This restaurant-style Instant Pot Chicken Fried Rice is a fast, budget friendly and delicious one-pot meal! You need simple ingredients like chicken, rice, frozen veggies, eggs and only 20 minutes of your time. Perfect lunch or dinner meal! It is better than take out chicken fried rice.
If you've mastered Instant Pot Jasmine rice and Basmati rice in Instant Pot, it is time to try this quick and delicious fried rice recipe.
If you have an Instant Pot, you know how incredibly easy to cook rice in the instant pot. It is always fluffy and flavorful. Try my INSTANT POT JASMINE RICE IN 15 MIN. You will be over the moon with the results.
In my family this Instant pot Chicken Fried rise is one of staple meals. Yes, chicken makes this rice a proper meal!
Chicken Fried Rice Instant Pot
This homemade Chicken fried rice is seriously amazing! You don’t need to cook rice and allow it to cool. It is a hassle-free recipe. Once you crave fried rice, turn on your Instant Pot, spend less than 20 min and enjoy mouth-watering chicken fried rice.
Reasons to love this Instant Pot Chicken fried rice.
- Hassle free
- Takes less than 20 min
- Recipe calls for 10 ingredients only
- It is a one-pot meal.
Have a tight budget? Don’t be deprived of your favorite Asian restaurant dishes! Make it today!
Best Chicken Fried Rice (Tips)
Soak the rice. If you have time, soak rice for 30 min. I tested this recipe with the soaked rice. If you don’t have time and plan to skip soaking rice before cooking, increase the cooking time and cook rice 5 min.
Rinse rice until the water runs almost clear. It will remove excess starch and make rice fluffy and less sticky.
Use long-grain basmati rice or jasmine rice. There is not a one-size-fits-all cooking method for different types of rice. Other rice varieties can produce mushier fried rice. I strongly recommend to use good quality basmati or jasmine rice. They are best suited for this recipe.
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INSTANT POT CHICKEN FRIED RICE
Ingredients
- Basmati rice soaked - 2 ¼ cup
- Chicken breast diced into ½-inch bite-sized pieces- 500 gm / 1 pound
- Water- 2 ¼ cup
- Frozen mixed veggies thawed- 2 cups
- Eggs lightly beaten- 3
- Garlic cloves finely chopped-4
- Soy sauce- 2 tbsp.
- Oyster sauce- 2 tbsp.
- Sesame oil- 6 tbsp.
- Vegetable oil- 3 tbsp.
- Black sesame seeds- 2 tsp. or as needed
Instructions
- Turn on the Instant Pot, add 2 tbsp. of sesame oil into the pot, add the soaked Basmati rice, pour the water, seal the lid and choose "Pressure Cooker" mode High. Set time +/- for 4 minutes. Once it is cooked, press "Cancel" and allow quick pressure release.
- Transfer the cooked rice into a large bowl.
- Clean the pot. Choose "Pressure cooker" mode for 3 min. Heat 4 tbsp. of sesame oil and 3 tbsp. of vegetable oil, add chicken, seal the lid and cook. When the time is up, press "Cancel" and allow quick pressure release.
- Choose "Saute" mode and set time +/- for 10 minutes.Add the veggies and garlic to the pot and saute a few minutes.
- Push the ingredients to one side of the pot and add beaten eggs. The moisture from veggies will prevent the eggs from sticking to the bottom of the pan.
- Cook, stirring eggs constantly, until the eggs are cooked, then mix with the chicken and veggies.
- Add the cooked rice and mix well.
- Add the soy sauce and oyster sauce and mix.
- Sprinkle with sesame seeds.
- Enjoy!
Notes
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Rebbecca Jackson says
Easy and amazing! My family loved it.
chefjar says
That's fantastic to hear, Rebbecca! I'm glad your family loved it. It's always a win when you find something easy and amazing to make.