Instant Pot Rice and Peas

Learn how to make rice and peas in your instant pot with this quick and easy recipe. Serve this popular Caribbean side dish with your favorite dinner entrees for a delicious weeknight meal.

Course Rice Side Dish

Cuisine Caribbean

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 10

Total Time 15

Servings servings

Calories 326kcal

Author Althea Brown

Equipment

Instant Pot

Ingredients

5 heads of green onions / scallions thinly sliced
4 cloves of garlic finely chopped
1 tablespoon of oil
1 tablespoon of brown sugar
I can of pigeon peas gungo peas
2 cups of Jasmine rice washed
3 cups of coconut milk
1 teaspoon of salt
4-5 whole all spice berries pimento berries
1 whole scotch bonnet pepper or other chili pepper for flavor

Instructions

Turn on the sauté function on your instant pot and wait until it is hot (it will beep when it is hot)
Add oil to the instant pot, then when the oil is hot (this should take about a minute) add the the brown sugar and let it caramelize until it becomes melted but still light brown in color
Add the garlic, scotch bonnet pepper and the green onions (reserving about 2 tablespoons of the green stems for garnishing at the end)
Sauté for a minute or 2 until the garlic and green onions get a little soft then add the canned peas
Mix together well then add washed Jasmine rice, followed by the salt, pimento berries and coconut milk
Stir together, then seal the instant pot and set it to high pressure for 10 minutes
To set the instant pot to high pressure, you must first hit cancel to take it out of the sauté mode. In older models you then hit manual, adjust to the desired time and it's ready to pressure cook. In newer models select pressure cook, adjust to high pressure and adjust the time
Alternatively you can also just select the rice option on the Instant Pot
When the instant pot cooking cycle completes, release the pressure by venting the instant pot (see instructions in the instant pot manual for quick release venting)
Fluff the rice and peas with a fork and mix together to distribute any peas and seasoning that may have settled on top of the rice during cooking
Let the rice rest for 5 minutes then garnish with the remaining green onions
Serve warm

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