Instant Pot Pork Chops & Rice (One-Pot Meal)
This recipe for Instant Pot Pork Chops and Rice is perfect for a busy weeknight or a Sunday dinner. This easy one-pot meal is balanced, nutritious, and flavorful. You only need 40 minutes from start to finish.
If you’re like me, then you prefer one-pot meals for their easy of preparation and clean-up.
This recipe for Instant Pot Pork Chops & Rice is fabulous, and nobody will ever guess that it’s so simple to make. The trick for cooking the pork chops with the rice is to make sure you get thin-cut pork chops.
Pressure cooker pork chops make for ultra tender pork chops that is a favorite recipe in my house.
Recipe Benefits
- This simple recipe using boneless pork chops and rice is a one-pot meal! On a busy weekday, this makes for easy prep and easy clean-up. You may even have enough for leftovers the next day.
- Pork chops and rice go really well together. This recipe also includes onion and frozen vegetables to help make the meal even more nutritious.
- This recipe is so simple, yet it’s fancy enough to serve at a dinner party. This is an easy balanced meal that everyone loves. See more of my favorite high-protein Instant Pot meals.
Recipe Ingredients
- Thinly-sliced pork chops are the base of this tasty dish. Don’t use bone-in pork chops in this recipe. It’s best to use thin pork chops so they get cooked through.
- Long-grain white rice cooks together with the pork chops (use basmati rice or jasmine rice). Don’t use long grain brown rice in this recipe as it won’t get cooked through.
- Water or broth add moisture to the dish and keeps the pork from drying out.
- Onions plus frozen carrots and peas helps add more texture and nutrition to the dish.
- Olive oil helps soften the veggies.
Please see the recipe card at the end of this post for the exact ingredients and measurements.
Recipe Steps
Step One
Sauté your oil and chopped onion in the stainless steel insert of the Instant Pot.
This extra step helps add flavor to the dish.
Step Two
Rinse your rice in a fine-mesh sieve and add it to the pot with the water. You could also use chicken broth if you prefer.
Please see the recipe card at the end of this post for the exact ingredients and measurements.
Step Three
Add the pork chops and frozen veggies on top of the rice. Don’t stir. Feel free to add additional seasonings like chili powder, black pepper, or garlic powder if you wish.
Lock on the lid and cook for 5 minutes at high pressure.
Step Four
Once the cooking time is complete, let the pressure come down for 15 minutes before removing the lid.
Don’t use the quick release for this recipe.
Transfer the pork chops to a serving plate or serving dish, and then stir the rice and veggies. Serve hot.
I hope this great recipe becomes a new family favorite in your house too! It’s a complete meal that the whole family loves.
Recipe Tips
- Store any leftovers in a covered container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. Reheat before serving.
- If you want to use an alternative vegetable in this dish, try frozen green beans.
- You can use water or broth in this recipe. Broth is a great way to add more flavor, but water works just fine too.
- The total cooking time includes 10 minutes for the pot to come up to pressure, plus 15 minutes natural release time. Pressure cooking really helps cut down on the active cooking time.
- This recipe works best in a 6-quart electric pressure cooker. I have not tested it in an 8-quart Instant Pot.
Recipe FAQs
You’ll need about 10 minutes to prep this recipe to get it into the Instant Pot. After that, you just have to sit back and wait for it to cook. So, the total hands-on cooking time is about 10-15 minutes so it’s a great way to get dinner on the table easily.
Yes, you could use frozen green beans or frozen green pepper. I would be sure to use frozen vegetables, otherwise they will get over-cooked.
This can happen due to a variety of different conditions. To help prevent it from happening, consider adding a little bit of extra oil to the bottom of the pot before adding the rice. Or, you can also spray the bottom of the pot with nonstick cooking oil before making this dish.
It can also help to make sure that any browned bits or brown bits from the onions using the sauté function are scraped up with a wooden spoon.
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Instant Pot Pork Chops and Rice
This recipe for Instant Pot Pork Chops and Rice is perfect for a busy weeknight or a Sunday dinner. This easy one-pot meal is balanced, nutritious, and flavorful. You only need 40 minutes from start to finish.
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 5 1x
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 cup long-grain white rice, rinsed
- 1 cup water
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 4 thin-cut boneless pork chops
- 1/2 cup frozen peas and carrots
- 3 scallions, sliced (optional, for topping)
Instructions
- Press the Sauté function on a 6-quart Instant Pot. Pour in the oil and let it heat up for a few minutes.
- Add the onions and sauté for 2-3 minutes, or until they start to soften.
- Cancel the sauté function and add the rinsed rice, water, and salt to the pot. Stir to combine.
- Add the pork chops on top and then the frozen peas and carrots. Do not stir.
- Lock on the lid and set the time to 5 minutes at high pressure.
- When the cooking time is complete, let the pressure come down naturally for 15 minutes.
- Then, remove the lid and transfer the pork chops to a serving plate. Stir the rice with the vegetables and serve with the pork chops.
- Enjoy hot.
Notes
- Store any leftovers in a covered container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. Reheat before serving.
- If you want to use an alternative vegetable in this dish, try frozen green beans.
- The total cooking time includes 10 minutes for the pot to come up to pressure, plus 15 minutes natural release time.
- If you want to use an alternative vegetable in this dish, try frozen green beans.
- You can use water or broth in this recipe.
- This recipe works best in a 6-quart pressure cooker. I have not tested it in an 8-quart Instant Pot.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Category: Main dish
- Method: Pressure cooker
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Gluten Free
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/5 of recipe
- Calories: 372
- Sugar: 1.7 g
- Sodium: 568.1 mg
- Fat: 9.1 g
- Saturated Fat: 2.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 33.4 g
- Fiber: 1.5 g
- Protein: 36.3 g
- Cholesterol: 92.6 mg
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Got the E6 error twice! Even after stirring and adding more water. Disappointed
Did you follow the instructions about not stirring after adding the pork chops?
Great recipe and super easy.
I made this for dinner tonight. I added mushrooms on top of the meat, and diced garlic in the rice.
My only complaint is that the rice scorched the bottom of the Instapot pan. It didn’t affect the taste of the appetite of my family.
I will make this again.
Thanks for sharing that Rick! Sometimes I will spray the bottom of the pot with a nonstick spray and that prevent scorching. I’ll add it to the recipe notes.
the recipe worked as directed and quite tasty. We were out of frozen green peas and used green beens and added some fresh mushrooms. My only comment that the meat was “white” and when plating looked a bit dull. I had used other recipes that had the pork in first to sauté and then start adding other ingredients which I may do next time to see how that works our but the time settings your gave were perfect and the rice just right. Scott
Great suggestions and yes you could definitely sear the meat first to give it more color and flavor.
Can I use minute rice?
No it’s best to use regular long-grain white rice.
HI, this has become one of our one-pot favorites. Thank you for posting it! It is soooo fast and easy. I have used frozen porkchops and added a couple of minutes to the time. We also enjoy adding some Better than Bouillon for a tastier dish. Thanks, again, for sharing.
I’m so glad to know that! Thanks for sharing your adaptions!
Have you ever tried sodium free broth in place of water for added flavor?
That’s a great idea!
If I double this and the chops overlap, how much time do you think I should add?
Hi Bob, great question. I haven’t tested it this way so I can’t really say. I am afraid if they overlap then they might not get cooked fully. And, you don’t want to add too much more time because then the rice will get overcooked.
Hi Bob, I double the recipe and sear off the chops first, take them out then do the onions and follow the recipe the same way. I dont need to add any time and the meal turns out perfect!
This recipe got my husband to finally enjoy pork. Love it!