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Instant Pot Mexican Rice Recipe
This simple Instant Pot Mexican Rice recipe is so easy to make and is seriously just as good as the rice at your favorite Mexican restaurant! Fluffy rice and flavorful salsa come together in your pressure cooker for a quick side dish any day of the week.
Servings: 8 servings
Ingredients
- 2 cups white rice long grain
- 1 ½ cups vegetable broth or chicken broth
- 16 ounces jar salsa mild or medium
- 2 tablespoons oil divided
- 1 teaspoon salt to taste
- Cilantro optional
Instructions
- Using a mesh strainer, rinse the rice under cool running water for 1-2 minutes, or until the water runs clear. Drain completely.2 cups white rice
- Add rinsed rice, broth, salsa, 1 tablespoon oil, and salt to a 6-quart Instant Pot. Mix the ingredients until well combined.1 ½ cups vegetable broth, 16 ounces jar salsa, 1 teaspoon salt
- Cover the pot with a lid and close the pressure release valve.
- Set the Instant Pot to high pressure and cook for 4 minutes.
- Allow a 10-minute natural pressure release before opening the valve to release the steam.
- Drizzle in the remaining tablespoon of oil and mix it into the rice.
- Serve Mexican rice with a sprinkle of cilantro and enjoy!Cilantro
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Notes
- Rice: Use long grain rice for best results, as medium-grain or short-grain rice will clump up when cooked and give you a mushy texture.
- Salsa: Pick a good quality salsa as it makes up the majority of the flavor in this recipe.
- Brown rice: If you decide to make Instant Pot brown rice, you can stick with the original time of 15 minutes. However, if you want to make Instant Pot white rice, you will want to reduce your time to 12 minutes and leave out ¼ cup of the broth so it doesn't get too mushy.
- Broth: Use slightly less broth if you prefer a more brown rice-like texture.
Nutrition
Calories: 215kcal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 7mg | Sodium: 757mg | Potassium: 241mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 475IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 30mg | Iron: 0.8mg
