Chicken thighs, black rice, and broccoli all cooked together at the same time! I love this easy recipe for a quick weeknight meal because it takes almost no effort to make. This recipe is gluten free and dairy free!
Prep Time: 3 minutesmins
Cook Time: 55 minutesmins
Servings: 4servings
Ingredients
1 1/4lborganic chicken thighs
1Tbspgrass-fed butterghee, or avocado oil
1cupblack rice
1 3/4cupwater
1lbbroccoliabout 2 large heads, chopped into florets
Sea salt
Black pepper
Instructions
Prep chicken. Sprinkle chicken thighs with salt and pepper on both sides.
Sear chicken. Set Instant Pot to "sauté". When it says "HOT" add in butter, allow to melt and cover the bottom. Add in chicken and sear for 2-3 minutes per side to get a nice brown crust. Remove chicken to a plate.
Set up Instant Pot for cooking rice and chicken. Pour water into the Instant Pot and deglaze the bottom. Add in rice and stir. Place tall trivet inside and place chicken on top of trivet. If you only have the regular trivet, grab a couple of measuring cups or short glass jars to prop it up a few inches (as seen in the photo above). About 2 inches is sufficient. Check to make sure the trivet handles are still completely inside the inner pot. If they are sticking up at all this will prevent the lid from sealing. Just fold them down over the chicken if needed.
Cook rice and chicken. Place lid on Instant Pot, set valve to "sealing" and set to manual high pressure for 30 minutes. It should take about 10 minutes to come to pressure then the countdown will start.
Add in broccoli. When the cook time is up, allow 10 minutes of natural pressure release, then do a quick release. Carefully remove the lid. Quickly add broccoli to the pot and replace the lid. Set the valve to "sealing" and set to manual high pressure for 1 minute. Decrease to 0 minutes if you like lightly cooked broccoli with more of a crunch. Increase to 2 minutes if you like soft-cooked broccoli.
Quick pressure release. When the cook time is up, do a quick release and remove the lid.
Serve and enjoy! Salt and pepper to taste. This dish can be plated as shown in the photo or served in bowls with rice on the bottom. I love to serve this with some sort of sauce like my homemade peppercorn ranch, lemon garlic tahini dressing, or even just buffalo sauce!