gumbo when others love the added flavor of tomatoes. I really think there is no wrong way. Personally, I am not the biggest fan of okra, so it is something I usually leave out. Make it according to your tastes, be creative, and you won’t be disappointed!
MY LATEST RECIPESGluten-Free Version:
To make this gumbo gluten-free the most obvious choice would be to use a gluten-free flour in the place of regular all-purpose flour in the roux. We use Namaste flour from Costco or a homemade flour blend when substituting flour. If you want to avoid making a roux, you can always use filé powder and/or okra to thicken instead. The Tony Chachere’s seasoning is GF so you should be good using that as your Creole seasoning in this recipe.
How to make Instant Pot Gumbo:
Instant Pot Gumbo
This Instant Pot Gumbo is so easy to make and even easier to clean up. Made with sausage, chicken, and shrimp, this gumbo is BURSTING with flavor!
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 red bell pepper diced
- 1 green bell pepper diced
- 1 onion diced
- 1 c. celery chopped
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 pkg. andouille sausage (13.5 oz) cut into rounds
- 1/3 c. flour
- 1/3 c. butter
- 3 c. chicken broth
- 1 lb. chicken cubed
- 2 tsp. Creole seasoning (or to taste, we used Tony Chachere's)
- 1 (10 oz) can diced tomatoes with green chiles (aka Rotel)
- 1 (14-15oz) can fire roasted diced tomatoes
- 2 bay leaves
- 1/2 tsp. Kosher salt (or to taste)
- 1/4 tsp. black pepper (or to taste)
- 1 c. okra sliced
- 1 lb. shrimp peeled, deveined
- 4 c. cooked rice
Set Instant Pot to "Saute" function and add olive oil.
Add peppers, onion, celery, garlic, and sausage.
Saute for 3-5 minutes or until vegetables become soft.
Remove all vegetables and sausage. Set aside.
Immediately add butter to instant pot and stir, scraping up any cooked bits from the bottom of the pot. When butter is melted, add flour.
Cook 5 minutes, stirring constantly until dark brown, forming a roux. Turn cooker off.
Add chicken broth, cooked vegetables and sausage, chicken, Creole seasoning, diced tomatoes with chiles, fire roasted tomatoes, bay leaves, salt and pepper.
Close and lock the lid of the Instant Pot. Turn the steam release handle to “Sealing” position.
Press "Manual" and select “High Pressure." Set time to 20 minutes. When time is up, turn cooker off.
Quick release by turning valve to "venting".
When pressure is fully released, remove lid and stir in okra. Press "Saute", and cook uncovered for 5 minutes. Add shrimp and cook an additional 5 minutes or until shrimp is cooked through.
Remove and discard bay leaves. Serve with rice.
(recipe adapted from Instant Pot recipe archives)
Carolyn says
What nis instant pot that is mentioned in the receipes?
Favorite Family Recipes says
It is a specific brand of pressure cooker. Hope this helps!
Angie says
It’s Tony not Johnny on the seasoning
Favorite Family Recipes says
Ah! You are totally right. I was getting my seasonings mixed up! Thanks for catching that. Changing it now 🙂
Vincent Tan says
Excellent and easy recipe to follow. Gumbo was a success on the first try!
Favorite Family Recipes says
So glad this worked out so great for you! Thanks for the 5-stars!
Rebekah says
This recipe gave us amazing results. My girls had been asking for gumbo, and this absolutely delivered. This recipe was very easy to follow and smelled perfectly delightful from the start. I’ve never had so many helpers in the kitchen trying to snitch a taste as it cooked.
Favorite Family Recipes says
So glad you liked the gumbo! Thanks for the nice comment!
Jennifer Butler says
#4….Press what?
Favorite Family Recipes says
Whoops! Missed that typo! Fixed it 😉 Thanks for catching that.
Kelly Alley says
I cooked this last night for my wife in our Instant Pot and it is delicious.
