Easy 1 Minute Instant Pot Quinoa
With just one minute on the pressure cook cycle, you can enjoy delicious, fluffy quinoa from your Instant Pot!
Servings: 3 cups
Equipment
- Instant Pot multi cooker
Ingredients
- 1 cup quinoa
- 2 tbsp minced shallot
- 2 cloves minced garlic
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1 cup water
- nonstick spray
Instructions
- Rinse the quinoa thoroughly in a colander, drain well.
- Spray the inside of the pressure cooker lightly with nonstick spray.
- Add the quinoa, shallot, garlic, salt and pepper to pressure cooker.
- Add 1 cup of filtered water to the quinoa mixture in the pressure cooker.
- Secure lid, making sure to turn the pressure dial on the top to "SEAL".
- Select the "Pressure Cook button" and set timer to 1 minute.
- Once the 1 minute timer has elapsed, wait for an additional 7 minutes. Then manually release the pressure by turning the knob on the lid from "SEAL" to "VENT", by using a hot pad or dish towel to protect your skin from the hot steam that will be released.
- Fluff the quinoa with a fork and then spread out on a cookie sheet to cool before storing.
Notes
- I can't stress enough how careful you need to be when releasing the pressure from your cooker. I usually throw a dish towel over the entire unit and turn the knob so that the steam stays trapped underneath, and my kitchen windows don't fog up.
- You can easily double or triple all the ingredients and you'll still get great results. Just don't use less than the 1 cup of quinoa and 1 cup of water, otherwise there won't be enough liquid to cover the bottom of the pot to cook evenly.
- I include aromatics like shallot and garlic in this recipe, but that's totally optional. You can also add fresh thyme or rosemary for a pop of flavor. For extra richness, swap out the water for chicken stock.