Description
Instant Pot Salmon and Rice is a quick, weeknight, one-pot meal with Japanese flavors. Rice, shiitake mushrooms, and frozen salmon fillets are the main ingredients, with soy sauce, mirin, sesame oil, and green onions to flavor.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups short grain white rice
- 2½ cups water
- 1 tablespoon mirin
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
- 5 ounces sliced shiitake mushrooms
- 4 (4-ounce) frozen salmon fillets
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 3 green onions, thinly sliced
- 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
Toppings (optional)
- More sliced green onion
- Chili crisp (or sriracha or other Asian hot sauces)
- Furikake rice seasoning (or sesame seeds)
- Japanese Barbecue Sauce (or teriyaki sauce or soy sauce) for drizzling over the rice
Instructions
- Rice into the pot: Put the rice, water, 1 tablespoon mirin, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, and ½ teaspoon fine sea salt into an Instant Pot or other pressure cooker and stir until combined.
- Mushrooms and salmon on top: Spread the shiitake mushrooms on top of the rice in a single layer. Lay the frozen salmon fillets on top of the mushrooms, skin side down, then drizzle the salmon with 1 tablespoon soy sauce.
- Pressure cook for 4 minutes with a 10-minute natural release: Lock the lid and cook on high pressure for 4 minutes. (Use Manual, Pressure Cook, or Pressure Cook - Custom mode in an Instant Pot.) Let the pressure come down naturally for 10 minutes, then quick release any remaining pressure in the pot.
- Skin and shred the salmon, season, and serve: Unlock the lid, tilting it away from you to avoid the hot steam. Carefully remove the salmon from the pot - don't worry if it breaks into pieces - then peel the skin off of the salmon. Put the salmon back into the pot. Break the salmon fillets into flakes with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula. Add the thin-sliced green onion and gently stir the salmon and green onion into the rice. Drizzle the tablespoon of toasted sesame oil over the rice and mix it in. Serve, passing the toppings at the table. Enjoy!
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Weeknight Dinner
- Method: Pressure Cooker
- Cuisine: Japanese