Instant Pot Asian Chicken and Rice

Instant Pot chicken and rice is a family-friendly busy weeknight dinner that cooks all at once.

The school year and all its busy-ness is almost here! I love hands-free one-pot dinners for busy sports practice nights. Anything I can dump into my pot and then ignore for 30 - 40 minutes is heaven-sent.

This summer during an attempt to clear out my freezer, I've been experimenting with using my usual stash of chicken in new ways. I love the cold and refreshing Asian chicken pasta salad I posted a few years ago. It's perfect for hot summer days.

Since cold weather will be here before we know it, I thought it would be fun to try a new twist on that dish and serve it as a hot and cozy one-pot chicken and rice comfort dish instead. 

Ingredients

The dinner includes a very short list of ingredients:

• Marinated chicken
• Jasmine rice
• Carrots
• Red pepper
• Pineapple (optional)

Instructions

I measured out the jasmine rice with the scoop that came with the machine and rinsed it in the steamer basket before adding the rice to the pot. 

Then I added a little marinade with the chopped veggies to the rice and stirred.

I placed the raw marinaded chicken in the steamer basket on top and shut the machine.

The chicken cooked perfectly tender without any additional oil.

If your Instant Pot doesn't have a steamer basket, you could just put the chicken right on top of the rice and let it cook together.

The rice was fluffy and flavorful.

We garnished it with green onions and sesame seeds. I bought some pineapple to toss into the pot too, but my girls still don't like hot pineapple. WHY?? I don't know, I love it! If your kids are the same way, you could just serve the pineapple as a fun side dish with this meal.

Variations

You could also mix in any of the following yummy ingredients to make it your own:

• slivered almonds
• cashews
• pea pods
• broccoli
• baby spinach (stir this in after the rice has cooked and let the heat just wilt it before serving)

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📖 Recipe

Instant Pot Asian Chicken and Rice

Yield: 6 servings

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 5 minutes

Inactive Time: 5 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

This easy weeknight dinner comes together in a pinch. Assemble the chicken and marinade ahead of time and stash in your freezer for a quick dump and go one-pot meal.

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Ingredients

• 1 batch of prepared chicken and marinade from the Asian Chicken recipe
• 3 scoops of jasmine rice (use the scoop that came with the rice cooker for proper measuring)
• 3 cups of chicken stock
• 1 carrot, peeled and diced
• ½ red bell pepper, diced
• ½ onion, diced
• 2 green onions, chopped
• Sesame seeds for garnish (optional)
• Fresh (or canned) pineapple for garnish (optional)

Instructions

Rinse the rice in a colander, drain and add to the bowl of your Instant Pot.

Add 3 cups of chicken stock and 3 tablespoon of the reserved marinade to the pot, stir to combine. 

Add the chopped carrot, pepper, and onion to the pot. Stir to combine.

Place the marinated chicken on top of the rice.

Close the Instant Pot and set to HIGH pressure for 5 minutes.

Let the pot rest for an additional 5 minutes before releasing the pressure once the cook time is done.

Fluff the rice and garnish with chopped green onions, sesame seeds, and pineapple before serving.