Easy Instant Pot Spanish Rice
The Instant Pot offers a shortcut to your favorite restaurant rice! Easy Instant Pot Spanish Rice cooks up quickly with just a few ingredients - Basmati rice, cooking stock, tomato sauce, and a few seasonings.
Servings 4 -6 (3 cups, cooked)
Calories 193kcal
Equipment
- 1 Instant Pot (use either a 6- or 8-quart Instant Pot)
Ingredients
- 1 cup Basmati rice
- ½ teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 8 ounce can tomato sauce
- 1 cup stock (chicken, vegetable, beef) (or 1 ¼ cup if you’d like softer rice)
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon paprika (I used Hot Hungarian paprika)
- ½ teaspoon salt (optional, to taste)
- parsley or cilantro, chopped (for garnish)
Instructions
- Rinse rice under cold running water in a fine mesh strainer for 30-45 seconds. Shake the strainer vigorously to remove excess water.
- Press the Saute button on normal on your Instant Pot and set it for 4 minutes. Add ½ tablespoon of extra virgin oil to your Instant Pot. Once it’s heated up, add the Basmati rice. Stir the rice continuously, until lightly toasted and the time is up.
- Add the tomato sauce and stir until well combined.
- Add 1 - 1 ¼ cups of (beef/chicken/vegetable) stock to the Instant Pot, along with ½ teaspoon garlic powder, ½ teaspoon onion powder, ½ teaspoon paprika, and ½ teaspoon salt. Stir to ensure the rice is submerged; this will ensure even cooking.
- Put the lid on your Instant Pot, making sure the pressure release valve is sealed.
- Select Pressure Cook on High and set for 4 minutes. The pressure cooker will take around 7 minutes to pressurize before it begins cooking the rice.
- Once the rice has cooked for 4 minutes, let the Instant Pot naturally pressure release for 10 minutes. Set a timer on your phone so you don’t forget!
- At the 10-minute mark, open the pressure release valve and remove the lid. There should be very little pressure left to release. Turn off the Instant Pot.
- Fluff the rice up with a fork and dig in!
Notes
Yield: 1 cup of dry Basmati rice yields 3 cups of cooked Basmati rice.
Nutrition
Calories: 193kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.5g | Sodium: 797mg | Potassium: 234mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 494IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 23mg | Iron: 1mg