Instant Pot Lemon Rice Pilaf Recipe
This Instant Pot lemon rice pilaf can be made in less than 20 minutes and is an ideal side dish or base for bowls.
Serving6 peopl
Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoon butter
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- ½ cup chopped onion
- 2 cups long grain rice
- 1 ¾ cup chicken broth
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon salt
- fresh parsley, chopped (optional)
Instructions
- Using the sauté feature on your Instant Pot, melt your butter and sauté garlic and chopped onion in the butter until the garlic begins to turn a golden brown and onions become translucent (about 5 minutes).
- Add rice and continue stirring until rice is coated in butter and begins to turn clear.
- Add chicken broth, lemon juice, and salt, and stir it until mixed.
- Place your lid on and set it to sealing.
- Use your "rice" setting, or set it manually, for 12 minutes.
- Let it release naturally for 10 minutes after your 12 minutes is up.
- After 10 minutes, do a quick release (there shouldn't be much steam left).
- Stir in your fresh parsley, and top with more lemon juice as desired.
Notes
- We recommend rinsing your rice before cooking. Just rinsing in cold water in a bowl for a few minutes works great.
- Freeze dried garlic is great for this recipe and rehydrates really fast in the butter! Fresh works as well, but if you’re looking to avoid a smelly garlic kitchen, we use our freeze dried garlic almost every single day!
- Make sure your butter heats up before you add your rice and garlic. This will keep your rice from starting to cook in the butter, and just saute it a little before cooking in the broth.
- We like cooking our rice in the butter and lemon juice for a great flavor. Fresh lemon juice tastes the best and you can use the zest to top your rice afterwards.
- We like to add our lemon juice before we add our chicken broth and give it a good stir to make sure every piece of rice is really coated in lemon. I’m not sure if this makes a huge difference, but so far we have loved it!
- You’ll need at least one cup of liquid for each one cup of rice, but this recipe can easily be doubled. Just make sure to double your liquid.
- Make sure your valve is set to “sealing’ before you set your timer, otherwise your Instant Pot won’t pressurize and your rice won’t cook (speaking from experience!)
Nutrition
Calories: 270 kcal · Carbohydrates: 52 g · Protein: 5 g · Fat: 4 g · Saturated Fat: 3 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 1 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 1 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 10 mg · Sodium: 676 mg · Potassium: 159 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 1 g · Vitamin A: 119 IU · Vitamin C: 10 mg · Calcium: 27 mg · Iron: 1 mg