Instant Pot Chicken and Yellow Rice

Instant Pot Chicken and Yellow Rice- A New york halal street cart style Turmeric Rice with flavoursome juicy Chicken- all made in the instant pot!

Course Main Course

Prep Time 1

Cook Time 15

Servings

Calories 495kcal

Author Chhavi

Equipment

Instant Pot

Ingredients

4-5 Chicken Thighs with Bone
1 tablespoon Olive Oil

Marination

2 tablespoon Lemon Juice
1 tablespoon Dried Oregano
½ teaspoon Coriander Powder
3 Cloves Garlic Chopped
1 tablespoon Paprika increase this as per spice tolerance
1 tablespoon Olive Oil
1 teaspoon Salt increase it as per your taste

Rice

1 Cup Basmati Rice
1 ¼ Cup Chicken Stock or Water
1 teaspoon Turmeric
1 tablespoon Ground Cumin
Salt to taste

Instructions

Marination

Mix the ingredients listed under marinade- lemon juice, oregano, coriander powder, galirc, paprika, olive oil and salt.
Add the Chicken and let it marinade for 1-2 hours in the refrigerator.If you don't have the time, you can skip the marination time or try to do it for 10-15 minutes atleast.

Browning the Chicken*

Using the SAUTE setting, Heat the instant pot.Let it read "HOT" before you add oil.
Place the Chicken, skin side down.Brown* it for 3-4 minutes till you get a nice sear.Flip and sear the other side.
Cancel Saute, Remove the chicken from the instant pot and set aside on a plate.

Pressure Cooking

To the inner pot, add Chicken Stock or Water and deglaze**Check Notes)
Add Rice, salt, turmeric and cumin.Mix it up.
Place the seared Chicken Thighs on top.(Do not mix!)
Close the lid and PRESSURE cook for 8 minutes on HIGH.
10NPR- Once the cooking time is over,Let the pressure release naturally for 10 minutes before QUICK RELEASE.

Video

Notes

Browning the Chicken*

You can also do this step in a cast iron pan instead of the instant pot.It will be faster and you will get better colour.

To make sure you get all the pan Juices,Add the water to the pan after you have seared the chicken thighs, use a spoon to dislodge any caramelized bits in the water and add it to the rice while pressure cooking.

Deglaze**

After you brown the chicken in the instant pot, there might be some brown bits stuck to the bottom.These needs to be gently removed to avoid the BURN message.

The best way to do this is to add some liquid and using a wooden spoon, gently rub the brown bits to dislodge them.(see the video for more).

Sweet & Sour White Sauce

½ cup Greek Yogurt
1 tablespoon Mayonaise
1 tablespoon Sugar
1 tablespoon Vinegar
¼ teaspoon Salt

Mix it all toghether and drizzle over the rice and chicken while serving.

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