Pressure Cooker Brown Jasmine Rice is a quick and healthy side dish in the Instant Pot or any other pressure cooker.
I love food blogging - except when I weigh myself on Monday and Thursday mornings. Years ago I lost a lot of weight by cutting out processed starches and eating only whole grain carbs. That meant a lot of brown rice, because I love my stir fries and curries - they help me slip in a bunch of vegetables with my meat.
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There are two problems with brown rice.
Problem one: cooking time. It takes a lot longer to cook brown rice - about an hour on the stovetop. That's where my pressure cooker comes in; I can have brown rice in about a half an hour.
Problem two: taste. In other words, my kids. They love the neutral taste of white rice. The first time I tried to serve them brown rice, with its strong, nutty flavor, they took one bite, then refused to eat an more. I would try brown rice every now and again, but they never liked it. That is, until I tried brown jasmine rice. The long grains cook up fluffier than most brown rices, and the flavor is close enough to white rice that they don't mind it as the side dish with a stir fry or curry. I finally have a brown rice I can serve to the kids.
Looking for a nutritious side dish, especially to balance out an Asian meal? Try some brown jasmine rice in the pressure cooker. (I love serving it with my Instant Pot Lentil Curry for a quick weeknight meal.)
Equipment
- Pressure Cooker (I love my Instant Pot Duo)
Pressure Cooker Brown Jasmine Rice
- Total Time: 43 minutes
- Yield: 7 servings
- Diet: Vegetarian
Description
Pressure Cooker Brown Jasmine Rice recipe - Nutritious brown rice, ready in a little over a half an hour in the pressure cooker.
Ingredients
- 2 cups brown jasmine rice (Or long grain brown rice, or brown basmati rice)
- 2 ½ cups water
- ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
Instructions
- Add the rice to the pot: Pour the rice, water, and salt into the pressure cooker pot and stir.
- Pressure cook the rice for 20 minutes with a Natural Release: Lock the lid and cook on high pressure for 20 minutes in an electric PC, or 16 minutes in a stovetop PC. Let pressure come down naturally, about 15 minutes. Fluff the rice with a fork and serve.
Equipment
Buy Now → - Prep Time: 3 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Side Dish
- Method: Pressure Cooker
- Cuisine: Thai
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Nutrition
- Serving Size: ½ cup of rice
- Calories: 194
- Sugar: 0.3 g
- Sodium: 135.5 mg
- Fat: 1.7 g
- Carbohydrates: 40.3 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
Notes
- My favorite brand (so far) is Jasmati brand brown rice from Rice Select, but I have to admit, I don't have too many choices for brown jasmine rice in my area. If you have a favorite brand, let us know in the comments.
What do you think?
Questions? Other ideas? Leave them in the comments section below.
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Amanda B says
Thanks for these instructions. I make a weekly pot of jasmine brown rice for my dog and me. I use chicken stock as the liquid, or if I've just cooked some carrots, I'll use the carrot liquid. Timing on this is perfect.
Mike Vrobel says
You’re welcome, glad you enjoy it!
Jasmine says
Thank you for this! Before yours, I tried multiple pressure cooker brown rice formulas with no success (invariably undercooked). This one is perfect every time in my Instant Pot, and it works just as well halved with 1 cup rice + 1.25 cup water. I use Trader Joe's Brown Jasmine Rice.
Mike Vrobel says
You're welcome! I'm glad it works so well for you.
Kristi says
My go-to recipe!
Mike Vrobel says
Thanks!
Kay says
Perfect! It has a very very mild flavor, even the white rice diehards liked this, thanks for clear directions!
Mike Vrobel says
You’re welcome!
S.s says
My go to recipe for perfect brown rice in the pressure cooker every time. I use chicken stock instead of water
Mike Vrobel says
Thank you, glad you are enjoying it!
Jerry L says
Excellent recipe, made it last night and the rice came out perfect. I added low sodium beef broth and 1 TBS olive oil.
I imagine this recipe will work with red or black jasmine rice.
Mike Vrobel says
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
Alexandra says
Thank you for this! I’ve been using this recipe for about two years now and it has never failed!
Mike Vrobel says
You’re welcome!
Rebecca says
Perfect rice! I tried making brown jasmine in my rice cooker but did not like the way it turned out- too mushy. I went online looking for cooking times for this kind of rice in the rice cooker, but my search brought up mostly Instant Pot recipes. Since I had tried some of your other recipes previously with great results, I tried your recipe. It is perfect! The consistency is so much better than the rice cooker. Thank you!
Mike Vrobel says
You're welcome - I'm glad you enjoy it!
Valerie says
Thank you for this simple instant pot recipe! I’ve been using it for a couple of years now for stir fry, late night snack , side dishes, anything. I use Trader Joe’s brown jasmine rice.
Mike Vrobel says
You’re welcome, glad you enjoy it!
Katie FitzGerald says
I always refer to this recipe now when making my brown jasmine rice! Thank you for introducing me to brown rice that taste great! Hardly eat white ficdt now 🙂
Mike Vrobel says
You're welcome, glad you enjoy it!
Valerie says
Thanks so much for this simple recipe that works every time (I’ve made it almost every week for the last year — good to have rice on hand). FYI: Today I halved the amounts ; I had only a cup of rice. So 1 cup rice, 1 1/4 cup water. Worked just fine. I left the salt out. That can be trickier.
Jess says
Really turned out perfect. I used brown jasmine from Trader Joe’s. Going to also make a batch using chicken or beef broth for the water.