Description
Instant pot Mexican Fiesta Rice - If you’re looking for a super quick, simple, and delicious Mexican Rice recipe — you’ve come to the right place. Simple and easy weeknight dinner for the family. The bonus of this recipe is that it’s a one-pot dish. That means a whole lot less clean-up is involved 🙂 An easy versatile vegetarian dish. This fiesta rice is another DUMP and PUSH START Instant Pot recipe.
Ingredients
Scale
- One cups basmati rice
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 red pepper/ diced
- 1 cup onion/ chopped
- 1/2 green bell pepper / diced
- 1 cup corn kernels
- 1-2 jalapeno/ chopped
- 1 can black beans/ drained and rinsed/you can use kidney beans, cannellini beans too
- 2 Tbsp taco seasoning
- salt to taste
- 1-1/2 cup water
- 1 can tomato puree/ if using tomatoes at home take 4 tomatoes and make puree
- for garnish
- 1/2 cup shredded four cheese/optional
- 1/4 cup cilantro/ chopped
Instructions
- Add the rice, onion, peppers, corn, black beans, and water in the inner pot of your pressure cooker.
- Add the tomato puree, taco seasoning and salt to taste. Stir to combine, put the lid on and set valve to 'sealing'.
- Pressure cook on high for 5 minutes. when it is done. do a quick pressure release.
- Remove the lid. Sprinkle the top of the rice with cilantro and cheese.
- Serve with suggested toppings.
- stove top version
- Cook the rice according to instructions
- Heat oil in a pan and add onion and red /green pepper, jalapeno, corn and cook until soft, about 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add rinsed and drained black beans and taco seasoning & salt.
- mix and cook for a few minutes.
- Add in the tomato puree and mix it well.
- Stir the bean and veggie mixture into rice. Add the cilantro and mix.
- Serve it with a side of cheese, sour cream, chopped avocado, and lettuce!
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Additional Time: 0 hours
- Cook Time: 8 minutes