Pressure Cooker – Instant Pot Brown Rice
I love cooking brown rice in my electric pressure cooker. It’s set it and forget it easy. It cooks in half the time and you just throw the rice, water and a little salt in the pot, lock the lid in place, set the cook time and press start. When the timer beeps, you turn off the pressure cooker and wait for the pressure to naturally release.
When you open the lid all the water will be absorbed and you’ll have perfectly cooked, slightly sticky rice. Similar to rice cooked in a rice cooker or from an Asian restaurant.
The Cuisinart recipe booklet recommends cooking brown rice in a large amount of water. But the Veggie Queen in her new ebook The New Fast Food™: The Veggie Queen™ Pressure Cooks Whole Food Meals in Less than 30 Minutes recommends using only 1 1/2 cups of water for a cup of brown rice. I followed Jill’s guidelines with great results.
Jill sent me a copy of her ebook when she was guest posting about How to Cook Beans. I refer to it often when developing recipes for the electric pressure cooker. It’s a great resource and you can download it for only $12.95. She’s also generously offered to giveaway one copy to one lucky Pressure Cooker Today reader. Details on how to enter are at the bottom of this post.
If you’re not cooking rice in a pressure cooker, you need to give it a try. I intend to cook it that way from now on.
Making Rice in an Instant Pot
An Instant Pot is one of the most popular brands of electric pressure cookers. They are easy to use and your Instant Pot can help you create this delicious Rice! You can double or half this recipe without needing to change the cook time.
Though you can cook brown rice easily on the stove, using your Instant Pot means that you don’t need to even keep an eye on it. You will also save 20 plus minutes in the process!
Pressure Cooker Brown Rice
Ingredients
- 2 cup brown rice (I used short grain)
- 2 3/4 cups water
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
Combine the rice, water and salt in the pressure cooker pot. Lock the lid in place and select High Pressure and 22 minutes cook time. When beep sounds turn off pressure cooker and use a natural pressure release to release pressure (approximately 20 minutes). If you're in a hurry you can use a Natural Pressure for 10 minutes, followed by Quick Pressure Release.
When valve drops, carefully remove lid tilting it away from you. Fluff rice with a fork.
Notes
This recipe also works for brown basmati rice without any changes.
I have 6 ounces of long grain brown rice left. I have a 3 qt instant pot. Going to take a leapmof faith and use 14 ounces of water. Will post the results.
Hi Toni – that’s a lot of water for 6 ounces, typically I’d use 1.5 times the water to rice ratio for brown rice, so 6 ounces of rice and 9 ounces of water. Here’s more info on cooking rice https://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/how-to-make-rice-in-the-instant-pot/
Well this burned the ever loving crap out of my rice. I followed it exactly, so that’s fun.
Hi Brittany – if you burned your rice it’s because you didn’t have a proper seal on your pressure cooker. Either the gasket wasn’t in place properly or the steam release valve wasn’t closed. Your best option for cleaning the pot is to pressure cook it again with 3 cups of water in the pot for 10 minutes. Make sure you’ve got your gasket in place and that you’ve closed the steam release valve. If you see steam coming out the sides of the lid, you may need to replace your gasket.
Did you bring the pressure up to quick i use in a pressure cooker on an induction hop. bring to pressure slowly else you burn on the bottom of the cooke. Learnt that lesson with milk puddings years ago.
Thanks for the tip Derek. With electric pressure cookers, the pressure cooker controls how quickly it comes to pressure. Many have a low pressure cook setting however.
Hello! Looking forward to trying this however I soak my brown rice to remove phytic acid. Usually 15 hours. Would I have to reduce cooking time?
Thank you!
Hi Jimmy – I haven’t tried cooking soaked rice in the pressure cooker, but Wardee recommends 12 minutes https://traditionalcookingschool.com/food-preparation/perfect-soaked-rice-instantpot-or-any-pressure-cooker/
Using a Stove Top Fissler Pressure Cooker on a gas range.
