Instant Pot Jasmine Rice is fluffy, perfect, and so easy to make. You don’t need a rice cooker to have the most delicious, perfectly cooked rice for your next stir fry dinner!
As promised when I shared the sweet chili chicken stir fry recipe, here’s the recipe for Instant Pot jasmine rice! Jasmine rice is one of my absolute favorite things. It has the best flavor and it’s perfect with any type of stir fry recipe. Did you know that leftover rice is perfect (essential!) for making yummy Fried Rice? And dont
Jasmine rice is the perfect accompaniment to this honey balsamic chicken with crispy vegetables, an oven roasted sheet pan dinner. I always serve jasmine rice to soak up the delicious creamy wine sauce in this chicken recipe.
Or I love jasmine rice completely by itself. With butter.
There aren’t many things better than buttered rice, am I right? Well, maybe creamy risotto.
It’s so easy to make jasmine rice in your pressure cooker. As you all probably already know, I have an Instant Pot, but this will work in any type of electric pressure cooker.
I make three cups of rice (meaning I use three cups of dry rice), but you could also use this method to prepare as little as 1 cup of dry rice. I always like to make a lot of rice while I’m at it. You can store the cooked rice in the fridge or freezer to use for other meals.
The ratio is one to one (1:1), so it’s very easy to remember! I usually use water for the liquid, but you could also use broth. I love the flavor of the jasmine rice so I like it to shine through on its own.
I add a little oil to help prevent the rice from sticking together. I like coconut oil because it complements the flavor of the rice so well, but you could use any type of oil you like, or butter. And don’t forget salt to bring out the flavors of the rice, especially if you’re cooking in water.
One important step to remember when cooking rice in a pressure cooker is to rinse your rice first. Rinsing will keep the rice from foaming up too much and sputtering out the valve, making a huge mess (any Instant Pot owners know what I’m talking about here?).
You’re going to want to make an ultra large batch of this jasmine rice, because it is absolutely irresistible!
FAQs of making Instant Pot Jasmine Rice:
- What is the cook time or how long do you cook jasmine rice in the pressure cooker? Jasmine rice cooks in a pressure cooker in 5 minutes on high with a 10 minute natural release.
- What is the rice to water ratio for cooking rice in the Instant Pot? You want to use a 1:1 ratio of rice to water, so for every 1 cup of rice, you’ll use 1 cup of water (or broth).
- What setting do I use? I almost always just do a manual setting, but I’m sure your rice setting will work too – just set the time for the amount of time directed in the recipe.
Did you know you can also make quinoa in the Instant Pot? Along with a million other things…make sure to read my complete guide to cooking with an Instant Pot; you’ll find all my Instant Pot recipes there too.
More Rice
You can also make Instant Pot Brown Rice – just remember brown rice takes longer to cook than jasmine rice, even in a pressure cooker. Or try Instant Pot White Rice for long grain white rice.
Instant Pot Jasmine Rice
Ingredients
- 3 cups jasmine rice (see note)
- 3 cups water
- 1 tablespoon oil (coconut oil, olive oil, butter)
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
Instructions
- Put rice in a fine mesh strainer and rinse well until water runs clear.
- Add rice to the insert of a 6 quart Instant Pot. Add water, oil, and salt. pushing down any rice that may be on the side of the pot to submerge in liquid.
- Secure cover, turn valve to seal, and set Instant Pot to Pressure Cook for 5 minutes (or on Manual, high pressure). When the timer goes off, let the pressure naturally release for 10 minutes (in other words, leave it alone for 10 minutes).
- When 10 minutes has elapsed, quick release any remaining pressure. Remove lid, fluff the rice with a fork, and serve.
Notes
- Makes about 9 cups cooked rice.
- You can adjust the quantity easily as long as you keep the ratio of 1 cup rice: 1 cup water. Cook time remains the same: pressure cook for 5 minutes, with 10 minutes natural release. The time it takes the Instant Pot to come to full pressure will change.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Rinse the rice. It makes all the difference. DO NOT USE INSTANT RICE.
I was apprehensive after reading comments about mushy rice. I went ahead and tried this exactly as stated and it turned out perfectly!!!
Rice in five minutes??? It’s possible and it was amazingly easy. (5min cook time and 10 min natural release)
Yes, this will definitely NOT work with instant rice, you are right about that! I’m glad you liked the recipe, thanks for taking the time to leave a comment!
One word; perfect.
So glad to hear it! Thanks Nikole!
Thank you. This makes perfect sticky rice. I noticed that when I make the same rice in a pot on the stove, it comes out more fluffy – not sticky. What changes can I make to get fluffy – not sticky rice in the Instant pot. I have already tried cutting the water a little with no success there.
Do you rinse it really well before cooking?
I came back to comment (again) on how wonderful this recipe is. I didn’t feel like cleaning out my instant pot so thought I could make rice on the stove like I used to do….NOPE! I’ve learned my lesson and will not deviate from instant pot jasmine rice!!
I’m so glad to hear it! :) This made me smile!
I’ve been making this rice recipe ever since I got my Instant Pot 3 months ago. Perfect rice every time! Thanks for the great recipe!
I’m so glad to hear it! Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment!
Rice was super hard.
Did you have your valve turned to seal and your rubber ring secured? The rice shouldn’t have been hard.
Came out perfect thank you so much I’m 17 and I just bought one and had no idea how to use it,this was a life saver
Oh I’m so glad! Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment, I really appreciate it!
I followed this very simple recipe (rinsed rice very well), 1 c. rice to 1 c. water and the rice turned out gummy. Yuck! This would be perfect sushi rice texture, though!
Was your instant pot seal in all the way? Did you use jasmine rice (not instant cooking rice)? Sorry it didn’t turn out for you.
Jasmine rice came out super mushy following this exact recipe. Would not try again. Very disappointing.
Sorry to hear that – did you rinse it super well?
Excellent recipe, I’ve been struggling with jazmin rice for a while, too much water, too little water, too hard… too mushy. Finally I can say o found the perfect way to make it! That you so much! My 5 years old is already eating it alone!
So glad you liked it! My daughter loves it too!