Instant Pot Creamy Chicken And Rice
If you’re looking for an easy weekday meal, look no further than this Instant Pot creamy chicken and rice recipe. It cooks up quickly. Best of all, the only clean up is the Instant Pot insert. Make it with your favorite veggies. I’ve made it with carrot sticks as you can see in the images for this post, as well as with broccoli and even green beans. Use whatever your family likes and what you have on hand.
Instant Pot Creamy Chicken And Rice
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp. cooking oil
- 2 piece chicken breast cut into bite sized chunks
- 1 tsp chopped garlic
- 1 tsp salt
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- 1 cup uncooked rice (washed)
- 1 cup chicken broth (or 1 tsp chicken base + 1 cup water)
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 2 cups vegetables
Instructions
- Set pressure cooker to sauté mode. Once hot, heat cooking oil. Add garlic, salt, pepper and cut chicken. Stir until chicken is about half cooked.
- Add uncooked rice, chicken broth. Mix well. Cover and set pressure cooker to cook on high pressure for 8 - 10 minutes. Allow longer if using brown rice.
- Quick release. Add cream, stir.
- Add your favorite vegetables. We like green beans, broccoli, or carrot sticks. Cover and cook on high pressure for another 2 minutes.
- Quick release, serve hot.
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