Instant Pot Healthier Spanish Rice with Chicken and Sausage - Dump and Go Dinner
This Instant Pot Spanish rice recipe with chicken and sausage is full of flavor that would have you believe it took all day long to make but is simple and fast with the Instant Pot! Peas, carrots, and peppers round out this dish with for the perfect weeknight dinner.
Ingredients
- 1 ⅓ cups Brown Rice, Short-Grain
- ⅓ cups Peas, Frozen
- 1 ⅛ cups slice Chicken Sausage Links, Pre-Cooked
- 1 pound quarter Chicken, Boneless Breasts
- ¾ cups dice Onion
- 3 ⅓ teaspoons mince Garlic, Cloves
- ⅓ cups dice Carrot
- 1 cup dice Bell Pepper, Red
- ⅓ teaspoons Salt
- ⅛ teaspoons Black Pepper
- 2 ⅓ cups Chicken Broth/Stock, Reduced Fat
Supplies
Cooking Instructions
Freeze For Later Cooking Day Directions
These directions help you cook or prepare this meal PRIOR to being frozen for serving later (see Serving Day Directions when you are ready to prepare it to eat).
Why would I want to freeze this?
- Package rice among half of the indicated number of pint size freezer bags.
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Make From Frozen Serving Day Directions
These directions help you cook or reheat this meal AFTER it's been frozen for when you are ready to eat it.
- Prep from frozen
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Make It Now Cooking Directions
These directions are for cooking this recipe to serve immediately and NOT to freeze for later.
- **Due to the nature of pressure cooking there is always room for inconsistency. The times given here are based on 4 servings fresh. If you are using more servings you may need to increase your cooking time.**
- Add everything but peas to Instant Pot.
- Lock lid into place and seal steam nozzle.
- Cook on high pressure for 25 minutes.
- Quick release pressure.
- Stir in frozen peas and shut lid to allow to heat through for a few minutes.