Best Pressure Cooker Wild Rice Recipes

PRESSURE COOKER MUSHROOM AND WILD RICE SOUP

Steps:

• Turn on the sauté setting on a 6- to 8-quart electric pressure cooker. Melt the butter, then add the onion. Cook, stirring occasionally, until translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Add the mushrooms and 1 teaspoon salt, and cook, stirring occasionally, until the mushrooms have released their liquid and shrunk a bit, about 8 minutes. Add the celery, carrot, chopped garlic, thyme, garlic powder and several generous grinds of black pepper. Stir to combine. Add the flour and stir until the vegetables are evenly coated and no white spots remain.
• Pour in the stock and wine, and turn off the heat. Scrape the bottom of the pot very well to incorporate flour and any browned bits that are stuck to the bottom. (This will add flavor and also prevent a burn warning later.) Stir in the wild rice.
• Cook on high pressure for 10 to 12 minutes. Turn off the heat and let the pressure reduce naturally for 10 minutes, then release the remaining pressure manually.
• Stir the soup and check the texture of the wild rice; if it needs a bit more time repeat the pressure cooking process for a cook time of 2 minutes and rapidly release the pressure. Check the texture of the soup; if you'd like it to be thicker, turn on the sauté function and let the soup simmer to reduce to desired consistency. Turn off the heat.
• Put the sour cream in a small bowl and slowly whisk in a few spoonfuls of warm soup until smooth, then stir the mixture into the soup. (This prevents the sour cream from separating.) Taste the soup and add salt and pepper to taste.
• Serve the soup in bowls topped with chopped scallions or chives and dill. Reheat any leftovers on low until warm. (Boiling can cause the sour cream to break.)

PRESSURE-COOKER VEGETABLE WILD RICE SOUP

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a 6-qt. electric pressure cooker. Lock lid; close pressure-release valve. Adjust to pressure-cook on high for 20 minutes. Let pressure release naturally for 10 minutes; quick-release any remaining pressure., Discard bay leaves and thyme sprigs before serving. If desired, serve with additional thyme. Freeze option: Freeze cooled soup in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally; add broth if necessary.

WILD RICE IN THE PRESSURE COOKER

Steps:

• Place water and rice in a pressure cooker and secure lid.
• Heat to high pressure over high heat; reduce heat to medium, but maintain pressure.
• Cook 30 minutes; remove from heat, release pressure, then remove lid and drain.

WILD RICE - UNSOAKED - 2-QT. PRESSURE COOKER

Steps:

• In pressure cooker, pour in water and bring it to a rolling boil.
• Pour in well-drained rice, stir well.
• Secure lid, and bring to LOW pressure (8 psi, 1 bar). Once pot has reached low pressure, adjust heat to stabilize at low pressure. (My stove runs hot for a simmer, so sometimes I stack an extra burner grate or I press the steam valve of my Kuhn Rikon p.c. lid with a wooden spoon to keep the pressure at 1 bar.) Once low pressure has been reached, begin timing for 25 minutes and cook for 25 minutes.
• Remove from heat. Let pressure reduce naturally (this will absorb some of the excess water, if any).
• Remove lid and serve.

WILD RICE - PRE-SOAKED - 2-QT. PRESSURE COOKER

Steps:

• In pressure cooker, pour in water and bring it to a rolling boil.
• Pour in well-drained wild rice, stir well.
• Secure lid and bring to LOW pressure (8 psi, 1 bar). Once pot has reached low pressure, adjust heat to stabilize at low pressure. (My stove runs hot for a simmer, so sometimes I stack an extra burner grate or I press the steam valve of my Kuhn Rikon p.c. lid with a wooden spoon to keep the pressure at 1 bar. Once low pressure has been reached, begin timing for 15 minutes and cook for 12 minutes.
• Remove from heat. Let pressure reduce naturally (this will absorb some of the excess water, if any).
• Remove lid. If rice has cooked completely, but water remains, drain off excess water.
• Serve.

