Description
A nutritious fried brown rice (or quinoa) with vegetables and scrambled eggs that you can make in your pressure cooker.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 1/2 cups uncooked brown rice (or rinsed quinoa)
- 1 3/4 cups water
- 8 ounces mushrooms, sliced or chopped
- 3 cups small broccoli florets
- 1/2 cup diced onion
- 1 cup peeled and sliced carrots
- 2 Tbsp (6 teaspoons) sesame oil, divided
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 eggs, slightly beaten
- 3 Tbsp soy sauce
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- Green onions, diced (optional)
Instructions
- Add water and rice (or quinoa) into Instant Pot. Cover Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 22 minutes for brown rice or 1 minute for quinoa. When time is up let pot sit for 10 minutes and then move valve to venting. Remove the lid.
- Dump the rice/quinoa onto a sheet pan and spread out so it can cool more quickly. Place the pan in the fridge or freezer. Wash out the Instant Pot liner and place it back into the pot.
- Prep the other ingredients while rice is cooling: wash and slice the mushrooms, cut the broccoli into florets, diced the onions, peel and slice the carrots, mince the garlic.
- Turn Instant Pot to saute (“more”) setting. When display says HOT add in 4 teaspoons of the sesame oil. Add in the mushrooms, broccoli, onions and carrots. Lightly salt and pepper the vegetables. Use a wooden spoon to stir-fry the vegetables for about 5 minutes.
- Move all the veggies to the side. Add in 1 teaspoon of oil and add in the minced garlic. Then crack the eggs into the oil. Scramble the eggs and cook until desired doneness.
- Add in the last teaspoon of oil and the chilled rice and stir fry for 2 more minutes (or until warmed through).
- Drizzle in soy sauce and sprinkle with garlic powder. Continue to cook another 2-3 minutes until sauce has coated all the rice and veggies. Turn off Instant Pot.
- Serve topped with green onions, if desired.
Notes
You can also use 3 cups of leftover rice or quinoa. If you do this go straight to step 3.
If you’d like you can add in cubes of ham, chopped and cooked chicken or another source of protein.
- Method: Instant Pot