instant pot plov

This Instant Pot rice pilaf is a variation of the beef plov I grew up enjoying. This dish includes stewing beef, onion, spices, carrots, and rice that culminate in a hearty main meal. While the traditional version gets cooked outside in a large cast iron pan, you can make this one with the convenience of your pressure cooker.

Instant Pot Rice Pilaf - Uzbek Beef Plov

beef

cooking oil (I

onion

salt (divided)

black pepper (freshly ground)

paprika powder

cumin

coriander

bay leaves

water (divided)

carrots

long grain rice (like Jasmine or Basmati)

garlic

Press the Sauté button on your pressure cooker. When the display shows HOT add the oil. Add the beef and brown it well from all sides, stirring frequently.

Now add the chopped onion and sauté until softened. Press Cancel to stop the Sauté mode. Stir in 1 teaspoon of the salt, the black pepper, paprika, cumin, coriander and add the bay leaves. Add 1 cup of water and stir to loosen up any browned bits from the bottom.

Close the Instant Pot lid, turn the pressure valve to sealing, and cook on high pressure for 15 minutes. This will tenderize the beef. Quick release the pressure after cooking.

Open the lid. Stir in the carrots. Then spread the rice over top (DON&#039;T stir) and sprinkle the remaining teaspoon of salt over the rice. Slowly pour in the remaining 2 cups of water. Push the garlic head halves into the rice.

Close the lid again and pressure cook on high for 6-8 more minutes (use your usual rice cooking time. For me that is 6 minutes for Jasmine rice). Quick release the pressure after cooking.

Open the lid and remove the garlic and bay leaves. Stir everything gently to combine the meat, carrots, and rice.

I was looking for an easy plov recipe for Instant pot for a while and came across this one. Decided to try it with 1 lb of lamb and basmati rice. I followed the recipe very closely but deviated slightly a few times. Will adjust further in the future.
Here’re my changes: 
- I pressure cooked lamb for 18 min. That was probably a lot although I had bigger chunks. I think 15 minutes - same as for the beef - would have been sufficient.
- I used a plov spice packet from a Russian store, which worked well in the past and didn’t disappoint this time. I did add the same quantity of salt as in the recipe.
- I used two smaller garlic heads cut at the bottom instead of one larger one cut in half
- Once the rice was added I went with the same quantity of water as in the recipe and pressure cooked for 12 minutes (as previous comments suggested to double the time for basmati)

My rice ended up “wet” and overcooked, which is not a big deal (plov tastes great regardless). But if using lamb and basmati, I’d note the following: lamb releases liquid and fat when cooked on high heat, so after one cup of water is added for the first step, your pot already has slightly more than 1 cup of liquid in it. So for the second step, I should have added 1 rather than 2 cups of water to avoid “wetness”. I will also adjust pressure cook times next time: 15 min for step 1, and 10 min for step 2. Hopefully, that will lead to a fluffier rice. Will also try it with beef in a few months. Thank you for a great recipe!

We love this recipe! The whole head of garlic really makes it. My husband lived in Kazakhstan for a while and this was his favorite dish. We use chicken instead of beef most of the time (and adjust cooking to suit chicken) and shredded carrots instead of matchsticks (my toddler is more likely to eat shredded carrots). Turns out amazing every time!

This was a great recipe!  Basmati took longer than recipe —- had to put it on again for another 6 minutes and then left it under pressure for another 3-4. Flavour was amazing   Made the tomato and onion dish as a side, which was a perfect pairing. Love love love.

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This Instant Pot rice pilaf is a variation of Uzbek beef plov. This dish includes stewing beef, onion, spices, carrots, and rice that culminate in a hearty main meal. While the traditional version gets cooked outside in a large cast iron pan, you can make this one with the convenience of your pressure cooker.

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