Here’s a fantastic collection of healthy Instant Pot Chicken and Rice recipes, that use whole ingredients, with no canned cream soups. Using your pressure cooker to make these one-pot chicken and rice casseroles ensures you’ll have dinner on the table in less than 30 minutes.
Rice and Chicken is the ultimate comfort food for many of us, no matter which culture we grew up in. I love making Rice recipes anyway because of how inexpensive and how easy they are.
And of course, finding healthy chicken recipes seems like a constant quest for many of us! Quick and easy dinners can sometimes get repetitive so getting some variety into your chicken recipes is always a good thing.
While I have instructions on how to make perfect pressure cooker rice, sometimes you just want a one-pot rice meal . This collection of recipes for Healthy Instant pot Rice and chicken casseroles will be one you reach for again and again.
The Best Healthy Instant Pot Chicken & Rice Recipes
Healthy Instant Pot Recipes that are easy to make, and even easier to enjoy with the whole family. These Chicken and Rice casseroles make a great one-pot meal for weeknights.
Instant Pot Pressure Cooker Chicken Biryani
Here’s how to make an authentic-tasting pressure cooker chicken biryani in the Instant Pot –without dirtying every dish in the house. This is a great Indian Instant Pot recipe to rry, and it is very popular amongst my readers. I use chicken thighs in this recipe.
Instant Pot Barley and Chicken Soup
Make the most comforting meal in a fraction of the time with this Instant Pot Barley and Chicken Soup recipe. It’s chicken and barley soup made fast!
Instant Pot Arroz Con Pollo
This Pressure Cooker Arroz Con Pollo recipe is a simple chicken and rice recipe that is bound to make the whole family happy. It’s a delicious Mexican recipe that’s bursting with flavor and is crazy addictive, so be prepared to make this dish on a regular basis.
Instant Pot One Step Hainanese Chicken Rice
One-step One Pot, Less than 5 ingredients, and you’ve got some pretty authentic tasting Hainanese Chicken Rice from your pressure cooker. It’s this lovely ginger-flavored rice with chicken that is utter comfort food.
Pressure Cooker Chicken Congee
Simple and easy Hong Kong Style Instant Pot Chicken and Rice Congee is such a comforting dish on a cold day–or really any day at all. A few simple ingredients in your pressure cooker and you have a jook recipe that you can personalize and vary to your heart’s content. You can use frozen chicken in the Instant pot for this recie without changing anything.
Kashmiri Yakhni Pulao | Instant Pot Recipe
Kashmiri Yakhni Pulao is full of delicious spices like garlic, cinnamon, cardamom, and cloves and they all come together beautifully in the chicken. The rice is cooked separately in the chicken broth at the end, making it much more flavorful than plain white rice.
Caldo de Pollo + Video
This Caldo de Pollo recipe, or Mexican chicken and rice soup, is a deliciously warming soup that’s bursting with Mexican flavors! It makes a great appetizer course to a Mexican dinner or as a main course. You can use frozen chicken in the Instant pot for this recipe without changing anything, and you can also use chicken breast in this soup.
The Best Healthy Instant Pot Chicken & Rice Recipes
Healthy Instant Pot Recipes that are easy to make, and even easier to enjoy with the whole family. These Chicken and Rice casseroles make a great one-pot meal for weeknights.
Instant Pot Pressure Cooker Chicken Biryani
Here’s how to make an authentic-tasting pressure cooker chicken biryani in the Instant Pot –without dirtying every dish in the house. This is a great Indian Instant Pot recipe to rry, and it is very popular amongst my readers. I use chicken thighs in this recipe.
Instant Pot Barley and Chicken Soup
Make the most comforting meal in a fraction of the time with this Instant Pot Barley and Chicken Soup recipe. It’s chicken and barley soup made fast!
Instant Pot Arroz Con Pollo
This Pressure Cooker Arroz Con Pollo recipe is a simple chicken and rice recipe that is bound to make the whole family happy. It’s a delicious Mexican recipe that’s bursting with flavor and is crazy addictive, so be prepared to make this dish on a regular basis.
