00743 11 40 C 11 55. 007431 69 40 basmati instant pot C 47. Instant pot rice is super easy to make if you know the right rice to water ratio and cooking time. After weeks of experimenting, I got it right.
Here is your fail-proof guide for Instant Pot Rice. White rice, brown rice, wild rice, and many more, basically an encyclopedia about cooking rice in a pressure cooker. What Is The Best Rice To Water Ratio? You’ll be surprised but it is always and for ALL sorts 1:1.
You wonder why on the stove different ratios are called for. Well, the secret to rice cooking is that the darker or wilder the rice the longer it needs to cook and the longer something needs to cook, the more water evaporates during the process. Since the Instant Pot gives a tight seal and high pressure, no water evaporates at all. So yes, brown rice and even wild rice need the exact same amount of water as white rice in an evaporation-proof environment.
What If My Rice Is Too Hard With a 1:1 Ratio? If your rice is hard or uncooked that doesn’t mean next time it needs more water, that means, next time it needs more TIME. Did you wait for FULL natural pressure release? Instant Pot as putting the lid back on and turning the pot back on just leads to the dreaded burn warning. I recommend adding the undercooked rice to a soup or stew maybe 5 minutes before it’s done simmering. What If My Rice Is Too Mushy?