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.
Why You Need This Recipe
- It’s 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.
Key Ingredients
Thinly-sliced pork chops are the base of this tasty dish.
Long-grain white rice cooks together with the pork chops.
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.
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.
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. 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.
Step Five
Transfer the pork chops to a serving plate, and then stir the rice and veggies. Serve hot.
Recipe Tips & Substitutions
- 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.
- The total cooking time includes 10 minutes for the pot to come up to pressure, plus 15 minutes natural release time.
- This recipe works best in a 6-quart 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.
Yes, you could use frozen green beans. I would be sure to use frozen vegetables, otherwise they will get over-cooked.
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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.
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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
Keywords: pork chops in pressure cooker, instant pot pork and rice
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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
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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!
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