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Instant Pot White Rice

Instant Pot White Rice will simplify your mealtime prep. Light and fluffy rice, perfect every time AND faster than a rice cooker.
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Asian
Keyword instant pot, pressure cooker, rice, white rice
Prep Time 4 minutes
Cook Time 3 minutes
Pressurize/Depressurize/Natural Release 20 minutes
Total Time 27 minutes
Servings 3 cups cooked rice

Equipment

  • 1 Instant Pot

Ingredients

  • 1 cup white rice
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 tsp butter - opt.
  • ¼ tsp table salt - opt.

Instructions

  • Place the rice in a fine-mesh strainer and rinse for 2-3 minutes until the water runs clear.
  • Once rinsed, transfer it to the insert of the instant pot along with the water, butter and salt.
  • Lock the lid on, set the valve to sealing and set the cooker to high pressure/manual for 3 minutes.
  • It will take about 7 minutes to pressurize before the 3 minutes will start counting down.
  • Once cooked, let it naturally release for 10 minutes. Then do a quick release of the remaining pressure.
  • Once the pin drops, remove the lid and fluff the rice with a fork before serving.

Notes

You can easily double or triple this recipe. However, you do not need to adjust the cooking times. I know, it sounds crazy, but don’t turn up the cooking time or you’ll have gross rice.
I used a 6-quart pot. However, none of the steps should change if your pot is smaller or bigger than mine.
I do not suggest using minute rice for this recipe. I use long grain white rice and it cooks up beautifully.