When your direction say 22 minutes, is that from the time you turn on the stove or when you’ve reach 2 rings (highest temp)
Hi Anne – electric pressure cookers don’t start counting down the time until they’ve reached pressure. So 22 minutes is from the time your stovetop pressure cooker reaches pressure – typically a stovetop pressure cooker cooks a little faster, so I would reduce the cook time created for electric pressure cooker by 10%
You said set pressure cooker to high pressure. How do I select high or low pressure?
Hi Ramie – some electric pressure cookers, the Instant Pot LUX for example, only cook on high pressure so you don’t need to worry about changing the pressure level. What brand/model do you have?
Hi Barbara, I am confused. In the introduction to the recipe, you say that the Veggie Queen Jill recommends 1 1/2 Cups of water to 1 Cup of brown rice which would be 3 Cups of water to 2 Cups of rice but your recipe calls for 2 3/4 Cups for 2 Cups of rice. And to add to the confusion; the booklet that I got with my IP which you were a part of but I believe the rice recipes are from Laura Pazzaglia calls for 2 1/2 Cups of water for 2 Cups of rice. So that is 3 different ratios from 3 respected Instant Pot users. And if the recipe ratio is correct, it would be hard to half or double: how much water for 3 Cups of rice? Or am I over thinking?
Thanks for your site.
Hi Dougy – glad you’re enjoying my site. My recipe is based on Jill’s recommendations in here book, she suggests when doubling the rice recipe you decrease the water slightly. So if you were making 3 cups of rice, you could reduce the water amount a little bit more as well. Although if you used a little bit more or a little bit less water, you may find it more to your liking. Everyone likes their brown rice a little bit differently. Some like it softer and some like it with a little more chew.
Love your website and have found so many recipes for my ip. For the rice should I add more water or less if I don’t want it sticky? Thanks for all the hard work you do putting this site together.
I bought brown rice at an Asian market, it was highly recommended. However, when I brought it home, although the package says “Quick Cooking” , the instructions for pressure cooker or stove top, say “place in water and let stand for 30 minutes.” Does anyone use brown rice with this instruction? If so, have you tried making it without soaking the rice for 30 minutes?
Hi Betty – I haven’t seen that type of brown rice before. In addition to the 30 minutes soak time, do you also cook it?
On this page the brown rice to water ratio is 2 cups brown rice to 2 3/4 C. liquid (22 oz)
but on this page: https://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/how-to-make-rice-in-the-instant-pot/
the ratio is 1 cup brown rice, to 1 1/2 C. liquid (12 oz).
Typically doubling the quantity of rice simply means doubling the quantity of liquid. If applied in this case you’d use 24 rather than 22 oz of water for 2 cups of brown rice.
Is this a typo, or in doubling the quantity of brown rice do you actually need less water – 22 oz rather than 24 oz. I’m not trying to be picky but the correct rice to water ratio can make a real difference in perfectly cooked rice and less than perfect rice.
Thanks.
Hi, Jenn here! When I cook a double batch of brown rice (2 cups), I use 2 3/4 cups water. However, when I half the recipe, I don’t have a 3/8 cup measure, so I just use 1/2 cup. I don’t really notice a difference with such a small amount of water. If you want, though, you could use 1 3/8 cup and 1 cup brown rice with the same cook time. Hope this helps!
Hello I am going try my pressure cooker for the first time with this. A bag of rice is 2.5 cups so I was going to add a little under 3/4 cup to the water. What should I increase the cook time to? Thank you
Hi Heather – you don’t need to increase the cook time when you increase the volume in the pressure cooker. Generally, you’ll only increase the cook time if the thickness of the meat increases.
Hi Guys. . New to IP & thought I’d share my 2 day whole long-grain parboiled brown rice experiment as, thx to Barbara, I’ve found “my perfect” brown rice.
Her comment re converting pressure time for pink rice gave me hope & confidence for try2 as worked from the same stovetop 20 min. So much better . . just couldn’t stop! 🙂 So glad I didn’t give up on IP for rice!
