Instant Pot Rice
The bible of rice is at Green Healthy Cooking. In general, instant pot rice is 1:1, rinsing optional, manual high pressure, with a natural release. Rice is basmati or jasmine unless mentioned otherwise.
Ingredients
- 1 c. rice
- 1 c. water
- ½ tsp. salt
Directions
- Add all ingredients to pot and stir.
- Close instant pot, and seal the vent.
- Set to manual high pressure.
- Pressure cook on high for 3 minutes (white), 22 minutes (brown), or 30 minutes (wild).
- Turn off keep warm.
- Turn off keep warm.
- Turn off keep warm some more.
- Release steam naturally.
Variants
You can cook wild rice 28 minutes if you prefer it less “burst.”
Peter prefers the brown basmati cooked longer, but a final cooking time has not yet been determined. (Next up is 24 minutes.)
For short grain (Japanese) white rice, soak 20 minutes, drain well, cook 2 minutes, and release naturally.
To make instant pot Brazilian-style rice, saute a diced onion and/or just three cloves of minced garlic in olive oil in the Instant Pot. Optionally saute the rice as well (risotto-style). Then follow the normal basmati (white or brown) instructions above.
