Name: Instant Pot Mushroom Rice
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1½ cups long grain white rice; 5-6 chives, minced (or 2 green onions); 1½ cups sliced or diced mushrooms; 2 teaspoon dried oregano; 3 tablespoon olive oil or butter; 1½ cups broth (any kind, bone broth is best)

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This Instant Pot mushroom rice pilaf recipe is a flavorful side dish you can add to your rotation of weeknight dinner recipes! It's easy, fast and can be served with many main dishes.

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My grandma made mushroom pilaf quite often when I was growing up and I absolutely loved it. She'd serve it with moist salt and pepper chicken thighs and a salad or green peas to make a complete meal. It was comfort food that tasted amazing but also felt good in my belly.

So, naturally, I like to cook a similar mushroom rice recipe and decided an Instant Pot version would be easy enough. It was! It's now in my collection of dependable Instant Pot recipes.

I really like that there are only a few simple flavors in this dish, but they all work so well together. We don't eat it often because my husband doesn't do rice very well, but I enjoy it once in a while when he's away on a work trip!

This is a perfect hearty side dish that goes well with many main dishes. Pork chops, sausage, steak, chicken, and more! Or simply mix in some diced chicken to make this the main dish!

mushroom rice, chicken and peas on a plate

What is Pilaf?

Pilaf is made by toasting the rice with butter, then cooking it in broth instead of plain water. Because of this, it's much more nutrient dense and flavorful than plain rice.

Is Mushroom Rice Healthy?

All of the ingredients in this recipe are whole foods.

Rice - Rice is more easily tolerated by some than others, so that's a personal thing. Brown rice is typically harder to digest since it contains the bran and some anti-nutrients. Since we eat rice very rarely we choose white since it's easier on the gut (and my husband is recovering from major gut issues!). Most white rice has been enriched and contains a decent amount of folate, manganese, thiamin and selenium, plus smaller amounts of quite a few more nutrients.

Mushrooms - In general, mushrooms are a good source of fibre, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants! Because of this, they can help boost your immune system, fight disease, and improve heart, digestive and skin health. They are definitely an underrated food! You can use any (edible) mushroom in this recipe.

Broth - For the healthiest option, I recommend homemade bone broth, which is full of collagen, B vitamins, amino acids, essential fatty acids and some minerals. It's very simple to make, especially if you have an Instant Pot. Otherwise, feel free to use beef broth, chicken broth or vegetable broth (preferably homemade), which will still be a good source of nutrients.

rice in a serving dish with chives and mushrooms around

Tips for Making Instant Pot Mushroom Rice

Rinse the rice with cold water! Make sure the water runs clear, this will indicate that you've rinsed away all the extra starch, which if left on could make the rice gluey.
You could skip the saueting, but that extra 5 minutes adds a lot of flavor to the dish, so in my opinion, it's worth it!
Use any variety of edible mushrooms. Cremini, white button and portobello mushrooms seem to be the most widely available at grocery stores and all work great.

Is This Recipe Vegan?

This recipe isn't vegan, but a few easy swaps can be made to make it so. Use vegan butter or olive oil in place of the butter and use vegetable stock for the cooking liquid. That's it!

Tools You May Need

Instant pot

Cutting board

Wooden spoon

How to Make Instant Pot Mushroom Rice

Ingredients:

1½ cups long grain white rice
5-6 chives, minced (or 2 green onions)
1½ cups sliced or diced mushrooms
2 teaspoon dried oregano
3 tablespoon olive oil or butter
1½ cups broth (any kind, bone broth is best)

Instructions:

Rinse rice well in cold water. This step helps to get rid of extra starches that can make the rice gluey.

Pour the rinsed rice into your Instant Pot, along with chives, mushrooms, oregano and oil.

mushroom rice ingredients in an instant pot

Turn on the saute mode and saute for 5 minutes, stirring often to scrape up any browned bits (aka extra flavor!) and so the rice doesn't stick to the bottom of the pot.

Pour broth into the Instant Pot and stir to combine.

Place the lid on and set the steam release valve to the sealing position.

Turn on the rice setting on low pressure and allow it to cook. You could also set the cooking time manually at low pressure for 15 minutes or at high pressure for 4 minutes.

instant pot set to the rice mode at low pressure

Allow a natural release of the pressure (aka don't do anything!) for 10 minutes once cooking is complete, then turn the pressure valve to venting with a spoon (or another utensil) and open the lid once the remaining pressure has been released.

Fluff the rice with a fork and season with salt and black pepper to taste. Serve hot!

How to Store Instant Pot Mushroom Rice

Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days. Saute for a few minutes in a pan with some butter or olive oil to reheat.

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