?BROWN RICE try5 PIP
Uncle Ben’s whole long-grain brown rice (dry)parboiled (20 min stovetop)
PIP Ben’s : (rice:water) 1: 1 1 cup liner water 1 tsp butter/1/2 tsp salt
trivet 7”x3”round pan – no lid H 1 NPR 10 Stand 5 outside IP before fluffing
Add 8 oz rice evenly around pan. Pour 8 oz water slowly submerging all rice.
DO NOT STIR.
Add slivers cold butter & salt. Add 1 cup water to IP liner.
Cook. H 1 NPR 10. Let stand outside pot 5 min before fluffing. Serve or freeze.
All trials with 1 cup rice
first try (rice:water) 1:1 | H 12 | NPR 15 |
1.33 cup liner water – ok, a bit chalky
2nd try (rice:water) 1:1.25 | H 4 | NPR 15 |
1 cup liner water – good
3rd try (rice:water) 1:1 | H 3 | NPR 10 |
1 cup liner water – better
4th try (rice:water) 1:1 | H 2 | NPR 10 |
1 cup liner water – almost perfect
5th try (rice:water) 1:1 | H 1 | NPR 10 |
1 cup liner water – perfect!
Uncle Ben’s whole grain brown rice (long-grain parboiled rice) : my bag instructions for stovetop 20 minutes simmering, 5 standing. (Note stovetop directions as front bag looks same but from WMT 20 min & from Target 30 min.)
Cooked PIP 7”x3” round pan, no lid, on rack inside Instant Pot.
This was the best brown rice I’ve ever cooked! Fluffy, with a little stickiness, a little chewy! It was great!
Thanks so much Mary! I don’t cook brown rice any other way now. 🙂
You said to use a fork to fluff the rice but that may not be the best as it may scratch the non stick coating. All manuals warn against anything but plastic or wood.
Hi Jenny – if you have a non-stick pot you may want to use a rice paddle instead. Enjoy!
Barbara,
What would the ratio be when cooking brown (or white) rice in the new 3 quart mini.
Honestly, I’ve purchased but haven’t cooked anything yet. I am concerned, because I have trouble with my short term memory, that I will become distracted/forget to come back for the important steam release(s). I can forget when using my current rice cooker and my slow cooker because when done they automatically switch to warm. {sigh}
Hi Billie – no need to worry, the IP 3 quart Mini will automatically switch to warm as well. You don’t need to make any changes when you make this recipe in the Mini. In fact as long as you don’t fill the pot more than 2/3’s full (1/2 full with things that foam such as oats), you don’t need to make any changes to any of my recipes when using the 3 quart. Have fun!
brown rice is the only kind we make. I’m hoping that it comes out better in the pressure cooker than it does using the conventional stovetop method. Have the pot on right now!
We love brown rice in the pressure cooker! It’s so much tastier that way!
I followed your directions exactly. I doubled this recipe so that I could freeze some for quick meals. The rice came out perfectly! Thanks so much for sharing your recipes!
Thanks Aubri! So nice to hear that it worked well for you when you doubled it. It’s a great idea to have it ready in the freezer.
Rice is in pressure cooker now.
Great – enjoy!
I am going to try this recipe tonight for supper, sounds nice and easy.
Looking forward to trying this!
Thanks Tony – the pressure cooker really is the best way to cook brown rice.
That’s absurd. That’s how long short grain brown rice cooks without pressure.
Hi David – I never get tender brown rice in that short a cook time on the stove. The cook time in this recipe is 45 minutes plus 10 to 15 minutes rest time. So it’s definitely shorter. http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-cook-brown-rice-113856
This was the first time I’d used my pressure cooker for rice and it was great. Just another reason to love my pressure cooker! Thanks!!
I just got the Cuisinart pressure cooker and tried the brown rice tonight. It didn’t really save me any time and it was very sticky and clumpy. I guess it depends how you like your rice. I normally cook mine like pasta for 30 minutes and then rinse and saute in the pan for another 5. This also helps reduce the arsenic that is found in a lot of brown rice.
