Name: Instant Pot Chicken Fried Rice Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 2 cups white rice (rinsed); 2 cups water; 3 Tablespoons toasted sesame oil; 1 small onion (finely diced); 10 ounces frozen peas and carrots mixture; 1½ pounds diced cooked chicken; 1 Tablespoon butter; 4 eggs ( lightly beaten); 2 Tablespoons lite soy sauce; 1 Tablespoon sesame seeds; salt and pepper, to taste; sliced green onions (optional garnish); sesame seeds (optional garnish)

Chicken fried rice is a favorite dish of mine, and this Instant Pot chicken fried rice recipe is amazing. It has the delicious soy sauce base for the rice and all of those tasty veggies too, and of course the chicken!

Can you imagine a world without this Instant Pot chicken fried rice recipe? You might say yes now, but not after you try it! This is the best Instant Pot chicken fried rice recipe you will find.

Instant Pot Chicken Fried Rice in a bowl with a wooden spoon

With this Instant Pot fried rice recipe you will taste the perfect balance of the soy sauce and the sesame oil that make this dish stand out. It truly is just that good!

Not to mention, when you use our Instant Pot shredded chicken recipe to prepare for this easy chicken fried rice recipe, you will cut down on all the mess and the time you need to make our fried rice.

If you don’t happen to have an Instant Pot, you can still enjoy some delicious fried rice with our Chinese chicken fried rice recipe. Some people might even say better than take out. It’s me, I’m some people. 😉 You can serve either of these tasty fried rice recipes with our baked avocado eggs rolls and find yourself full and happy!

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Ingredients for Instant Pot Chicken Fried Rice

Ingredients You Need to For Our Instant Pot Chicken Fried Rice Recipe:

White rice
Water
Tsted sesame oil
Finely diced onion
Frozen peas and carrots mixture
Diced (or shredded) cooked chicken
Butter
Eggs
Lite soy sauce
Sesame seeds
Salt
Pepper
Sliced green onions
Sesame seeds

How To Make Our Instant Pot Chicken Fried Rice Recipe:

When you are ready to make this Instant Pot chicken recipe, first make sure to have cooked your chicken as this recipe does not use raw chicken.

Then, rice your white rice and then place it in the bottom of the Instant Pot and add in the water.

Now place the lid on top and turn the valve to the SEALING position and press the MANUAL or PRESSURE COOk button and set the timer to 4 minutes.

When the time is up, let the Instant Pot do a natural release of the pressure for 10 minutes and then turn the valve to the VENTING position afterwards to release any remaining pressure.

Take off the lid and fluff the rice up a bit and then remove the rice from the inner pot and store it in a bowl and cover it with tinfoil and press the CANCEL button.

Carefully remove the inner pot and give it a quick rinse to remove any remaining rice particles and then place it back in the Instant Pot.

Now add the toasted sesame oil to the Instant Pot and press the SAUTE button.

After the oil gets hot, add in the diced onion and let it saute for about 2 minutes.

Vegetables and chicken in the Instant Pot

Next you need to add in the frozen peas and carrots, shredded chicken, and the butter to the Instant Pot and let it cook for another 2 minutes, making sure to stir it and scraping the bottom of the pot.

When the 2 minutes is up, scrape the ingredients to one side of the pan and then pour in the beaten eggs.

Carefully stir the eggs while they cook and become like scrambled eggs.

Veggies, Chicken and Eggs in the Instant Pot

Once they reach the scrambled egg consistency, fold the rest of the ingredients into the eggs and continue cooking everything together until it is all warm.

Now, turn the Instant Pot off by pressing the CANCEL button and then add the cooked rice, soy sauce, sesame seeds, salt and pepper to the pot and mix it all together.

Close up of Instant Pot Chicken Fried Rice in a bowl with a wooden spoon

Then serve it in a bowl with the sliced green onion and sesame seeds for garnish and dig in!

To Make Our Instant Pot Chicken Recipe You Will Need:

Instant Pot
Wooden spatula
Yogurt strainer or mesh strainer (THIS works great for rinsing the rice)
Bowl

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Do You Normally Rinse Rice?

For this recipe we make sure to rinse the rice! It is not always super convenient but it is worth the hassle. Do you normally rinse your rice before you cook it?

Well Real Simple goes over why you should rinse your rice and how to do it. You might not think it will make a difference, but it truly does! So be sure not to skip this step to make the best chicken fried rice.

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Serves: 6