Skip the takeout, with its delivery times and fees and potentially cold food. Make this Instant Pot® Fried Rice instead! This meal is full of an assortment of delicious flavors like fluffy jasmine rice, bold sesame oil, savory soy sauce, tangy rice vinegar, and crunchy veggies. Instant Pot Fried Rice is tasty and hearty, and it can be served with any meats of your choosing!
Ingredients
- 2 cups Jasmine rice, rinsed and drained
- 2 cups water
- 2 tablespoons sesame oil
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1 cup frozen peas and carrots mix
- 1 cup sweet kernel corn
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 4 eggs
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
- sesame seeds, optional, to taste
- green onions, optional, to taste, chopped, for garnish
Directions
Step 1 -Add the rice to the pressure cooker with 2 cups of the water.
Step 2 -Stir, close the lid, and point the valve to “Sealed.”
Step 3 -Select “Manual” and cook on high for 3 minutes.
Step 4 -Upon completion, allow for a 10-minute natural release. Carefully do a quick release for the remaining pressure.
Step 5 -Open the lid, fluff the rice with a fork, and transfer it to a bowl.
Step 6 -Without cleaning the insert, turn on “Sauté” mode, adjust to the medium setting, and add in the sesame oil.
Step 7 -Once the oil begins to sizzle, scrape the bottom of the insert with a wooden spoon and add the onion.
Step 8 -Sauté the onions in the oil and stir for 1-2 minutes.
Step 9 -Add the peas and carrots mix and the corn, stirring to combine them all together.
Step 10 -Add the butter and cook for 2 minutes.
Step 11 -Push the veggies to one side of the pot and add the eggs to the other side.
Step 12 -Stir the eggs constantly to scramble them.
Step 13 -Once the eggs begin to cook, mix them in with the veggies until fully cooked.
Step 14 -Cancel “Sauté” mode and set the heat setting to “Keep Warm.”
Step 15 -Add the rice back to the insert with the veggies-egg mixture.
Step 16 -Add the soy sauce, the rice vinegar, and the sesame seeds, stirring to combine.
Step 17 -Turn off the pressure cooker and serve the fried rice topped with more of the sesame seeds and the chopped green onions.