Hi Michele – definitely use the method works best for you. Thanks for sharing.
This makes making brown rice so easy! I didn’t like brown rice until this method. Thank you!
Thanks Tiffany – it really is the best way to make brown rice.
Thanks for the quick answer. I’ll be trying your recipe very soon in my Bella 6qt. And do 2 cups of rice. Just 2 of us, but I like freezing the leftovers using the foodsaver.
Page 32 of the Instant Pot Pressure Cooker Recipe Booklet (2nd Ed.) suggests a 1:1.25 (or 2:2.50) brown rice/water ratio cooked on High for 22~28 min as opposed to your 1:1.375 (or 2:2.75) for 22 minutes. Is your recipe exclusively specific to the Cuisinart Pressure Cooker or is it universal? Would I be correct to assume that 2.75C of water (or broth) instead of 2.5C might produce a mushier rice in the IP Duo-60, or should I adopt your rice/water ratio, but cook my brown rice for 28 minutes to get a drier rice that doesn’t stick together? Thanks.
Hi Andre – I use this recipe in my Instant Pot Duo all the time and it turns out great. The perfect rice is different for every one, but you get a mushier rice with more water. Rather than a longer cook time, I’d do a longer natural release – when the rice steams and finishes cooking.
Hi Barbara, have you tried sprouted brown rice? Any suggestions for water and cooking time?
Hi Kim – I haven’t tried sprouted brown rice. I asked a friend and she said 1 3/4 cup per 1 cup sprouted rice on the stove, so you’d need less than that in the pressure cooker. I’d probably start with 2 1/2 cups water and a 15 minute cook time and see how it goes.
I just made this and it came out perfect!!! YUM!
Great! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Looking for low carb items with variety. I have had good luck with beans but the times vary so much.
Hi Bob – have you tried this https://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/black-bean-sweet-potato-quinoa-chicken-chili/
Hi, Barbara. I’m having difficulty finding any cooking times specific to brown basmati rice. Is it the same as regular brown rice? Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks!
Hi Lisa – the cook time should be the same for brown basmati rice too. Enjoy!
I throw a tablespoon of butter in pressure cooker on sauté and brown the rice a bit before I add water and salt. It adds a little dimension to the flavor. And this is exactly the recipe that I use for amounts and time to cook. What could be easier??
Hi Lois – I’ll often toast grains before I cook them too. You’re right, it does add more flavor. Thanks for sharing.
I like to combine white and brown rice 1 to 1. Do you think I can cook that combo using your recipe above or should I use less time. Thank you for posting this. Rice has been sketchy for me in the IP.
Hi Sue – white rice only cooks for 3 minutes and brown rice cooks for 22 minutes in the pressure cooker, so I would probably cook them separately and then combined them for best results.
Mine cooked today in 15 minutes
I think For my 18 months kid it’s difficult to chew the sticky brown rice. So I think I need to set more than 22 minutes to cook. Thanks for any suggestions for a smooth brown rice…
I’m used to regular rice (I’m Puerto Rican so that’s a big thing for us) and I’m concerned that the brown rice will come out still chewy or too sticky. How does it come out making it in the pressure cooker?
I only cooked enough for three people. Me and my children. I cooked mine in 15 minutes.
This works so well. When I decided to switch our family from white rice to brown rice I was a little dismayed about the extra steps that went into cooking brown rice. But now I’ve got this “recipe” down and am happy about how fluffy it is!
Thanks Shawna – I love how quick and easy the pressure cooker makes great brown rice too.
This doesn’t make sense regarding cooking brown rice in a pressure cooker.
“When beep sounds turn off pressure cooker and use a natural pressure release to release pressure (approximately 20 minutes). If you’re in a hurry you can use a Natural Pressure for 10 minutes, followed by Quick Pressure Release.”
I think you meant to say, “If you’re in a hurry, you can use the Quick Pressure Release.” This does not take 10 minutes either, but releases the pressure completely in around 30 seconds.
