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Instant Pot Hainanese Chicken Rice plated with green leafy veggies and rice, along with sweet soy sauce dip and a garlic ginger dip

30 Minute Instant Pot Chicken Rice

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Prep Time 1 minute
Cook Time 8 minutes
Pressurize/Depressurize 16 minutes
Total Time 24 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Asian, Chinese
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

Main Dish
  • 1 tbsp cooking oil optional
  • 5 cloves garlic chopped or minced, optional
  • 1 shallot chopped or minced, optional
  • 5-6 chicken drumsticks or 4 bone in chicken thighs or 2 chicken leg quarters
  • 1½ C white rice rinsed
  • 1½ C low sodium chicken broth if use water, add ½ tsp salt
Sweet Soy Sauce Dip
  • 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp Shaoxing wine or cooking wine or water is fine too
  • ½ tbsp water
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • ¼ tsp sesame oil
Garlic Ginger Dip
  • 1 clove garlic chopped or minced
  • 1 inch piece ginger chopped or grated
  • 1½ tbsp cooking oil
  • ¼ tsp salt

Equipment

  • Pressure Cooker or Instant Pot

Method
 

Main Dish
  1. (optional, for a more fragrant rice) Press SAUTE on the Instant Pot. Once it is heated, turn off the Instant Pot (else the heat on the bottom of the pot will be too great and could burn the garlic and rice). Add oil to the inner pot and saute the garlic for 30 seconds. Stir in the rice and saute with the garlic for another 30 seconds. Note, this can be also done on the stovetop.
  2. Add all the ingredients to the Instant Pot. Cook on high pressure for 8 minutes and natural release for 10 minutes. It will take about 6 minutes to come up to pressure. While the main dish is cooking, make the sauce.
  3. Serve & enjoy with soy sauce (or any of the dipping sauce below)!
Sweet Soy Sauce Dip, optional
  1. Mix all the ingredients together in a small bowl and it's ready to be dipped into!
Garlic Ginger Dip, optional
  1. Mash the garlic and ginger together in a small bowl. A paste will form. Stir fry the garlic ginger paste in oil on medium heat in a frying pan until it's aromatic. Be careful not to burn! Place back into the small bowl and it's ready to be dipped into!