For the days you're tired and hurried, here's a 30-minute Instant Pot Pork Chops and Rice and Vegetables recipe that requires almost no effort. Tender pork chops, comforting soft rice, and veggies your kids will actually eat.
What Makes This Instant Pot Pork Chops and Rice Recipe So Good?
- Easy. Set your Instant Pot for 5 minutes and walk away.
- Fast. Start to finish done in under 30 minutes.
- Family-friendly. A great way to sneak in some veggies.
- Meal prep. Freezes and reheats with ease.
- Delicious. So great you'll add it to your dinner rotation.
- Little Cleanup. One pot, pour and cook meal.
Will My Kids Really Eat This Pork Chop and Rice Recipe?
I'm a sneaky mom and when they were little, I'd add vegetables to it because that's what Moms do. Although my older one, Mark, was great with veggies, the younger one, Alex, needs them sneaked in.
Sure he picked around the veggies, but I hoped he'd miss one every once in a while and hey, presto! Veggies snuck into an unsuspecting kid!
The good news is that you can use whatever veggies will go over well in your household.
What Kind of Veggies Can I Use In This Recipe?
- Frozen Mixed Veggies
- Julienned Carrots
- Peas
- Frozen Green Beans
- Frozen Corn
Really, the possibilities are endless. As long as you don't use starchy vegetables like potatoes.
The reason NOT to use potatoes or other super starchy things is that those vegetables ABSORB water to help the starch cook. You will likely not have enough water if you did that.
How Long Do You Pressure Cook Pork Chops?
- For this easy pork chops recipe, add oil, onions, rice, salt and pepper into the Instant Pot. You do not need to sauté anything. Yup, you read that right. The pressure cooker will take care of all the cooking for you.
- Place pork chops on top of the rice. Pour in water and push down the rice to ensure it's covered by the water.
3. Add whatever vegetables you intended to use. DO NOT STIR. You want these vegetables on top so that they won't overcook.
4. Set the Instant Pot or electric pressure cooker to 5 minutes. At the end of the cook time, let it rest undisturbed for 10 minutes. This is important cook time for the Pressure Cooker Pork Chops, so do not rush it.
5. Ready to serve! Cooking pork chops has never been so easy. They will be completely cooked. The rice will be soft and therefore well loved by kids and grown ups alike.
Can You Use Bone In Pork Chops?
Yes, you can. I would recommend you use a thin pork chop for this Instant Pot pork chops recipe, whether it has a bone or not so that the pork chop and rice cook at the same time.
How Can You Tell If Pork Chops Are Done?
- Time. Cook under high pressure for 5 minutes with a 10 minute natural release.
- Temperature. Use a meat thermometer to check for an internal temperature of at least 145F.
- Texture. Pork chops should not be tough or chewy.
Why Are My Instant Pot Pork Chops Tough?
If your pork chops are tough after cooking, it's likely because you have overcooked them.
Wondering how long to cook pork chops?
Follow my cooking times exactly for this recipe and you will have perfect Instant Pot Pork Chops every time.
Tips & Tricks for this Instant Pot Pork Chops & Rice with Vegetables Recipe.
- This is a thin pork chop recipe so they cook with the rice. You can use boneless pork chops as well.
- Do not exceed the quantity of vegetables called for, as you will have way too much water and mushy rice if you do that.
- This bone in or boneless pork chop recipe makes very soft rice so use the longest grain rice you can find and don't add extra water.
- The pork chops and vegetables will release plenty of water.
- Be sure the rice is well covered with water; push it down if you need to.
- If you double the recipe. use only 1 3/4 cups of water.
- If you're wondering how to cook boneless pork chops with this recipe, don't fret. Just follow the directions for bone in pork chop recipes listed below.
So the next time you're looking for a quick, yet family friendly dinner to cook up, make this Instant Pot Pork Chops and Rice! Your family is sure to love how it tastes and you're sure to love how little effort is involved in making it!
Want More Instant Pot Recipes?
- Instant Pot Butter Chicken is an easy 30-minute dinner and you can make rice on top of it, as the video shows.
- Pressure Cooker Rice and Dal is a great vegetarian rice dinner.
- This Lebanese Lentil and Rice dish is another great Vegetarian Instant Pot recipe.
- Instant Pot Indian Khichadi is comfort food in a bowl!
- Instant Pot Risotto with Shrimp is another one-pot comfort meal.
- Buffalo chicken casserole for the days you want low carb recipes
- You might also like low carb Chicken Biryani that uses riced cauliflower.
- Chicken and Mushrooms are a great combo.
- My kids love Instant Pot Pork Chops with Rice and Vegetables
- Zucchini Lasagna- You won't even miss the pasta.
- Haluski Recipe - A wonderful cabbage and noodles recipe.
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Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon (1 tablespoon) Oil
- 1 cup (160 g) Onion, chopped
- 1 cup (185 g) Basmati Rice, rinsed
- 1 tsp (1 tsp) Kosher Salt
- 1 tsp (1 tsp) Ground Black Pepper
- 4 (4 ) pork chops,, thin cut
- 3/4 cup (187.5 g) Water
- 1/2 cup (91 g) mixed vegetables,, frozen
- 1 (1 ) carrot, julienned
Instructions
- Place all ingredients into the inner liner of your pressure cooker in the order listed. Oil and onions at the bottom, rice with salt and pepper on top of that, pork chops on the rice, pour water and strew about the vegetables on top.
