Showing posts with label Mexican rice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mexican rice. Show all posts

Friday, May 22, 2026

Instant Pot Mexican chicken Rice with Rotisserie chicken and Goya Rice

A delicious rice with chicken in Mexican flavor.


Ingredients: (for 4 servings)
Goya Yellow rice - 1 cup (1 sachet)
(or) Any plain uncooked white rice / brown rice - 1 cup
Rotisserie chicken (white meat) - 200 gm
Green beans - 15
carrot  - 1 
corn - 1/2 cup
Red onion - 1/2
Garlic - 3 cloves
Tomato - 1
Lime - 1/2
salt - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Red chili powder- 1/4 tsp
Cumin powder - 1/4 tsp
coriander powder - 1/2 tsp
garam masala / curry powder - 1/2 tsp
Peanut oil / Evoo - 2 tbsp

Method:
Cube the chicken white meat.
Chop the vegetables.
Mice garlic.
Press Saute button in Instant pot. 
Add oil. Add minced onion, garlic.
Saute 2 mins or till onion is soft.
Add chopped tomato. Saute till it is soft.
Add cooked chicken cubes and mix well for 30 secs.
Add the diced vegetables.Saute 1 min.
Add the spice powders, salt.
Add rice.
Pour 1 1/4 cup water.
Press cancel.
Press pressure cook. Cook time is 3 minutes for white rice. Brown rice 4 mins.
Close the lid. Put on pressure valve.
Instant pot will finish cooking and switch off itself.

Serving suggestion:
Serve with cucumber raitha or white saue / hot sauce.
Serves 3- 4
I serve this with omelet.

Note
Protein in 200 gm of chicken white meat - 60 gm
Protein in 1 egg - 6 gm
Water ratio for white rice is always Rice:water = 1:1.25
(means multiply the number of cups of rice with the water ratio number 1.25
eg, 1 cup rice needs 1.25 cups water, 2 cups rice needs 2.5 cups water)
Pressure cook time in Instant pot 3 mins (high pressure)