One Pot Pressure Cooker Chicken and Rice

Prep

10 mins

Cook

25 mins

Total

35 mins

 

Easy, fast pressure cooker chicken and rice is the perfect one pot meal for busy weeknights. Tender chicken, juicy mushrooms, and fragrant rice make the ultimate comfort food.

Author: Pressure Cook Recipes

Cuisine: Chinese

Serving: 2 - 4

Ingredients

• 6 dried shiitake mushrooms, marinated
• 6 - 8 chicken drumsticks, marinated
• 1½ cup (345 g) Jasmine rice, rinse
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• 1½ cup (375 ml) water
• Shredded ginger & green onions for garnish

Marinade

• 1 tablespoon light soy sauce (not low sodium soy sauce)
• 1 teaspoon dark soy sauce
• ½ teaspoon sugar
• ½ teaspoon corn starch
• 1 teaspoon Shaoxing rice wine
• A dash of white pepper powder
• 1 tablespoon ginger, shredded
• 1 teaspoon five spice powder

Instructions

1. Place the dried shiitake mushrooms in a small bowl. Rehydrate them with cold water for 20 minutes.
2. Chop the drumsticks into 2 pieces. Then, marinate the chicken and mushrooms with the marinade sauce for 20 minutes.
3. Rinse rice under cold water by gently scrubbing the rice with your fingertips in a circling motion. Pour out the milky water, and continue to rinse until the water is clear. Then, drain the water.
4. Add the rice, 1 teaspoon of salt, and marinated chicken and mushrooms, and 1½ cup of water in the pressure cooker.
5. Close the lid. Cook in high pressure for 9 minutes with an Electric Pressure Cooker, then, natural release for 15 minutes.
6. Serve immediately.