Our Ninja Foodi pork chops and rice recipe is the best pressure cooker pork dinner we’ve made yet! Tender meat and tender Ninja Foodi rice will be ready to serve your family in no time.
Want to try our cooking pork chops in a Ninja Foodi because you’re obsessed with your new machine? You’re going to love this one. Then make sure to try a few of our other Ninja Foodi recipes from there. 😉
If you’ve made our pressure cooker chicken and rice and LOVE it as much as we do, you’re going to be obsessed with this one too! Using a different meat from the pig you will get the same meal but with another yummy protein.
It is one of our favorite Ninja foodi pork recipes so far and quite popular with families. You can use white or bagged yellow rice like you see here that has a ton of flavor already in the pouch.
If you too are obsessed with your pressure cooker and air fryer machine, here are a few resource to start with:
- You can bookmark our Ninja air fryer recipes page, we add to that weekly.
- Here’s an air fryer cooking times chart here for your fridge.
- Be sure to save this link to Instant Pot recipes for beginners too. You can use any of those in your pot too.
- Grab a set of wooden utensils to work with. They are great so your pot doesn’t get scratched!
- Then join our Facebook group where you can share and find more ideas you’ll love. Thousands of others share easy recipe ideas.
This uses defrosted meat, if you don’t have that then follow our frozen pork chops air fryer directions and cook Ninja Foodi rice separately. Of course you can make our bacon wrapped air fryer pork chop recipe. BUT if you need a complete meal WITH a side dish all cooked together, this is it!
If you’ve owned an Instant Pot it is the same concept. No different other than being able to make air fryer recipes in this machine as well.
How to pressure cook pork chops and rice in Ninja Foodi
Here’s a peek at the first step where you use the saute function to brown the meat and soften your onions. A bit of olive oil helps to get this done.
- For this dish we are not going to use the air fry / air crisp function.
- Since the meat is browned in the beginning there really isn’t a need to use the air fryer basket at the end.
- Having the ability to do both is what makes this pressure cooker and air fryer so great though.
Ingredient Notes
This time I used a few regular sized boneless pork chops. You could use bone in pork but I prefer the other if possible. If you used larger 2 Inch Thick Pork Chops I would add 1 more minute to the cook time.
Rice fills the bottom. You could use either white long grain, pressure cooker jasmine rice or this Saffron yellow rice we what I used, the whole bag of it and worked the best of all.
You will need liquid to cook the grains to tender, chicken broth is better than water to add a lot more flavor.
Really feel free to use any seasonings on your meat you want, these are just suggestions.
Tips for Pressure Cooking Pork Chops
You will want to season outsides of meat liberally. You can use salt and pepper or our dry rub for pork chops for a lot of flavor.
The first step you need to do is to set Foodi to saute with your olive oil, diced onions and meat to brown outsides on both sides, then remove and turn pot off. Remove meat and set aside. Make sure you deglaze your pot or it may trigger the burn or add water function to occur on the screen.
Add uncooked rice into your pot and add your broth (if you choose to). I have not used brown rice with this yet and that will definitely change the cooking time of the overall dish. If you do this and it comes out well please share your timing below.
Put in your trivet with pork on top and close pressure cooker lid. Allow for a bit of a natural release at the end. Always check internal temperature before consuming, fluff rice and plate together.
Ninja Foodi Frozen Pork Chops
Yes you could do this, I have cooked a Frozen Pork Chops Instant Pot but it was by itself without other ingredients. You just would not be able to add the rice because the cooking time of the two wouldn’t align, but by themselves yes it is possible.
If you wanted to use the lid that is attached you could as well with our Frozen Pork Chops in Air Fryer temperature and timing. This one wouldn’t work with grains either, but alone works great. You would get a crisp on the outside in this case.
