Instant Pot bang bang shrimp pasta with jar sauce is the best one pot meal your family will love. Tender seafood with noodles will be your next favorite pressure cooker meal you can make in a Crockpot Express or Ninja Foodi too. Once you make our bang bang shrimp sauce you not only will make it with this but as a dip later on too. Creamy and tangy with a little spicy if you want it is beyond delicious.
This Instant Pot bang bang shrimp recipe has become a new family favorite. Cooked all in one pressure cooker pot I can throw together a complete meal in no time. One of 101+ easy Instant Pot recipes here on the blog. (affiliate links present)
Ninja Foodi Pressure Cooker Bang Bang Shrimp
You can use your Ninja Foodi or other brand pot too to make this. With this homemade bang bang sauce you’re surely want seconds…and maybe thirds…. With this pot you will use the lid that is not attached and the pressure cook button on the front.
If you wanted to make a crunchy version with this same sauce with the lid that is attached you would want to follow our Bonefish Grill copycat air fryer bang bang shrimp recipe instead. Both are amazing, this includes noodles though.
If you are new to pressure cooking we have a lot of easy one pot meal recipes for you here. To begin with let’s start with a few basic tips:
- Make sure to Bookmark our InstaPot recipes page. We add new ones each week!
- Then PRINT this —–> Instant Pot cooking times cheat sheet that will help you understand how long meat, vegetables and beans take to cook in your pressure cooker.
- I HIGHLY recommend you buy this non stick pot.
- You should know how to deglaze a pressure cooker after sautéing but it won’t have as many issues with this better liner.
For reference, this is the model I have (a 6 quart) and use for all recipe creations.
We have shared a bunch of Instant Pot shrimp recipes throughout the years. When you can add pasta into the mix that means one pot to clean and dinner cooked in under 20 minutes.
Instant Pot Bang Bang Shrimp no Pasta
You don’t have to make noodles to mix this with if you didn’t want to. Yes you can make just plain Instant Pot shrimp by itself. That is great if you need a gluten free meal, or just straight protein. We love bold flavors though!! You’ll get that with this kick butt sauce I tell you. 😉
Mainly it is mayonnaise, sweet chili sauce and some add hot sauce into the mix. Adjust that as needed depending on how spicy you want to make it. In a pressure cooker this comes out amazing!
I mean it is just a fun name that means WOW to me. With a kick of Sriracha to amp up the heat it may just knock your socks off with every bite. Bonefish Grill made up the name originally.
Frozen Shrimp Pasta Instant Pot
This is a great way of How to cook frozen raw shrimp deveined with the tail off. That is what was used and recommended to get them perfectly tender. There’s nothing worse than overcooked seafood and larger gives you a bit more time to make sure of that.
You’ll want to get the sauce ready while your pasta and meat is cooking. This will only take a few minutes and then you can set it aside until it’s ready to stir together.
Bang Bang Shrimp Instant Pot Ingredients
- Mayonnaise is the base of it. I do not recommend using Miracle Whip, reduced fat or fat free. Just go with the real stuff for the best flavor.
- Sweet chili sauce is so good. We use it to dip our egg rolls in, and make our grape jelly meatballs too.
- Sriracha will make it a bit spicy
- I recommend frozen large shrimp with tail off and deveined personally.
- Spaghetti noodles broken into three equal parts so it gets nice and tender is necessary. If this is “against your religion” Just use something smaller like medium size shells that don’t need to be broken.
- Garlic, I already expressed my obsession with this ingredient above…I could go on and on but I won’t…
- Olive oil
- Broth of any kind can be used. For this I think vegetable is great.
Variations
If you want it just sweet and tangy then omit the hot sauce all together. If you want a spicy sauce add 1 tbsp of Sriracha at a time, stir, taste, and adjust until it is perfect for YOU. Red pepper flakes are another option. Beyond that you just need:
Some like a squeeze of lime juice in it as well. If you haven’t tried this add in give it a whirl on the side. If you like it add 1 tsp at a time until it is just right for your taste buds.
How to Make Instant Pot Bang Bang Shrimp Pasta
- Pour vegetable broth over noodles. Add frozen shrimp, garlic, olive oil, salt and pepper on top of that.
- Seal pressure cooker lid and steam valve. Set to high pressure for 4 minutes cook time with a quick release when done.
- While cooking whisk together mix the sauce together in a medium bowl. Mayonnaise, chili sauce, and add Sriracha if you want heat in the bowl well.
- Open lid, stir contents to separate noodles, then pour your mayo sauce on.
- Stir together to coat everything in the pot nicely. Serve with some shredded parmesan cheese on top.
Tips
Just mix your mayo, sweet chili sauce, lime juice and Sriracha together until smooth. This is what it looks like. You will need a few other items of course. I add jarred minced garlic to just about everything I make. Of course that would be optional but is a must for me.