Instant Pot One Step Hainanese Chicken Rice
One-step One Pot, Less than 5 ingredients, and you’ve got some pretty authentic tasting Hainanese Chicken Rice from your pressure cooker. It’s this lovely ginger-flavored rice with chicken that is utter comfort food.
Pressure Cooker Chicken Congee
Simple and easy Hong Kong Style Instant Pot Chicken and Rice Congee is such a comforting dish on a cold day–or really any day at all. A few simple ingredients in your pressure cooker and you have a jook recipe that you can personalize and vary to your heart’s content. You can use frozen chicken in the Instant pot for this recie without changing anything.
Kashmiri Yakhni Pulao | Instant Pot Recipe
Kashmiri Yakhni Pulao is full of delicious spices like garlic, cinnamon, cardamom, and cloves and they all come together beautifully in the chicken. The rice is cooked separately in the chicken broth at the end, making it much more flavorful than plain white rice.
Caldo de Pollo + Video
This Caldo de Pollo recipe, or Mexican chicken and rice soup, is a deliciously warming soup that’s bursting with Mexican flavors! It makes a great appetizer course to a Mexican dinner or as a main course. You can use frozen chicken in the Instant pot for this recipe without changing anything, and you can also use chicken breast in this soup.
Other One Pot Instant Pot Meals
- Here’s another list of One-pot Instant Pot Rice Meals that you’ll enjoy.
- Instant Pot Butter Chicken is an easy 30-minute dinner and you can make rice on top of it, as the video shows.
- Pressure Cooker Rice and Dal is a great vegetarian rice dinner.
- This Lebanese Lentil and Rice dish is another great vegetarian Instant Pot recipe .
- Instant Pot Indian Khichadi is comfort food in a bowl!
- Instant Pot Risotto with Shrimp is another one-pot comfort meal.
- Buffalo chicken casserole for the days you want low carb recipes
- You might also like low carb chicken Biryani that uses riced cauliflower.
- Chicken and Mushrooms are a great combo.
- My kids love Instant Pot Pork Rice with Vegetables
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Enjoy this traditional German Red Cabbage (or Rotkohl) recipe made in a non-traditional way. Make this delightfully sweet and sour side vegetarian dish right in your Instant Pot .
Why This German Red Cabbage Recipe Is Bound To Be The Easiest Out There
If you’ve had German Red Cabbage before, you’re sure to find yourself craving its delectably sweet, sour and distinct flavor from time to time.
It’s a true hallmark of German Cuisine, and it’s the perfect side dish for a german bratwurst or Sauerbraten . I decided to enlist the help of my ever-dependable Instant Pot .
I have seen traditional recipes that ask you to cook this recipe for 60-90 minutes on the stovetop. I’ll be honest I’ve tried it that way, and I don’t love the cabbage cooked down that much.
In this Instant Pot Cabbage recipe, I decided to hit a happy medium between mushy and crunchy cabbage.
The main reason I am using a pressure cooker for this, is not only because I don’t want to spend an hour waiting for cabbage to cook, but also because this is an easy dump and cook vegetarian recipe.
There’s no need to pre-melt the butter or sautee the cabbage and apples with this recipe.
Just dump the ingredients into the Instant Pot, pressure cook on high pressure for 3 minutes, and you’ll be enjoying some flavorful Instant pot German Red Cabbage before you know it.
If this isn’t the easiest German red cabbage recipe you’ve ever made, make sure to let me know what your secret is, because it’s plain ridiculous how simple this is!
This is a great Instant Pot vegetarian dish as is, but if you would like to make this vegan, just substitute either something like Earth Balance for the butter, or use oil instead.
How To Make German Red Cabbage
- Place cabbage, apples, melted butter or oil, cider vinegar, salt, sugar, pepper, cloves, and bay leaves into the Instant Pot and stir.
- Close the lid. Press PRESSURE COOK and cook on HIGH PRESSURE for 3 minutes. Release all pressure immediately.
- Taste and add a little more cider vinegar if needed for tang. Remove bay leaves and serve.
