This is how to make fluffy Ninja Foodi rice! Once you have this perfected with long grain or Jasmine rice you can make Ninja Foodi wild rice too! Here are tips on how to make the best pressure cooker rice so it’s done fluffy every single time.
Making Ninja Foodi rice is simple really. But if you’re new to making any Ninja Foodi recipes then this will be quite helpful. We make brown and white rice several times a week. Whether we’re serving it plain with butter on top for a snack or with chicken or beef served on top it’s a cheap dish we love.
If you don’t make this on a weekly basis we may not be able to be friends. 😉 Just kidding, it is just on our meal planning often because it was something my mom cooked with dinner almost every single night growing up.
How Long to Cook White Rice in Ninja Foodi
Plain with just a pat of butter on it would be my youngest daughter’s favorite after school snack. She makes it all by herself now that she is a teenager. With long grain it takes 12 minutes total, or 16 minutes for jasmine rice in pressure cooker.
Ninja Foodi Rice Water Ratio
What you need to make rice in your Ninja Foodi pressure cooker and air fryer is just the grains you desire and water or broth. The latter will yield more flavor, or half and half works well too. For brown I typically will do 1/2 of each because without it we think it is a bit bland. The ratio is 2 cups rice: 2.5 water for best results.
You are going to measure our your rice raw and use the cook times as stated below or with links in this post for; brown rice, white rice – I prefer Jasmine or adding flavor like how to make Ninja Foodi Mexican rice. As for the necessary liquid you are typically going to use water but you can also use half water and half broth. You literally need NO accessories to make this
Most of the time we will serve this with Ninja Foodi chili recipe over the top with cheese sprinkled on that.
How do you use Ninja Foodi as a rice cooker?
I will admit that we make white rice in the pressure cooker 90% of the time. My kids prefer that, and I kinda’ do too. It makes the grains so fluffy without any effort on my part, you just throw it right in. You have the choice to either press the rice button which will automatically set the time to 12 minutes or you can press pressure cook and adjust to that timing with the + sign.
Can you add vegetables?
You could but they would need to take 12 minutes meaning that you would need to choose firm varieties such as carrots or potatoes. You don’t want to submerge into the water or the ratio will be off so instead set a trivet in the pot with the veggies on the top. Half potatoes and/or peel and chunk carrots into thirds or so.
Brown Rice in Ninja Foodi
We have perfected pressure cooker brown rice too. I don’t make this quite as often as white is our favorite. I like to offer all 3 versions though for you since it is nice to rotate between them throughout the week. With fish I might choose the wild variety for texture.
It is a versatile side dish, naturally gluten free, and brown rice has fiber in it which we all need. I will share both of these and instructions for them below. The recipe card below is for white long grain rice. I like Jasmine as well and will work for that as well.
Ninja Foodi Rice Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 cup white rice, long grain
- 2.5 cup water, or chicken broth for more flavor
- 1 pinch salt, can add a pinch when cooking
Instructions
- Add 2 cups of white rice into your Ninja Foodi.
- Then add 2 1/2 cups water or broth into your pot and stir.
- Put pressure cooker lid on (one that isn’t attached) and put steam valve to sealing.
- Turn pot on, press pressure, leave on High setting, and adjust timing to 2 or push the rice button if your machine has one.
- Do a natural release for 10 minutes, fluff and serve!
Video
Notes
Ninja Foodi Jasmine Rice
Follow recipe above but set to 4 minutes with a 10 minute natural release instead.Brown Rice in Ninja Foodi
Add 2 cups brown rice with 2 1/4 cups water, stir together. Cook with lid that is not attached for 15 minutes with a 5 minute natural release, fluff and serve.Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
What goes well with rice?
We have a recipe to make Ninja Foodi risotto too if you’d like to try that. Typically that is a side dish to a protein of some sort. Our Ninja Foodi roast recipe was served with white rice or Ninja Foodi sausage
Pressure cooker beef and broccoli is on top a bed of rice or make our pressure cooker spicy honey chicken is amazing too
We put chili on top all of the time too. This is the best rice recipe for pressure cookers. You won’t be disappointed. Note: higher altitudes may require more water to get the same results.
I would swear this is where I got the recipe last time,… But this is completely unreadable 🙁
Is it possible to cook a mixture of brown rice and jasmine rice together?
@Jennifer, Yes absolutely! In Asia, we have packaged rice that has mixed brown and white. And even tri or quad coloured. But I would think it would be best if they were of similar length. For example basmati is long-grain, jasmine is medium-grain and sushi is short-grain.
Different types of white cook slightly different but wouldn’t be an issue probably. You cannot mix brown and white as they have a very different cook and natural release time.
Hi, i cook for a large family so I usually make 4-5 cups of rice in my rice cooker. How much water do I need to make it in my Ninji Foodi 9 in 1?? Also cook and release time would help. Thanks
You could double this using 4 c uncooked rice with double the water as well, timing would remain the same.
Thank you so much. We have a sick dog and have never cooked rice in our ninja foodi and this was a great great help.
Great recipe! However I always find the rice to always be too sticky. How do I fix this?
If you don’t like the texture you can decrease cook time by 1-2 minutes, that way it will keep the grain together a big more.
@Jeremiah, if you are not rinsing your rice it will be sticky. Swirl rice in the pan with water and drain. Repeat until the water is no longer cloudy. Cook according to recipe.
@Cheri, Thank you, great tip!
@Jeremiah,
Rinse your rice a few times in a colander before cooking it.It takes the starch out that makes it so sticky! Since I been doin this my rice comes out fab and fluffy!🙂Hope this helps!
Thanks so much for the recipe. I just recently purchased the foodie ninja and am trying to find recipes for it. The cookbook that comes with it I have found that the measurements and times are totally wrong! Appreciate this great quick recipe 🙂
Hello, I tried cooking black rice and followed the instruction in the guide with also 15 mins on High pressure cook, and have turned to ‘seal’. It happened to release a large amount of strong steam DURING the 15 mins count down, with the pressure button popped up. Is this a normal phenomenon? I have checked online and believed it shouldn’t be releasing steam during the cooking in operation, or just a small amount. However, mine was giving out steam vigorously like exactly how quick release is, which seems abnormal.
I have also ran through a water test at the beginning and it was performing normally during the test – with no steam release during the 2 mins operation time.
Would you have any advice please? Thanks much!
Sounds like the valve wasn’t closed, or the seal inside the lid is bad.
@Lil, what heat level was your burner at? That sounds like the excess pressure safety valve was set off because the water was boiling too fast.
I did as said then it never got to 2 minutes but said add more water what did I do wrong?
This recipe comes out perfectly every time! Thank you so much!
Yay!
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