- Be absolutely sure that the rice is sitting under the water otherwise it will not cook. If you use potatoes or other starchy vegetables, you may need to add water. If you don't rinse your rice, you may need to add a little extra water.
- Cook at High Pressure for 5 minutes, and allow it to release pressure naturally for 10 minutes. Release any remaining pressure, and serve.
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- Use thin pork chops so they cook with the rice.
- Do not exceed the quantities of vegetables called for, as you will have way too much water and mushy rice if you do that.
- This recipe makes a very soft rice so use the longest grain rice you can find and don't add extra water.
- The pork chops and vegetables will release plenty of water.
- Be sure the rice is well covered with water; push it down if you need to. If you don't your rice will not cook.
- If you have an 8 quart, DOUBLE THE RECIPE. Otherwise you may get a burn message
- Be sure to rinse the rice, else you may not have enough water in the recipe, and your rice may be very starchy and stick.
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Originally Published July 17, 2017
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Mike O.
This recipe was easy and came out delicious. I used a package of Near East rice pilaf mix, 1 cup of water, boneless pork chops and frozen green beans. Cooked 5 & 10 as instructed. I thought pork was a little tough for my taste but the rest of the family was happy. Thanks for sharing.
Jennifer Wilkinson
Great recipe! I followed the recipe with just one quite thick chop so as suggested increased the time to 8 minutes. It was fine and well cooked and tender. Think a rub with salt (then less added) and perhaps a little lemon juice in the water might be good. I did add garlic to the onions and some oregano. The format is excellent and so handy with it all just put in the pot and then pushing the button. Will definitely make it again. I have the vegetable rice over for tomorrow.
Ana
Got the burn warning on IP. Added a broth, covered it with foil and finished it in the oven. Nice flavours.
Michael
Made this, in a matter of minutes, late one evening ( after 8 pm ); I hadn't eaten much all day. Except for that sandwich I had for lunch , I was hungry!
Twenty minutes later I was eating a full meal; even had time to cook Southern green beans as a side.
The pork cooked tender and everything had flavor. the browned onions on the bottom really added flavor. Will make this often.
I did make this for one person ( single chop ) and have rice with veggies for a side dish to another recipe tomorrow. Economical !! I had all the ingredients at home waiting for a great meal and this did it.
Michael
Adding afterthoughts to my post:
All the meat and veggies were froze; added Broccoli, too. Nothing too dry and nothing burnt.
After making Southern green beans in the same IP moments later ( 4 minutes on steam ) I used the garlic and butter from the beans over the top of the chop for added flavor. The lightly added bacon in the beans helped too.
Marisol
This was good because the rice did not overcook! But I think i was not sure on what "thin" meant. I got wafer thin chops and they were overcooked. Maybe a thickiness in inches would have been good. I'm excited to play around with this recipe though! Thanks.
Jessica
I would like to make this with brown rice (it’s what I have!) Do you recommend that I A) Cook the whole thing longer, potentially overcooking the pork chops, or B) Start the rice, open the pressure cooker, and add the chops later so they are only being cooked as long as indicated I’m the recipe? Or something else entirely?? Thanks in advance!
URVASHI PITRE
I would love to give you an easy solution but I’m struggling. If you precook the rice and then add pork chops there won’t be enough water for it to cone back to pressure and it will burn. If you cook the rice without the pork chops, it will just taste like plain brown rice.
Jessica
Here is what I did, in case others would like to try it:
I put the oil, onion (+1 chopped garlic clove!), 1 cup rinsed brown rice and 1 cup water in the IP. I turned it on high pressure for 10 min. After 10 min I did a quick release and added the pork chops and vegetables, then cooked as instructed—5 min high pressure, 10 min natural pressure release.
It worked! The flavor was pretty good, pork was cooked nicely. It was just a tad watery, but that could have been because I used frozen green beans, which have a lot of water.
I also stirred in some frozen peas and carrots after cooking, because I wanted more veggies.
This was a hit in my house on a rainy night! My 8 year old went for seconds and my husband called it “homey.”
URVASHI PITRE
Yay!! Love how you did this! I will try it once I can get pork chops.
Kathy D.
Excellent meal! I doubled the recipe and included fresh minced garlic with the vegetables.
Lana
This was so easy!! I want to learn more so I can cook more often in my insta pot.
Cathy
Doubled the recipe but got the burn error...first time using my instapot, kinda sad it didn't work out 😢
Christi
Followed recipe exactly as directed and got the burnt food indicator. Ended up finishing it off in a casserole dish in the oven. Now I have to scrub burnt on rice from the bottom of my pot. Ugh. My guess is either the water content in the frozen veggies isn't enough or the bigger instantpots can't pressurize fully before losing moisture. This recipe is not a keeper for my instantpot but it smells great in the oven. Hopefully next time will be better. I'll give another recipe on your site a try😊
URVASHI PITRE
Was it an 8 quart? You may need to double the recipe. The rice and water need to cover the bottom of the pot. The bigger issue is that some 8 quarts just run hot. As you see from the attached video, this recipe works as written but clearly it didn’t for you. So sorry . Also check your seal and the float valve.