Learn how to cook Perfect Instant Pot Brown Rice (Pressure Cooker Brown Rice) in 20 minutes. Serve with soy sauce and fresh herbs!

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Hey friends, if you want to make our Chili Lime Chicken Thighs, here’s a quick Instant Pot Brown Rice recipe for making bowls! We love bowls, with meat, rice, and lots of veggies. And then a good sauce on top!

Perfect Instant Pot Brown Rice

Whoever invented bowls, or made them popular …. we love you! :)

a bowl of cooked brown rice with a green spoon

The Instant Pot is perfect for making rice, because you don’t have to account for liquid that evaporates during the cooking process (as you would with stovetop). It takes all the guessing out and allows you to work with a 1:1 rice to liquid ratio.

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Cooking this way is perfect for meal prep. If you want to make more than 2 cups, bump it up to 3 cups rice and 3 cups liquid (a 1:1 ratio)—just don’t exceed the maximum capacity of your Instant Pot. Oh, and here’s a recipe to make with leftover brown rice: Mexican Rice Salad. Also try this Garlic Kale and Brown Rice Salad with a zippy lemon herb dressing!

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Ingredients for Instant Pot Brown Rice

  • Short grain brown rice
  • Chicken or vegetable stock, or bouillon paste and water
  • Oil (you can use olive oil, sesame oil—any kind of oil)

How do I cook brown rice in my Instant Pot?

  1. Soaking brown rice is debatable, but we always rinse our brown rice, at least once. Wash your rice in a fine mesh strainer until the water comes out clear.
  2. Start the Instant on high pressure, manual setting. Add the vegetable stock and oil to the pot as it heats up. You will be cooking the rice for 22 minutes on high pressure.
  3. Transfer the rice to the Instant Pot and stir into the broth and the oil; taste the broth for salt and add more if needed. Stir to combine, then secure the lid on top. If you didn’t preheat the vessel, set to manual, high pressure and set the timer for 22 minutes.
  4. When the time is up, allow rice to sit for 10 minutes as the pot naturally releases. When the 10 minutes are up, finish with a manual pressure release.
  5. Remove the lid from the pot and give it a stir. I typically add soy sauce, lime juice, lime zest, and fresh herbs afterwards for a more flavorful rice.

Instant Pot Brown Rice in a white bowl

What to add to brown rice to make it taste better?

We sometimes add in garlic salt, cumin, butter, and pepper.

You can also add salsa!

Our favorite is: soy sauce (or coconut aminos), lime juice, lime zest, and fresh herbs!

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Can you cook brown rice in a rice cooker?

Yes! I have a delicious Best Parmesan Basil Brown Rice Recipe (Mm-m-m, try it with this Baked Chicken Breasts with Roasted Grapes. After rinsing the brown rice, we use the 1:1.5 ratio for the slow cooker. This means for every cup of rice, you add 1 1/2 cups of water (or broth).

More rice recipes to try:

Instant Pot Jeera Rice

Coconut Cilantro Rice

Wild Rice Salad

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Instant Pot Brown Rice

Learn how to cook Perfect Instant Pot Brown Rice (Pressure Cooker Brown Rice) in 20 minutes. Serve with soy sauce and fresh herbs!
The Instant Pot is perfect for making rice, because you don’t have to account for liquid that evaporates during the cooking process (as you would with stovetop). It takes all the guessing out and allows you to work with a 1:1 rice to liquid ratio.This is PERFET for meal prep. If you want to make more than 2 cups, bump it up to 3 cups rice and 3 cups liquid (a 1:1 ratio)—just don’t exceed the maximum capacity of your Instant Pot.
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 22 minutes
resting time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 37 minutes
Yield: 8
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Ingredients
 

Instructions
 

  • Start the Instant on high pressure, manual setting—this will save you some time as it begins to preheat. Make sure to add the vegetable stock and oil to the pot as this happens, as you don’t want to heat the pot dry.
  • Rinse the rice in a fine mesh strainer until the water comes out clear.
  • Transfer the rice to the Instant Pot and stir into the broth and the oil; taste the broth for salt and add more if needed. Stir to combine, then secure the lid on top. If you didn’t preheat the vessel, set to manual, high pressure and set the timer for 22 minutes.
  • When the time is up, allow rice to sit for 10 minutes as the pot naturally releases. When the 10 minutes are up, finish with a manual pressure release.
  • Remove the lid from the pot and give it a stir. We typically add soy sauce, lime juice, lime zest, and fresh herbs afterwards for a more flavorful rice.
Cuisine: American
Course: Side Dish
Author: Sandy / Reluctant Entertainer
Calories: 234kcal, Carbohydrates: 40g, Protein: 5g, Fat: 6g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g, Monounsaturated Fat: 3g, Trans Fat: 0.01g, Cholesterol: 2mg, Sodium: 88mg, Potassium: 197mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 1g, Vitamin A: 2IU, Vitamin C: 0.1mg, Calcium: 18mg, Iron: 1mg
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