I recommend frozen large shrimp with tail off and deveined personally. Defrosted will get a bit more done and I don’t like tough meat. Now for adding noodles in an Instant Pot. There is a trick to this ladies and gentlemen. 😉 Just like when we explained our Instant Pot spaghetti to you, the rule stays the same.
You need to break noodles into thirds, don’t cry Italians. You need them shorter in order to be submerged into the liquid and get tender. Then the broth goes in with the garlic, shrimp and salt and pepper.
If you are totally opposed to the idea of breaking noodles, then use something like medium size shells or penne. Here’s how you make this pressure cooker pasta dish: Break spaghetti noodles 3rds and put into the pot. Make sure to sprinkle them in so they go in at different directions so they won’t be sticking together.
I got a lot of flack over this when I first shared this method years ago. People said it wasn’t right to break noodles, ever. Well when you’re making just about any of our Instant Pot pasta recipes you’ll need to.
Top with green onions and serve in bowls! I mean you don’t need a side. You have your carbs and protein together but broccoli is a good
If you do happen to have leftovers they save quite well, just remember to keep all of the sauce in that pot. Let it cool completely and then move it to a container with a tight lid on top. Transition to a microwave safe bowl when reheating and warm for about 1 minute. You don’t want to overcook shrimp or it will become rubbery.
If you aren’t making a dish that includes pasta like this one you might want to use your oven. My air fryer fried shrimp using this same sauce is amazing, and best eaten fresh for sure. BUT can be reheated at 400 F. In case of this one with noodles I would freeze in souper cubes. Then you can reheat just one serving at a time.
- Ideally it is best if you make more bang bang sauce and toss with some more at the beginning. It will get a bit drier in the fridge but this will help moisten it back up.
Want to try another favorite shrimp recipe?? Give our Instant Pot shrimp alfredo a whirl this week too!!
Who has Bang Bang Shrimp?
If you don’t want to make it yourself, or you want a different version then visit Bonefish Grill. We have one in Boise but you can search their website to see if there is one near you too. Nowadays it is kinda’ easier to make a copycat recipe right at home though. With the right ingredients you can tweak the spiciness to your liking and enjoy dinner together for a lot less money. Let us know what you think!
Instant Pot Bang Bang Shrimp
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 lb shrimp, frozen, deveined and tail off
- 1 lb spaghetti noodles
- 3.5 c broth, chicken or vegetable, or use water
- 1 tbsp minced garlic
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 3/4 c mayonnaise
- 3/4 c sweet chili sauce
- Sriracha , add 1 tsp at a time into your sauce, blend, and taste until you reach the heat level you desire, or omit
- 1 tbsp olive oil
Instructions
- Break spaghetti noodles into thirds and put into the pot sprinkling them in so they're in different directions to avoid sticking together.
- Pour broth over noodles, add shrimp, olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper on top.
- Seal pressure cooker lid and steam valve. Set to high pressure for 4 minutes with a quick release when done.
- While cooking whisk together the sauce with mayo and chili sauce in a bowl. When noodles are done open lid, stir to separate noodles, pour mayo sauce on and stir together to coat everything in the pot nicely.
- Serve with some shredded parmesan cheese on top.
Video
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I was just re-reading my comment. Not quite clear on a couple of things. 1) Cover them in cornstarch BEFORE cooking them in case you didn’t catch that (lol), and 2) we used the full recipe for the mix (including, and most importantly, the mayonnaise and olive oil), but no need for sunflower oil anymore (very expensive, at least down here!)
Not following you as there is no cornstarch listed for this recipe, or sunflower oil
We’ve been making ‘Bang-Bang Shrimp’ for a few years now after experiencing it at Bonefish Grill in Michigan. We live in Panama now and the ‘large’ shrimp here are called Langostinos, bigger than the largest shrimp in the US (3 lbs. is about 20 langostinos, 5 is plenty for a single serving). We use cornstarch to give the shrimp a slight crunchiness before dumping them into the mix (we use Sweet Thai Chili Sauce and three squirts of Sriracha). We were frying them in sunflower oil until we just bought our Ninja Foodi. We tried cooking it your way (in air fry mode) and it came out GREAT! You can’t really overcook because they’re so big. We did them alone…can’t wait to try with pasta. Thanks for the tips on mixing in the Foodi. Works great so far.
Oh yay, glad it has been a hit
Hey there, making for a larger crowd. Double the recipe? Will it all fit at once or will I have to do it twice?
I always prefer to do 2 batches especially with pasta myself
Does the shrimp have to be thawed or can it be put in frozen?
Typically frozen or fresh shrimp doesn’t take much more time
Good and easy recipe.. added a few goodies like spinach and sliced portabella mushrooms to give it a bit more of a health kick.. cam out great! My 18 month old baby ate it up like there was no tomorrow LOL .. Cheers!
Great idea