Perfect Instant Pot White Jasmine Rice Recipe
Making White Jasmine Rice in Instant Pot has become my favorite cooking method. It gives perfect results every time and is hands-off. Once you try the instant pot jasmine rice recipe, you will not return to another method.
Servings: 6 people
Equipment
- Instant Pot
Ingredients
- 2 cups uncooked white Jasmine rice
- 2-3 drops lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Place uncooked white Jasmine rice in a fine-mesh strainer. Rinse with cold water until the water runs clear, then drain well.
- Rinsing helps remove extra starch and keeps the rice from getting foamy and messy. It also helps the rice absorb the water better, making it fluffy.
- Add the rinsed rice to the inner insert of a 3-quart Instant Pot.
- Add 2 cups of water, lemon juice, oil, and salt, and stir gently.
- Close the lid of the instant pot. Set the valve to the sealing position.
- Press PRESSURE COOK and set the timer to 4 minutes at high pressure.
- Instant pot will take some time (8-10 minutes) to build the steam, and then it will start the cooking process.
- Once the cooking time is complete, let the steam release on its own for 10 minutes.
- Release the remaining steam by moving the valve to the venting position.
- Once the steam is released, open the lid and fluff the rice gently using a fork. Serve hot.
- Tip – Don’t leave the cooked rice in the instant pot at the KEEP WARM setting. The rice will continue to cook and might get burned. Remove the inner pot as soon as the rice is cooked.
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Notes
You can easily double the recipe; the time of cooking will remain the same.
I made 2 cups of raw rice in my 3-quart instant pot and got approximately 6 cups of cooked rice.
You can cook up to 3 cups of rice in a 3-quart instant pot. If you are scaling the recipe even more, then use a 6-quart instant pot.
You can also half the recipe, that is cook just 1 cup of rice.
Lemon juice, oil, and salt are totally optional but they make the rice extra fluffy, non-sticky, and whiter.
Never soak Jasmine rice like other regular rice varieties because it is naturally soft and if soaked, it will become mushy after cooking.
Nutrition
Calories: 225kcal | Carbohydrates: 49g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 395mg | Potassium: 71mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 1mg