Tips And Tricks For Making The Best German Red Cabbage
- Do not allow this to release pressure naturally. As soon as the 3 minutes are up, open the valve from sealing to venting. Otherwise you will overcook the cabbage.
- To make this vegan, use 2 tablespoons of oil in place of the butter.
- If you like your Rotkohl or German Red Cabbage recipe tangier, simply add a little more cider vinegar to the dish after it’s finished cooking.
- Make sure you remove the bay leaves before serving the dish. Biting into a bay leaf is zero fun. Ask me how I know.
- You could use green cabbage in a pinch but I think the red cabbage is a little sweeter and is just more traditional.
- Any kind of tart or semi-tart apple will work for this.
- This recipe can be frozen but I don’t recommend it. It works well as leftovers for the next day though. I think it actually tastes better the next day.
- The majority of the sugar/carbs in this recipe come from the apples. To reduce carbs, you could substitute Splenda or Truvia and reduce the number of apples used in the recipe.
Looking For More Great German Dishes? Check These Recipes Out!
- Here’s an easy German Rouladen recipe , but with a twist. Use your air fryer to get a crispy flank steak roll, with all of the flavors of a classic rouladen, but not the hours-long braise times.
- This Sauerkraut Soup has all the tang and flavor of sauerkraut, and it pairs so well with the cannellini beans and sausage that you’d think they were meant to go together the whole time.
- Make this Instant Pot Sauerbraten and you will never want to make it the traditional way ever again! It’s simple, tender, and absolutely delicious in a fraction of the time and effort of the traditional method of cooking.
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German Red Cabbage
Equipment
- Instant Pot
- Small Sauce Pan
Ingredients
- ▢ 6 cups Red Cabbage , chopped
- ▢ 3 Granny Smith Apples , small, sliced 1 inch thick
- ▢ 2 tablespoons melted butter , or oil
- ▢ 1/3 cup Apple Cider Vinegar
- ▢ 2-3 tablespoons Sugar Or Other Sweetener Equivalent
- ▢ 1 teaspoon Kosher Salt
- ▢ 1/2 teaspoon Ground Black Pepper
- ▢ 1/4 teaspoon Ground Cloves
- ▢ 2 bay leaves
Instructions
- Place cabbage, apples, melted butter or oil, cider vinegar, salt, sugar, pepper, cloves, and bay leaves into the Instant Pot and stir.
- Close the lid. Press PRESSURE COOK and cook on HIGH PRESSURE for 3 minutes. Release all pressure immediately.
- Taste and add a little more cider vinegar if needed for tang. Remove bay leaves and serve.
For Stovetop
In a 1 0-inch frying pan , melt the butter or oil. Add in salt, sugar, pepper, cloves, and bay leaves .
Toss apple slices in this mixture.
Add cabbage and stir.
Add in cider vinegar and 1/4 cup of water and cover with a lid.
Cook for 30-40 minutes on a low flame until the cabbage is cooked through. Some people prefer this cooked for 60 minutes so you may want to cook it longer if you like your cabbage super soft.
Do not allow this to release pressure naturally. As soon as the 3 minutes are up, open the valve from sealing to venting, otherwise you will overcook the cabbage.
To make this vegan, use 2 tablespoons of oil in place of the butter.
If you like your Rotkohl or German Red Cabbage recipe tangier, simply add a little more cider vinegar to the dish after it’s finished cooking.
Make sure you remove the bay leaves before serving the dish. Biting into a bay leaf is zero fun. Ask me how I know.
You could use green cabbage in a pinch but I think the red cabbage is a little sweeter and is just more traditional.
Any kind of tart or semi-tart apple will work for this.
This recipe can be frozen but I don’t recommend it. It works well as leftovers for the next day though. I think it actually tastes better the next day.
The majority of the sugar/carbs in this recipe come from the apples. To reduce carbs, you could substitute Splenda or Truvia and reduce the number of apples used in the recipe.
If you omit the sugar and apples completely, your total carbs are about 10 gms per serving, with 3 gms of fiber for a total of 7 net carbs per serving .
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Post originally published on December 28, 2019, at 8:00 AM.
