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Instant Pot Rice and Beans

Instant pot rice and beans recipe that is easy, quick and simple to make. This pressure cooker rice and beans is flavorful, tasty and delicious. Learn how to make one pot rice and beans in the instant pot.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time7 minutes
natural pressure release10 minutes
Total Time22 minutes
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American, British, Mexican
Keyword: instant pot rice and beans, instant pot rice and beans recipe, pressure cooker rice and beans
Servings: 4
Author: Olukemi

Equipment

  • Instant Pot

Ingredients

  • 2 cups Rice long grain rice or golden sella basmati rice.
  • 400g can Kidney Beans
  • 4 tablespoons Oil vegetable, sunflower or olive oil
  • 1 medium Onion chopped
  • 2 cloves Garlic minced
  • 1 teaspoon Cayenne pepper
  • 1 tablespoon Paprika
  • 1 teaspoon Dried thyme
  • 1 teaspoon Curry powder
  • 1 tablespoon Tomato paste
  • 3.5 cups Chicken broth
  • Salt

Instructions

  • Put on the instant pot and set to saute.
    Add oil in the pot of the instant pot then add the chopped onions. Saute the onions till fragrant and translucent(about a minute) then switch off the saute function of the instant pot.
    chopped onion in the instant pot.
  • Add cayenne pepper, paprika, curry, thyme and tomato paste. Stir, add in chicken broth then deglaze the instant pot by scraping off any stuck bits at the bottom of the pot.
    spices added in the sauteed onions pot.
  • Wash the rice then add in the washed rice and kidney beans in the pot. Stir and cover the instant pot with its lid.
    beans added in the pot.
  • Turn the knob on the lid to 'sealing' and set instant pot to manual pressure cook for 7 minutes. After the 7 minutes of pressure cooking, do a 10 minutes natural release.
    all ingredients in the pot.
  • When the pot is depressurised, take off the lid and stir the rice.
    cooked meal in the instant pot.
  • Serve and enjoy.
    The Cooked meal in the instant pot.