Hi Don – no, you need to wait at least 10 minutes for the rice to steam before you quick release it. So you either wait until all the pressure is released naturally, or let the rice steam for 10 minutes and then release the remaining pressure. With rice, steaming without pressure really is a critical step. Thanks for the question.
I love brown rice and eat them every meals. Your recepi for electric pressure cooker for brown rice is perfect. Make my cooking easy. I am also a vegetarian and will look into your cook book with pressure cooker on line.
Thank you,
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Hello. We added brown rice, water and salt according the directions, but the texture was hard to chew and tasted grainy and there was still water floating around. Our rice cooker is malfunctioning and it took the rice cooker 1 hour and 10 minutes to cook brown rice. My mom told me to cook the brown rice overall for 1 hour in the pressure cooker. And we have nice, soft, tasty rice with just the right amount of moisture. i was a little surprised that we had to cook the rice the same time as when we used our rice cooker.
Hi Steve- I cooked this recipe many times and the rice always comes out perfect. Brown rice should not take 1 hour in the pressure cooker. What type of pressure cooker are you using? Are you sure it came to pressure? Did you do a natural release for at least 10 minutes?
we have a power cooker it might be the xl model. we cooked it for an hour then there is no option but to release all the steam and pressure which takes less than a minute. I found there’sa rice button. infomercial says it takes 10 min to cook ill try that.
the default pressure is 70 kPa whic we used
Thanks for brown rice recipe.
Thanks for hosting e book give away.
Well, using the rice button the rice took an hour too. In the middle cooking the water disappeared so i added more water and then at the end it came out too dry. We’ll just keep using the normal pressure cook setting for an hour. It doesn’t bug us about the time length and I’m gonna go off to eat now!
Hi Steve – I’m wondering if your pressure cooker isn’t cooking properly. You may want to do a water test and see how much evaporation you get in 10 minutes. It should only be about 4%.
Hi…I am new to this world of pressure cooking and love it so far. Your brown rice recipe was the best we have ever had!! So…what if I wanted to make a larger batch? Could I double the recipe? And, if so, do I double the time?
Thanks! Yes, you should be able to double the recipe without increasing the cook time. Just don’t exceed the maximum fill level.
8/12/2015
Hello Pressurecookingtoday.com,
This is the most easy and delicious pressure cooker recipe I have ever tried, and please believe me as a male who loves to cook, I have tried many pressure cooker brown rice recipes.
All I can add is kudos and bravo for posting this great pressure cooker brown rice recipe, and many thanks as well for the chance to enter your Veggie Queen’s e book giveaway!
I wish everyone good luck in this giveaway, and please keep posting your great recipes, as I truly look forward to many more.
I’m so excited to have an electric pressure cooker. The cookbook that came with it is very limited, so I would be thrilled to win this cookbook so I can get cookin.
Sorry Joy the giveaway has ended. Enjoy your pressure cooker.
Hi – I just bought a pressure cooker yesterday and for my first test, I wanted to cook rice. I was disappointed in the manufacturers recipe (adding oil and an unusually high volume of water) so I took to the web and found yours. Perfect!! I followed the instructions to the letter and the rice came out just wonderful. Thank you for posting this.
Welcome to the world of pressure cooker Karen! I’m so glad you found my site and that your rice came out perfect. Have fun!
Thank you for this! I have followed the directions on my pressure cooker’s booklet over and over and my rice turns out like a blob. I tried your way and it worked perfectly.
2 cups of rice and only 2 3/4 cups of water??. Is that correct?.
Hi Lori – Yes, that’s correct. You don’t need as much liquid when you cook it in the pressure cooker.
Sorry, I meant brown jasmine rice
Hi Marci – yes, I think the cook time should be the same for brown jasmine rice. Let me know how it goes.
I did the exact same instructions for my brown jasmine rice and it was perfect! Probably my favorite brown rice ever.
Should I follow the same instructions for brown basmati rice?
