This Instant Pot Spanish rice recipe also know as Mexican rice is easy, quick, and ready in 25 minutes. This pressure cooker rice is a tasty one-pot dish that is packed full of flavor and delicious.
2cupseasy cook long grain rice or golden sella basmati rice
3tbspsunflower or vegetable oil
1large onionchopped
2clovesgarlicminced
2fresh tomatoeschopped
2tbsptomato puree
1tbsppaprika
1tbspchilliadjust to suit preference
¼teaspooncumin
3cupschicken stock
saltto taste
Instructions
Switch on the instant pot and set to sautee.
Add sunflower oil into the inner pot of the instant pot then add in chopped onion and garlic. Sautee onion and garlic for 2 minutes.
Wash rice in warm water till water runs clear. Drain and add into the instant pot.
Add in the washed rice and stir with the onions and garlic for 3 minutes before adding paprika, chilli, chopped tomatoes, tomato puree, chicken broth and salt.
Switch off sautee function.
Give the instant pot content a good stir before covering and locking in place the instant pot lid.
Turn the valve into sealing position and select manual pressure cook for 8 minutes.
After pressure cooking for 8 minutes, do 10 minutes natural pressure release. Once the pot is depressurised, open the instant pot.
Sauce and bits of the chopped ingredients will be nicely settled on the rice. Stir to incorporate with the rice and that's instant pot spanish rice ready.
Notes
You can use brown rice for this recipe however brown rice takes longer to cook than basmati and long grain. If using brown rice, pressure cook for 22 minutes followed by 10 minutes of natural pressure release.Give the rice a good stir so it's mixed well with the other ingredients before you close the instant pot and pressure cook. This is also good to avoid instant pot burn error which can occur if tomato sauce is settled at the bottom.Wash rice till water runs clear to avoid sticky rice.Use good quality rice.You can use stock cubes like knorr, oxo, maggi for extra seasoning or to replace chicken broth.Best served warm.There are some instant pot models that are sensitive to burn errors. It hasn't happened to me with this recipe before but If you ever get burn notice while cooking rice in IP, it's not the end. Just turn off the instant pot without releasing the pressure. Set a timer to what's left of the cooking time and natural release time. After this time you can then open the instant pot. The rice will be cooked. Serve with chicken tacos, salad, or any side of choice.Cost and calories are estimates only.