Instant Pot Cook-Up Rice

This instant pot cook-up rice recipe takes all of the labor out of the traditional stovetop recipe but keeps all of the flavors. Have this one-pot meal on the dinner table in just 30 minutes!

Course One Pot Dish

Cuisine Guyanese

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Prep Time 20

Cook Time 25

Total Time 45

Servings servings

Calories 947kcal

Author Althea Brown

Equipment

Instant Pot

Ingredients

2 tablespoon Coconut oil or other oil suitable for cooking
1 1/2 lbs Ribeye cut into 1 inch cubes Can also use stew beef meat or chuck roast
1 1/2 cups dried black eye peas soaked over night and rinsed
1 large carrot diced
2 cups washed jasmine rice
4 cups freshly made coconut milk or 1 cup of canned full fat coconut milk plus 3 cups of water
1 small yellow onion diced
2 Thai Basil Leaves
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
2 tablespoons brown sugar can sub for coconut aminos
3 whole wiri wiri pepper or 1 scotch bonnet pepper

Green Seasoning (4 tbsp)

1/2 cup cilantro leaves
2 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves removed from stems
4 scallions
4 garlic cloves
1 wiri wiri pepper seeds removed
1/4 cup Marrid man poke leaves (Thai Basil) or 1/2 cup Italian basil

Instructions

Make the green seasoning by combining cilantro, thyme, green onions, garlic, marrid man poke and wiri wiri pepper (seeds removed) into the base of a food processor or blender cup. Blend until it forms a smooth paste. Then set aside.
Season beef with green seasoning, 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper and set aside.
Put Instant pot on Sauté. When hot add oil and then brown sugar to the bowl.
Let brown sugar cook until it caramelizes and gets to a dark brown color. This may take a while depending on how hot your instant pot gets.
Add chopped onions and cook until onions are soft.
Next add the seasoned beef and sauté for 5 to 10 minutes stirring often allowing beef to brown on all sides.
Once the beef browns add the carrots, black eyed peas, washed rice and coconut milk.
Then add the remaining salt and pepper, the whole wiri wiri pepper and the Thai basil.
Finally put the lid on the instant pot, seal and pressure cook on high for 25 minutes.
When the instant pot has finished cooking, release the steam following the instructions in the Instant pot manual.
Fluff the rice with a fork and serve warm.

Notes

Please note that the four cups of coconut milk in this recipe is freshly made coconut milk which has a different consistency that canned coconut milk. To get the same results with canned coconut milk use 1 cup and dilute it with 3 cups of water.

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