Did you ever get an answer? That is also my question. Thanks
Hi Irahs – yes, Marci did get an answer 🙂 See above – “Sorry, I meant brown jasmine rice.” I said “the cook time should be the same for brown jasmine rice. Let me know how it goes.” And she replied back “I did the exact same instructions for my brown jasmine rice and it was perfect! Probably my favorite brown rice ever.” I believe the cook time for brown basmati rice should be the same as well. Please let us know.
Damn it. I KNEW a that wasn’t enough water. Burned.
Hi Kathy – sorry you had problems making the rice. I’ve made the rice many times in several electric pressure cookers and it’s perfect ever time for me. What type of pressure cooker are you using?
You are right! This recipe created the very best brown rice we have ever had. Excellent!
Thanks Andi – pressure cooking is the only way I cook rice now.
Just purchased 8 qt WPUCK PC & am anxious to try ur recipes. Thanx, joan
Congratulations! Enjoy!
Hi Barbara! I found this recipe through your white rice recipe. That one specifies that the rice is rinsed; is it the same case with the brown rice here? Also, are there any changes to the water amount between different kinds of grains, i.e. would medium or long grain take less/more water than short? Thanks!
Hi Vic! Rice that requires longer cooking times will need slightly more water. Rinsing the rice helps so the rice is a little more fluffy. So unless you’re cooking a rice that you don’t want fluff, rinsing is always a good idea. Good questions. Thanks!
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interesting, right now I am investigating pressure cookers, start student teaching in January – need meals FAST! This book would be great since I have zero recipes. I follow another person that tweeted about this site! So I am a newbie!
Welcome! The pressure cooker is definitely the perfect way to make healthy meals fast. On Sunday, December 9, I’m going to host another pressure cooker giveaway! So be sure and stop back by.
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This is excellent! I’ve been searching for a while for a good brown rice recipe to use with my pressure cooker. Thanks! (The book looks great as well)
This book looks great! I have to admit that I have never made rice in the pressure cooker without it being combined with other ingredients. I’m excited to try that!
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My new pressure cooker arrived Tuesday night. Today I’m going to make something in it for the first time. Will think about the brown rice.
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I don’t have a pressure cooker, but my sister does, she loves making beans. Your rice sounds delicious.
I’m trying this for dinner tonight!
I need to eat more brown rice. I never think to stock it as I always have white. Thanks for this as I know it is better nutritionally for me.
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Yesterday, I cooked brown rice (1 cup, 1.5 cup water) and lentils (1cup, 3 cups water)in my pressure cooker but i didnt want them to marry and mush just yet so I cooked the lentils in a stainless steal bowl on a trivet and cooked the brown rice on the bottom of the pressure cooker. Both were done in 6 mins! Once they were done, I mixed the rice and lentils together and carmalized an onion to top it off, plus I added some Greek yogurt. It was so delishous, healthy and QUICK! I Love pressure cooking!
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Hi Andrea – so great that you’re helping in NYC. Such a tragic situation. Take care!
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I’ll be trying this. I’m new to pressure cooking and so far my brown rice has been way too moist.
I always make brown rice with my PC. One way to reduce the stickiness is to wash the rice ahead of time in a mesh colander. The brown rice always comes out fluffy and delicious.
Great tip. I’ll try that next time. Thanks!
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I love cooking brown rice in the PC. So easy and so delicious!
I bought a rice cooker before I got my first pressure cooker. I only use my pressure cookers now — my rice cooker is at my granddaughters where she uses it for the breakfast oatmeal. I cook my rice in one of my pressure cookers. I love it for risotto!
I gave away my rice cooker too. It was always burning the bottom layer of rice. I’d love for you to share your favorite risotto recipe.
I am new to this pressure cooking but am learning all the time. When my mother moved to CO she started having to use it because of the altitude. She then purchased one for me and I do enjoy the convenience of this way of cooking.
Hi Jennifer – so nice of your mom to buy one for you too. She must have really loved cooking with it to want to share it with you. What kind do you have?