Beef and Rice-a-Roni in the Instant Pot
This is a super easy dish, even your teenager can make this for a quick meal. I use a 3 Qt pot to make this dish, but if you want to double or triple the recipe use a 6-8 Qt pot.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 box Rice a Roni or similar
- ¾ lb beef steak I have used various cuts, chuck eye is my fave
- 2 Tbsp butter needed for browning and flavor
- 1½ cup water use 1/4 cup less for firmer rice
- ¼ tsp Grandma Behrendt Seasoned Salt for meat
- 1 tsp green onions sliced for garnish, optional
Instructions
- This recipe was tested in a 3 Qt pot. You can double recipe and cook it in a 6 Qt pot. Start by pressing Saute and letting your pot heat up until it says HOT.
- Add butter to pot. It will melt quickly.
- Swirl butter around and add seasoned meat to the pot and cook for 5 min.
- Season the other side of the meat and flip again and cook for another 5 min. Press Cancel and remove meat to cool and rest for a bit while the pot cools down.
- Add water to hot pot and Deglaze while meat is resting. Make sure you get the browned bits off the bottom of the pot, this will add flavor to your dish.
- When meat is cool enough to handle, dice or slice it into bite sized pieces.
- Add meat back into pot juices.
- Pour rice a roni over the top.
- Poke down rice a roni in to liquid.
- Sprinkle seasoning packet over the top.
- Press Manual or Pressure Cook and set for 6 min on High Pressure, with 10 min NPR. Make sure pot valve is set to Sealing.
- When NPR is done, manually release the rest of the pressure. Stir contents and serve.
Notes
- Stir fry meat works terrific in this recipe! Buy whatever you can find on sale.
- This recipe can also be made with chicken.
- You can double this recipe for a 6 Qt pot family meal. Turns out amazing.
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Beef and Rice-a-Roni in the Instant Pot
This is a super easy dish, even your teenager can make this for a quick meal. I use a 3 Qt pot to make this dish, but if you want to double or triple the recipe use a 6-8 Qt pot.
Servings: 2 servings
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 box Rice a Roni or similar
- ¾ lb beef steak I have used various cuts, chuck eye is my fave
- 2 Tbsp butter needed for browning and flavor
- 1½ cup water use 1/4 cup less for firmer rice
- ¼ tsp Grandma Behrendt Seasoned Salt for meat
- 1 tsp green onions sliced for garnish, optional
Instructions
- This recipe was tested in a 3 Qt pot. You can double recipe and cook it in a 6 Qt pot. Start by pressing Saute and letting your pot heat up until it says HOT.
- Add butter to pot. It will melt quickly.
- Swirl butter around and add seasoned meat to the pot and cook for 5 min.
- Season the other side of the meat and flip again and cook for another 5 min. Press Cancel and remove meat to cool and rest for a bit while the pot cools down.
- Add water to hot pot and Deglaze while meat is resting. Make sure you get the browned bits off the bottom of the pot, this will add flavor to your dish.
- When meat is cool enough to handle, dice or slice it into bite sized pieces.
- Add meat back into pot juices.
- Pour rice a roni over the top.
- Poke down rice a roni in to liquid.
- Sprinkle seasoning packet over the top.
- Press Manual or Pressure Cook and set for 6 min on High Pressure, with 10 min NPR. Make sure pot valve is set to Sealing.
- When NPR is done, manually release the rest of the pressure. Stir contents and serve.
Notes
- Stir fry meat works terrific in this recipe! Buy whatever you can find on sale.
- This recipe can also be made with chicken.
- You can double this recipe for a 6 Qt pot family meal. Turns out amazing.
