How to Cook Jasmine Rice in Instant Pot

Cooking Jasmine rice in Instant Pot is the best method ever! Create fluffy and sticky white rice every time in no time at all. Great gluten free side dish you can make in any other pressure cooker too like a Crockpot Express or Ninja Foodi rice too.

How Long to Cook Pressure Cooker Jasmine Rice

We eat a lot of this stuff because it takes less than 20 minutes total. Growing up, cooking rice was a daily thing. Maybe because I was born and raised for several years in Hawaii. Everyone ate this quick and easy side dish with everything, with almost every single meal. They didn’t have these “magic pots” back then though.

Before this we just used a rice cooker. Yes that corked well. Using it as often as we did it was kept on the countertop at all times. I will say that it wasn’t often we bought this style because it was more expensive. I didn’t start experimenting with anything beyond long grain until I was an adult.

Tips for Success

If you do live at a much higher altitude you may need to add an additional 1/4 cup of liquid. My mom who uses my recipes regularly had to do a bit of experimenting because she is quite a bit higher than we are in Idaho. Her findings were that she needed a tad bit more to make it the consistency you see at my house. 😉

Unlike Instant Pot white rice where long grain rice is added, the cook time is shorter but the key to making them light and fluffy is the natural release at the end. This will make your grains fluffy and swell so each piece is thicker so don’t skip it.

This is the most popular brand out there. Mahatma bags were on sale the other day so I bought every single one they had. Since we cook 2 cups at a time one of these won’t last very long and lasts several years so I always load up.

If you want to add other ingredients like our Instant Pot black beans and rice, keep the same timing here so the grains get tender because they take a bit longer natural release than others.

What is the ratio of water to rice for Jasmine rice?

It is a bit more than 1:1 I like. I add about 1/8 of a cup more than that per cup used. We always cook 2 cups of rice at a time for the 4-5 of us and add 2 1/4 cups of liquid. Water is what we use but some prefer chicken broth instead. Either way works just fine to create perfectly cooked rice.

For Ninja Foodi wild rice it is 1:2, a bit easier to judge but takes a lot longer to cook. This is how to cook arborio rice if you want to try them all.

Should you rinse rice before cooking?

I do not rinse my rice, really ever. Some swear by it and won’t eat it unless they do, that is okay, we are all different. 😉 I’ll tell you the biggest difference between the two methods. If you do pour it into a strainer and rinse it, the grains will separate more when done. Not rinsing will create a sort of sticky rice we like.

Think of it like sushi rice you get with a piece of fish on top and a bit of wasabi. You know how it’s really stuck together into one piece, it is more like that if you “swish it” as I explain below. I have detailed information and ingredients listed below but here’s a quick rundown.

Swirl, sticky, separated or however you prefer to make it I assure you’ll never make it another way again. I bet you will be like myself and give away your “old fashioned” countertop cooker and never use the stovetop again. That way takes forever waiting for the water to boil. I haven’t done that method in I can’t tell you how long.

How to Cook 1 Cup Jasmine Rice in Instant Pot

You can cut this in half if you are feeding just 2 of you or so. It works the same way with the same cook time, with just half of the water (or broth) and half the grains. I will say that only cooking 1 cup at a time will make it a bit more dry since it isn’t very thick and the bottom will be firmer than if you were to make 2 cups from the get go (just my experience and 2 cents).

Other easy Instant Pot rice recipes you’ll love

Looking to make Instant Pot brown rice and/or Instant Pot black rice too? That takes quite a while longer but yes in fact it does have more nutrition naturally. Each one is specific and should be followed exactly for success.

NOW this is all I buy, it is so much better than any other variety, including Arborio….unless I want boxed. Then I cook Instant Pot Rice a Roni as a quick side dish.

Seriously you can add the rice to just about everything. You can make pressure cooker fried rice with it, eat it plain, or serve with slices of steak on top. It only takes about 15 minutes to cook and sit in the pot to fluff so it’s easy and fast.

What is the difference between Jasmine rice and white rice?

Both are white because the outer hull and bran are removed. This means both types are less nutritious than their brown counterparts. Each type is more popular in different geographical locations, this is eaten most in Thailand.