Easy Mexican Arroz Blanco Recipe (Instant Pot Recipe)
This white rice recipe is a Mexican food basic. My arroz blanco recipe is incredibly easy to make either in an Instant Pot or stovetop. Serve it as a simple side dish with any of your favorite Mexican mains.
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 282kcal
Ingredients
- 2 cups long grain rice
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- ½ small white onion chopped
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 21/4 cups vegetable stock store bought or homemade
- ½ teaspoon salt adjust to taste
Instructions
- Set Instant Pot to Sauté function and allow it to heat up.
- Pour in the oil and allow it to heat.
- Add the rice and sauté until it turns a light golden brown color. Stir often.
- Make a space in the center of the pot and add the chopped onion and minced garlic and sauté for 3 minutes, stirring now and then.
- Pour in the vegetable broth carefully, it will release a lot of steam. Then add the salt and mix until well combined.
- Cancel Sauté function, then place the pressure cooker lid on the pot. Set valve to Sealing.
- Select Pressure Cook on High and set time to 3 minutes.
- Allow the Instant Pot to pressurize and run the cooking time.
- Leave the pressure cooker to naturally release the steam once timer goes off for 15 minutes.
- Carefully move the valve to Venting if the float valve hasn’t dropped. Then remove the lid. Your rice will have little holes throughout it, it’s just were steam was released, but it will be perfectly cooked.
- Fluff the cooked rice with a fork and serve as desired.
Notes
To cook on the stovetop:
- Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Once hot add the rice and sauté until it begins to turn golden.
- Add the chopped onion and garlic and cook another 3 minutes.
- Carefully pour in the vegetable broth and stir in the salt.
- Allow to come to the boil (have heat at medium-high heat).
- Once boiling turn the heat to low, cover the saucepan, and allow to cook for 10 minutes.
- After 10 minutes use a spoon to push aside some of the rice and see if there is any liquid left.
- If no liquid left then turn heat off, cover and allow to sit another 10 minutes before fluffing with a fork then serving.
- If there's still liquid and the rice isn't cooked, continue to cook until all the liquid has been absorbed and the rice is tender. Then allow to sit for 10 minutes before fluffing and serving.
Nutrition
Serving: 6servings | Calories: 282kcal | Carbohydrates: 53g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Sodium: 1020mg | Potassium: 88mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 438IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 21mg | Iron: 1mg