WILD RICE WITH CHESTNUTS, PRUNES, AND APRICOTS _ - PRESSURE COOKER

Steps:

• 1. Score a small "x" in the skin on the flat side of each chestnut. 2. bring 2 quarts water to boil in the cooker and cook the chestnuts, uncovered, for 3 minutes. Test by running a chestnut under cold water and remove both the peel and thin skin. If peeling is difficult, let the chestnuts rest in the hot water for a few more minutes. Remove when ready and drain. 3. Rinse out cooker and dry. 4. Saute the celery and carrots for 2 minutes in hot butter, then stir in the rice and coat with oil. 5. Stir in the chestnuts, dried fruit, cinnamon, 2 3/4 C boiling broth, bay leaf and salt. 6. Lock lid and bring to high pressure. Adjust heat to maintain high pressure for 15 minutes. 7. Use quick-release method. 8. If the rice is not cooked to your preference, re-lock the lid and return to high pressure for up to 8 minutes. (if using brown rice and it is not cooked enough, cover with (not lock) the lid and simmer over low for a few more minutes, adding 1/4 c of additional boiling broth or water as needed.) 9. When rice is done, remove the bay leaf and stir in the orange zest. Adjust seasonings before serving.

PRESSURE COOKER CHICKEN AND WILD RICE SOUP

Steps:

• Cook Uncle Ben's rice according to package directions, substituting chicken broth for water.
• Meanwhile, heat olive oil in pressure cooker over medium high heat.
• Saute celery, carrot, onion, and garlic for 3-4 minutes until soft.
• Add bay leaves, chicken broth, and chicken breasts to pressure cooker.
• Secure lid, bring up to pressure and reduce heat so regulator is rocking at high pressure.
• Cook for 7 minutes.
• Let pressure reduce naturally for 4 minutes and then quick release remaining pressure.
• Remove chicken from cooker to a cutting board to cool.
• Remove bay leaves and discard.
• Combine salt, pepper, and flour in a small bowl and set aside.
• Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium low heat.
• Sift flour mixture into butter, stirring constantly until all of flour is absorbed.
• Heat and stir for 1 minute or until bubbly.
• Whisk milk into flour/butter mixture a little at a time.
• Cook, stirring frequenly, for 5 minutes.
• Add white wine to milk mixture and stir. If not using wine, may need additional milk for desired consistency.
• Chicken should now be cool enough to shred/dice and return to pressure cooker pot.
• When rice is done cooking, stir and add to pressure cooker pot with chicken and vegetables.
• Add milk mixture to pot and stir.
• Add additional water for desired soup/chowder consistency. Simmer for 10 minutes until warmed through.
• Ladle into bowls and serve with your favorite bread or garlic cheddar biscuits!

PRESSURE COOKER WILD RICE RECIPE - (4/5)

Steps:

• Place rice in cooker; mix in water or broth. Close lid securely; bring to high pressure over high heat. Adjust heat to medium or level needed to maintain pressure; cook 30 minutes (for stove top pc's - electric ones you "set and forget." Remove from heat; release pressure through steam vent, or place cooker under cold running water to release pressure (use running water ONLY with the stove top pc's). Remove lid; drain any excess liquid.

PRESSURE COOKER WILD RICE AND BARLEY CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Mince the shallots.
• Melt 2 Tbs butter in the pressure cooker.
• Add the shallots and cook over high heat until soft, about 2 minutes.
• Add the rice and barley and stir well.
• Pour in the sherry.
• When the mixture has stopped sputtering, add the beef stock or broth and water.
• Close pressure cooker and bring up to full pressure.
• Reduce heat to stabilize pressure and cook for 23 minutes.
• Release pressure.
• Most of the rice should be split open and tender but not mushy.
• Return the cover and cook longer if necessary.
• If there is liquid remaining after the rice is cooked, pour it off.
• The mushrooms can be cooked in the pressure cooker by removing the rice and after it is cooked, or they can be cooked in a skillet while the rice is cooking.
• Melt the remaining 2 Tbs butter in the pressure cooker or a skillet.
• Add the mushrooms and cook over high heat until they are soft and most of the liquid has been cooked away.
• Fold the mushrooms into the rice mixture and add salt to taste.
• This dish can be made several days in advance and refrigerated.
• Reheat on the stove or in the microwave oven before serving.