Instant Pot Japanese Fried Rice
Fried rice is called Chāhan or Yakimeshi in Japanese. This Instant Pot Japanese fried rice recipe makes this wonderful dish into an easy weekday meal!
Ingredients
- 2 cups medium grain rice rinsed and drained
- 1 small onion finely diced
- 10 oz frozen vegetable mix thawed
- 1 3/4 cups water
- 2 tbsp low sodium soy sauce
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 3-4 strips thick sliced bacon cut into 1/2 inch pieces
- 1 tbsp chicken bouillon
- 1 tsp garlic paste
- 1 tsp ginger paste
- 2 eggs lightly beaten
- salt and white pepper to taste
- 3-4 green onions finely chopped
- red ginger (Benishoga)
Instructions
- Select Sauté function on the Instant Pot and allow to heat up.
- Add bacon and cook until it starts to brown. Add onion and cook until translucent, about 2 minutes, stirring often. Add garlic and ginger and stir for about 20 seconds. Press CANCEL to turn off the Instant Pot.
- Add rice to the mixture and stir to completely coat the rice. Add water, vegetable mix, soy sauce, sesame oil, chicken bouillon and mix.
- Close the lid and close the pressure valve. Cook at high pressure, on Manual Mode for 5 minutes.
- When finished cooking, let it naturally release for 10 minutes then release the rest of the pressure.
- Push all the ingredients to the side of the pot and add beaten eggs. Scramble the eggs until it begins to set. Then fold into the rice mixture until egg is cooked through.
- Turn off the Instant Pot and adjust the flavor as needed with salt and pepper.
- Serve warm, topped with green onions and red ginger for garnish.