Instant Pot Jasmine Rice

Perfect and tasty instant pot jasmine rice can be done in few minutes! Also, this recipe has a video and tips for how to cook perfect jasmine rice in an instant pot pressure cooker.Lots of Asian dishes serve with jasmine rice such as white cut chicken, Thai red curry, Thai green curry, Thai style ground pork, kung pao chicken and scrambled eggs and shrimp. Therefore, knowing how to cook tasty and perfect rice is very important.

What is jasmine rice?

Jasmine rice is a long grain. In Chinese, literally means Thai fragrant rice or Thai aromatic rice.

Besides, it has aroma compounds and will disappear with in a few months. Therefore, most people prefer each year freshly harvested new crop.

After the rice is cooked, it’s moist, soft and slightly sweet flavor.

Where is Jasmine rice come from?

Most of jasmine rice is grown from Thailand and Thailand’s jasmine rice is very famous and popular.

Instant pot vs rice cooker to cook jasmine rice?

Most Asians cook rice in a rice cooker and I used to use rice cooker too. However, once I used instant pot pressure cooker to cook rice. I will never go back to use my rice cooker because instant pot does make the rice taste even better and still keep the aroma of rice and moisture.

What is the ratio of rice to water?

Normally, when I cook rice, I don’t measure the water. I just use my hand and finger to feel for it.

However, a friend ask me how much water she should put in an instant pot to cook jasmine rice. And, I find out the best is to use 1:1 ratio which means 1 cup of rice use 1 cup of water. Then, the rice will come out perfectly.

Cooking tips for how to cook perfect jasmine rice in instant pot:

• Wash, rinse and drain the rice very well
• Add rice into the instant pot and add water. The best ratio is 1:1. For example, 3 cups of rice needs 3 cups of water
• Make sure to level the rice and all covered by water
• Manual and adjust time for 6 minutes and natural release pressure

FAQs:

Should you rinse jasmine rice?

Yes, wash and rinse couple of times. But, don’t need to soak it before cooking

How long should cook jasmine rice?

If you use rice cooker average takes 20-30mins.

If you use instant pot people normally manual for 5-6minutes. I like to use 6 minutes because sometimes I am in rush, I will do quick release after manual 6 minutes and the rice perfectly cooked.

Instructions for how to cook perfect instant pot jasmine rice:

1.Wash and rinse 3 cups of uncooked rice a couple time. Then, use a fine strainer to drain the water very well. After, add the uncooked rice into instant pot .
2.Add 3 cups of water and level off the rice and make sure rice is covered by water. Then, close the lid and vent. Push manual button, adjust time for 6 minutes at high pressure and natural release pressure.Enjoy this simple and tasty instant pot jasmine rice recipe! Check out these dishes sweet and sour pork, mapo tofu, beef & broccoli because they also serve well with jasmine rice.

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