Ninja Foodi Pork Chops Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2-4 medium pork chops, boneless
- 1.5 tsp salt, divided
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 small onion, diced
- 3 1/4 cup chicken broth, or water
- 2 bags saffron yellow rice, or 2 cups white rice with 2.5 cups liquid, not instant minute rice
Instructions
- Season pork with 1/2 tsp salt, pepper, garlic powder and onion powder on both sides. (or any seasonings you want to put on them)
- Set Foodi to saute. Add olive oil, diced onions and pork chops. Brown meat on both sides, then remove from pot. Turn pot off and make sure to deglaze your pot with 1/4 c of your broth (or the burn notice will likely pop up-that means scrape all the bits of meat etc…off the bottom of the pot)
- Pour in uncooked rice and remaining broth (or water) – 2 cups white rice needs 2.5 c liquid or if you use the yellow saffron rice I mentioned use 2 bags (16 oz. total) of that with 3 1/4 cups of liquid
- Put trivet into pot. Lay browned pork on top of that. Then close lid and steam valve and set to pressure cook high for 8 minutes.
- Allow pressure to naturally release for 7 minutes when done, then release rest of pressure quickly.
- Remove pork, plate, fluff rice in pot and serve alongside meat.
Video
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Other pork chops recipes you’ll love
Ready for the best baked pork chops??!! We know you’ll drool over these and a few other easy recipes we’ve made lately: Our bacon wrapped smoked pork chops and grilled pork chops are seriously to die for!
- If Crockpot pork is more your style we have done that too but nowadays I choose quick meals over something I have to cook all day.
- To make just your protein and a thick gravy you can follow our pressure cooker pork chops recipe here.
A low carb keto friendly version is here with our air fryer pork chops.
Note: If you made this recipe in the past and had issues with a burn notice, I have altered it to ENSURE nobody gets that again! Just make sure you deglaze but eliminating the condensed soup and using a trivet will no longer cause issues.
Try our Ninja Foodi pot roast next. Just as tender and goes great with mixed vegetables or any side.
For small packages or individual pieces, use cold water. Just place the tightly wrapped packages into a deep bowl filled with cold water.
Drain and refill the bowl after 20 to 30 minutes, or leave cold water trickling into it so it’s constantly refreshed.
Turn the pressure release valve / knob from seal to vent. It is located at the back and is clearly written so you can face the point of it to the correct direction.
Can I use inbone chops and if so does the cooking time change
This recipe was great !!! The pork was moist and not dry like most of my recipes, and the rice was so flavorful!
I used white rice, added frozen peas and I just put my pork on top of the rice/broth mixture.
I’m only giving it 4 stars because I think I need to adjust the cook time. My rice was a bit mushy.
But overall was great ! Fast, easy and flavorful!! Definitely being added into our rotation.
Can you make this pork chops and rice recipe in Ninja 4 in 1 slow cooker ? How ?
I made this for dinner last night and it was beyond my expectations. The pork chops were fork tender and the rice was absolutely delicious! I didn’t measure my seasonings, just sprinkled all of it on both side of my pork chops, tenderized them a bit and let them sit in the refrigerator for about an hour before I cooked them. I followed the rest of the recipe as is using Jasmine rice and my family loved it. This is definitely a keeper!
Oh yay!
The rice and pork chops cooked very nicely, but my pork chops were extremely dry. Any way to keep them juicier?
Well if your chops were on the thin side then I would decrease the cook time by a minute or two. It’s best to buy thicker so the timing works for both and rice has enough time to get done too.
Try laying Pork chops directly on rice and liquid
Hi! How thick were the pork chops you used in this recipe? Mine are about 1.5 inches thick. Would you recommend a longer time to cook, or just slicing them in half so they are about 3/4 inch thick?
What if you use jasmine rice does that change time or liquid amount?
2 cups white rice + 2.5 c water for “regular rice”
The descriptor says mushroom and rice, yet I see no mushrooms listed in ingredients. Did I miss it? Still going to try it out though!
Question: when do you use the other salt? 1/2 tsp in the pork and when and where for the other tap?