To rinse rice, I like to place it in a fine mesh strainer over a bowl. This step removes starches from the rice’s surface that can cause it to become super-sticky and gummy when cooked. To make this Instant Pot brown rice recipe, you’ll just need two ingredients: short-grain or long-grain brown rice and water.īefore you add the rice to the Instant Pot, make sure to rinse it thoroughly. How to Cook Brown Rice in the Instant Pot Try it once, and you’ll never cook brown rice any other way. Once you get it going, you can focus on making the rest of your meal without giving the rice a second thought, knowing that it’ll come out fluffy, tender, and perfectly cooked. But this Instant Pot brown rice recipe is almost entirely hands-off. It requires 40+ minutes of hovering nearby, nudging the heat up and down to keep the pot at a lively simmer.
Let’s be honest: cooking brown rice on the stove is no one’s favorite thing to do. If there’s one recipe that made me an Instant Pot convert, it was this Instant Pot brown rice.
