Instant Pot Pork Chops and Rice with Vegetables + Video

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.

This is one of those thin boneless pork chops recipes where you add rice, whatever vegetables you happen to have in your freezer. You add a little salt and pepper and water. You throw everything into your Instant Pot. You set it for 5 minutes, and walk away. Come back to a family-friendly dinner.

Really. It's that simple.

Comfort food that the whole family will love, with very little work, and if you're feeding only yourself, great meal prep and freezer food.

Instant Pot Pork Chops and Rice with Vegetables

My kids love my Instant Pot Pork Chops Recipe wanted to eat it plain.

But 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.

For this batch, I used julienned carrots and frozen mixed vegetables. As long as you use vegetables that are not super starchy (like potatoes!) you can use whatever other frozen vegetables you have.

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 to Cook Pork Chops and Rice in your Instant Pot Pressure Cooker

1. 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.

2. 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 ingredients, 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. Also, always check the internal temperature of the meat. Using a meat thermometer, ensure the temperature has reached at least 160F close to the bone.

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 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.

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 with Vegetables! 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?

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• Instant Pot Risotto with Shrimp is another one-pot comfort meal.
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Instant Pot Pork Chops and Rice with Vegetables

For the days you're tired and harried, here's an 30-minute Instant Pot Pork Chops and Rice and Vegetables recipe that requires almost no effort. Throw everything into your pressure cooker, set it for 5 minutes, and walk away.

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Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Course: Main Courses

Cuisine: American

Keyword: instant pot pork chops, instant pot pork chops and rice, pressure cooker pork chops

Servings: 4

Calories: 408kcal

Author: Urvashi Pitre

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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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Nutrition

Calories: 408kcal | Carbohydrates: 45g | Protein: 34g | Fat: 8g | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g

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