Brown Rice in a Pressure Cooker

Dinner time

 Tonight's dinner was wonderful.  I first prepared brown rice in the pressure cooker (PC), then I make a delicious Lemon, Garlic, and Herb Chicken also in the PC.  The post for that recipe will be coming soon.  So stay posted.

Cooking Times

Ingredients

Into the pressure cooker

Releasing the pressure

The rice is done

I purchased a 1 pound bag of brown rice, which usually equates to 2 cups of rice.  Then I got out my handy pressure cooking guide that I downloaded from Chef Brads website.  Chef Brad is another advocate of the PC.  As you can see the cook time is 14 mins per stove top PC (which I have).

Finished product

Brown rice calls for 2 cups water to 1 cup brown rice.  We will also add about a tsp of oil (you can use butter also).  The oil is to keep the foaming to a minimum.




Place all of the ingredients in the PC and secure the lid.  With the stove on high the pressure will start to build in the pressure cooker.  The button will pop up to let you know it is at pressure.  Once it is at pressure you will turn the heat down to low.  This is also when you will start timing.  So I started a timer for 14 mins.



A pressure cooker gets really hot inside and that is why it takes less time to cook.  After the timer sounds take the PC off the heat and release the pressure using the fast release method.  You can see that I am pulling my valve up so that the pressure is released.  Please BE CAREFUL.  This can be hot.  I would suggest using a hot pad.





The rice is fully cooked and makes about 4 cups of rice.







Doesn't this look wonderful.  So plump and moist.

WELCOME!

Hello.  My name is Kaylene and I have just discovered the wonderful world of PRESSURE COOKING!

I was watching some cooking shows (because I love cooking shows as well as cooking) and found some really interesting recipes and uses for pressure cookers.  

So, I was showing them to my dear husband, AND... lo and behold he bought me a pressure cooker for my birthday.  Thank you, Honey.

Needless to say I started to cook in it right away and we have eaten some delicious food and meals straight from our PC (Pressure Cooker).  This was only a few months ago and so I decided that it would be a great idea to share this wonderful appliance with all of you.

I named the blog "No Pressure Pressure Cooking" because it really is very simple.  Plus, using a PC has many other benefits, including (but not limited to):

1. Fast - A PC can shave of a ton of time when preparing meals.
2. Saves money - You can have many of the prepared/canned versions for so much cheaper.
3. Nutritious - Using the pressure cooker is a great way to add nutrition to foods you already make.
4. Variety - Make foods you normally would not because of the ease.

Did I mention Nutritious!  My using our PC has added more grains, beans, legumes, and lean meats to our diet.  

Come along on this journey with me to discover how to use a PC and tons of recipes to use with it.

~Kaylene