We substituted Sweet Italian sausage to limit the heat factor and didn’t use shrimp.
It was easy to follow the directions and it was outstanding.
We’ll definitely make it again. Thank you
Favorite Family Recipes says
So glad you liked it! Thanks Kelly!
Bina Mistry says
I cooked the roux for 15 mins and is still not dark. .. is that OK?
Favorite Family Recipes says
Yes, that should be ok. It may affect the appearance (it will just be lighter) but it will taste the same! Hope this helps!
Patti Glispin Mullins says
This was outstNding!! Will definitely make again!!!
Favorite Family Recipes says
So glad you liked it! 😀 Thanks for the 5-stars!
esqueue says
Came out great. I probably overpaid for the ingredients but it made quite a bit of food. I’ll have leftovers for quite some time. Thanks!!
Favorite Family Recipes says
So glad you liked it! It heats up great, especially when you heat it up on the stovetop. 😀
Damon says
Ten minutes prep and 35 minutes cooking. That has got to be the lamest gumbo I’ve ever seen.
Tara Malloy says
Overall it was good. I thought prep took over 10 mins. I bought Tony’s more seasoning and would try to make it spicer next time.
Favorite Family Recipes says
Any easy way to make it spicier is just to slap some Sriracha on it. My favorite!
Derek says
First time making gumbo, and this was amazing! Hubby raves about it! Thanks for the recipe! Saved, and will become a new family fave!
Favorite Family Recipes says
Woohoo! So glad you (and the hubby) liked the gumbo! Thanks for taking the time to come back and let us know!
Mary says
Is that cooked chicken or raw chicken you add???
Favorite Family Recipes says
It is raw and cubed when you put it in. Hope this helps!
Kyle says
Where do you mention the shrimp?
Favorite Family Recipes says
The shrimp is added in step 11. Hope his helps!
Elana Binns says
It was a pretty easy recipe to follow, your directions were explained nicely! I added a little tapatio for extra spice and it came out perfect! Thank you for this recipe!
Favorite Family Recipes says
Ooh I love the flavor of Tapatio. Great addition! I will have to try it with Tapatio next time, thanks for sharing!
Amy says
“Burn” kept coming on. Afte the second time, I transferred everything to stovetop and finished cooking it there. What did I do wrong? All the liquids were there…
Favorite Family Recipes says
Hmm. that is so strange! Was everything stirred up before you started the IP? Maybe some of the food was just settling at the bottom. Hmmm. Did it seem like there was enough liquid?
Sheri says
Omg!!! This is the best homemade gumbo I have ever tasted!!! Thank you sooo much for this delicious recipe! I made it exactly as directions said and it was PERFECT!!!
Favorite Family Recipes says
Wow Sheri, thank you so much for this amazing review! I am so happy to hear you liked this recipe so much 😀 Thanks for the 5-stars!
Andrea says
Hi! Could I use frozen shrimp?
Favorite Family Recipes says
Absolutely! You may just want to cook it a minute or two longer is all. Hope this helps!
Jane says
No amount is given for the okra, or if frozen or fresh, raw or cooked? Why put in after cooking?
Favorite Family Recipes says
This is assuming the okra is fresh and sliced. Adding it at the end makes it so it doesn’t get so mushy. You just want the okra to be fork-tender. If you want to use frozen okra you can add it earlier in the process. You can add it when you add the broth, cooked veggies, etc.. Hope this helps!
Cindy says
Wouldn’t adding frozen okra mush up worse than fresh orka if you add it before you pressure it ?
Favorite Family Recipes says
Possibly– you can add the frozen okra around the same time as the fresh is recommended but you will want to just make sure it cooks through. I have heard of others adding the frozen at the time of the other veggies without complaint so I am assuming it still turns out ok? I have only done it as mentioned in the recipe.
Sheila H says
Best Fumbo Rwcipe yet! We will be making this again!
Favorite Family Recipes says
So glad you liked it! Thanks for the 5-stars!