Chamorro Red Rice (Instant Pot Recipe)
This is my version of an important part of any fiesta plate on Guam.
Chamorro Red Rice (Instant Pot)
Course: Lunch, DinnerCuisine: Chamorro, GuamanianDifficulty: EasyServings
10
servingsPrep time
10
minutesCooking time
30
minutesYou can scale the recipe up or down depending on how many servings you need. The basic ratio is: equal amounts of bacon slices, water, and uncooked rice (i.e. 1 slice of bacon and 1 cup of water for every cup of uncooked rice)
Ingredients
1 medium onion, diced
1 Tablespoon neutral oil (i.e. canola or vegetable)
5 slices of bacon, chopped (you can omit the bacon if you choose to make this vegetarian)
5 cups medium grain rice, rinsed
1 Tablespoon annatto powder (if using Mama Sita’s Annatto Powder – use the whole package 10g)
1 Tablespoon garlic powder
4 teaspoons Kosher salt
5 cups of water
Directions
- Set Instant Pot to saute heat oil and cook bacon until crispy.
- Add onions and saute until softened.
- Add garlic powder and annatto powder.
- Add the rice and mix everything.
- Add water and salt, stir to combine.
- Place the Instant Pot lid on, seal and set to Rice mode (12 minute cook time is the default).
- Once the timer goes off, release the steam and carefully open the lid. Mix up rice and stir to combine.
- Serve with Finadene and Chamorro BBQ!
Is this recipe a Quick release? Or a Natural release? Or a natural release after a certain amount of minutes after timer goes off?
Hi, this recipe is a quick release! 🙂
Would I need to adjust the time if I were to double or triple the recipe?
Hi, if you are using an instant pot you should not need to adjust the time using the “rice” setting. If you find the rice a bit under-done using the rice setting you can manually set the the instant pot for 15 minutes instead. Hope that helps!