Can “quick cook” brown rice be cooked in an Instant Pot?
I have a package of “quick cook brown rice, and I am hoping I can cook it with my 2 quart Instant Pot. Will this work? How long should I cook it, what pressure level should I use, and what release should I use?
I’ve been able to find plenty of good information on cooking rice that is just normal raw rice or soaked, but not on “quick cook” rice.
Here is the package in question:
Best Answer
Instant or Quick Cook rice (whether white or brown) is partially precooked, meaning part of the cooking time is already completed to cut down on the wait time for the end user. So it can be cooked more or less the same way you would regular rice in an Instant Pot... just for less time.
There's a blog post that goes into a great deal of detail about parboiled rice in an Instant Pot, but the instructions boil down to:
Parboiled White Rice: pressure cook on High Pressure for 6 minutes.
Parboiled Brown Rice: Pressure cook on High Pressure for 8 minutes.
Once pressure cooking is complete, do a natural pressure release (NPR) or a 15-minute natural release if you're short on time.
Well-known brand Minute Rice has a shorter time recommendation:
Brown Rice: Use equal amounts of rice and liquid. Stir. Use the “manual” setting with High Pressure. Set timer for 5 minutes. When cooking time has elapsed, use the “Quick Release” to vent all the steam. Remove lid and fluff rice. Serve.
It looks like in the case of Minute Brown Rice, the stovetop cook time is 10 minutes, so an Instant Pot on High Pressure would cut the cook time in half. Since your rice's instructions call for 15 minutes, an 8 minute cook time would be more appropriate.
Pictures about "Can “quick cook” brown rice be cooked in an Instant Pot?"
Can you use instant brown rice in Instant Pot?
Can you prepare Minute\xae Instant Rice in an Instant Pot? Yes it's easy to cook Minute\xae Instant White and Brown Rice in an Instant Pot.Can you use Quick Cook rice in a rice cooker?
Instant Rice can also be cooked in an Instant Pot or rice cooker by following the same rule of thumb for the liquid to rice ratio \u2013 learn how: Stir water and rice. Use the \u201cManual\u201d setting with High Pressure. Set the timer for 1 minute (white rice) or 5 minutes (brown rice).How do I cook 5 Minute rice in an Instant Pot?
Close the lid, set the valve to \u201csealing,\u201d and press the manual (pressure cook) button. Adjust the time to 5 minutes. After the timer beeps, open the valve to complete a quick pressure release. Carefully open the lid, and use a fork to fluff the rice.What is quick cooking brown rice?
Quick cooking brown rice is a unique type of brown rice which cooks just like white rice (after soaked in water for 20 minutes) with the same benefits of regular brown rice. Grown and milled in California. Kosher certified.Can - Mother Sky (1970) [HQ]
Sources: Stack Exchange - This article follows the attribution requirements of Stack Exchange and is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Images: Momo King, Shuxuan Cao, Tom Adabi, Yan Krukov