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    Instant Pot Spicy Beef and Rice

    Posted: Sep 14, 2019 Last Modified: Jan 30, 2021 by Carmy · This post may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.

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    This Instant Pot Spicy Beef and Rice is the perfect meal prep for the week or as a last minute weeknight dinner!

    This Instant Pot Spicy Beef and Rice is the perfect meal prep for the week or as a last minute weeknight dinner! Video down below.

    This Instant Pot Spicy Beef and Rice is the perfect meal prep for the week or as a last minute weeknight dinner!

    Instant Pot Spicy Beef and Rice

    Who’s down for a lazy Instant Pot meal prep/dinner? This spicy beef and rice recipe is where it is at! You might not see it at first, but this Instant Pot beef and rice is packed with healthy goodness! There’s onions, mushrooms, corn, tomatoes, and beans in every spoonful. While I made mine to be pretty spicy, you can always make it a little more mild by adjusting the seasonings going in.

    I’m once again using the blend and extend method with this beef recipe by using a bit less meat and blending in finely diced mushrooms to stretch the meat out more. If you prefer something more beefy, feel free to add additional ground beef.

    This Instant Pot Spicy Beef and Rice is the perfect meal prep for the week or as a last minute weeknight dinner!

    What You’ll Need To Make This Pressure Cooker Spicy Beef and Rice

    • olive oil
    • ground beef
    • onion
    • garlic
    • mushroom
    • chipotle chili pepper
    • dried oregano
    • rice
    • beef stock
    • salsa
    • navy beans
    • corn
    • canned fire roasted tomatoes

    How To Make This Instant Pot Spicy Beef and Rice Meal Prep

    • On sauté mode on the Instant Pot, add in olive oil. Once the bottom of the liner is coated, add in the ground beef and brown.
    • Add in the onion, garlic, mushroom, chipotle chili pepper, and oregano and mix together.
    • Next, layer in the rice, beef stock, salsa, navy beans, corn, and canned fire roasted tomatoes. Do not mix.
    • Put on the lid, set the vent to sealing, and cook under Manual for 10 minutes.
    • When done, quick release, stir, and serve.

    This Instant Pot Spicy Beef and Rice is the perfect meal prep for the week or as a last minute weeknight dinner!

    Tips and Notes on This Instant Pot Beef and Rice Recipe

    • If you’d like to reduce the heat on this, check to make sure the salsa you purchase is mild.
    • This beef and rice would also go great inside a burrito
    • I used my food processor to quickly cut up my onion and to cut my mushroom finely so it blends in with the beef.
    • If you are interested in a meat subscription so you’ll always have meat in your freezer, check out Butcherbox for hormone and antibiotic free meat delivered to your door! Use “AP10” for $10 off your first box! Shipping is free.
    • I use glass airtight containers to store my meal preps so they last longer in the fridge.
    • You can substitute the white beans for black if you wish. I’ve been really digging navy beans lately and have been buying a zillion cans.

    Turn this into an Instant Pot Taco Bowl

    The ingredients of a taco bowl and this beef and rice recipe are pretty much the same. It’s like a lazy Instant Pot taco bowl or an Instant Pot beef burrito bowl. Add in a handful of chopped romaine lettuce and top with shredded cheese. And just like that, you have a whole “new” recipe to make this recipe a little different for later on in the week. You can even swap the chipotle pepper powder for taco seasoning if you’d like but I prefer chipotle pepper powder.

    This Instant Pot Spicy Beef and Rice is the perfect meal prep prep for the week or as a last minute weeknight dinner!

    Instant Pot Spicy Beef and Rice (Lazy Burrito Rice Bowl)

    This Instant Pot Spicy Beef and Rice is the perfect meal prep for the week or as a last minute weeknight dinner
    4.50 from 2 votes
    Print Rate
    Prep Time: 10 mins
    Cook Time: 10 mins
    Coming Up To Pressure: 15 mins
    Total Time: 35 mins
    Servings: 6 servings

    Ingredients

    • 1 tbsp olive oil
    • 0.8 lb ground beef
    • 1 onion, chopped
    • 5 cloves garlic
    • 227 grams mushroom, minced, approx 2.5 cups
    • 1 tbsp chipotle chili pepper
    • 1 tbsp oregano
    • 1 cup white short grain rice
    • 2 cups beef stock
    • 16 oz salsa, 455 grams
    • 19 oz navy beans, drained and rinsed, 540 ml
    • 1 cup corn
    • 28 oz crushed canned fire roasted tomatoes, 796 ml

    Instructions

    • On sauté mode on the Instant Pot, add in olive oil. Once the bottom of the liner is coated, add in the ground beef and brown.
    • Add in the onion, garlic, mushroom, chipotle chili pepper, and oregano and mix together. Making sure nothing is stuck on the bottom of the liner.
    • Next, layer in the rice, beef stock, salsa, navy beans, corn, and canned fire roasted tomatoes. Do not mix.
    • Put on the lid, set the vent to sealing, and cook under Manual for 10 minutes.
    • When done, quick release, stir, and serve.

    Notes

    • Add in some romaine lettuce and shredded cheese at the end to turn this into a beef burrito rice bowl.
    Tried this recipe?Did you make this recipe? I'm always so happy to hear about it! I'd love to see how it turned out. Tag me at @CarmysHungry on Instagram so I can see it! If you enjoyed the recipe, I'd really appreciate a comment with a 5 star rating! ♥

    Nutrition Per Serving

    Serving: 6servings | Calories: 452kcal | Carbohydrates: 70g | Protein: 29g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 37mg | Sodium: 972mg | Potassium: 1181mg | Fiber: 14g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 1100IU | Vitamin C: 9mg | Calcium: 167mg | Iron: 5.8mg
    Author: Carmy
    Course: Main Course
    Cuisine: Instant Pot

    Non recipe related chat: Um, I’ve been binge watching dramas on Netflix recently and 1. I loved Always Be My Maybe and 2. I saw a clip from the Asian drama Well Intended Love on Facebook so I went to watch it on Netflix and honestly, I felt like I wasted my time! Has anyone watched it? Right when the first twist came up, I was like are you serious so I googled spoilers (yes, I’m one of those people) and almost threw my phone down when I read the second twist! I was actually kind of angry over it LOL. Seriously, if you’ve watched it, please let me know so I can angry rant about their storyline!

    This Instant Pot Spicy Beef and Rice is the perfect meal prep prep for the week or as a last minute weeknight dinner!

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    Comments

    1. Ron

      September 14, 2019 at 1:48 pm

      4 stars
      I left out the beans (personal preference) and this turned out great. Used jasmine rice.

      Re:Well Intended Love – this premise would take a seriously talented writer and director to do successfully. The show just doesn’t cut it and should definitely be skipped.

      Have you tried “UnReal” on Hulu? One of the best shows I have seen in a while. Also “Younger” for silly fun.

      Cheers

      Reply
      • Carmy

        September 15, 2019 at 9:50 pm

        So glad it turned out for you! I’ve been hearing good things about Younger (the one with Hilary Duff right?) and I really think it needs to go in my watch list, especially now that Elementary is over and I need to fill that void! Thanks for the rec!

        Reply
    2. Ashley

      September 15, 2019 at 10:26 pm

      5 stars
      Made this tonight and it was great! A few things: I went to 3 stores looking for crushed fire roasted tomatoes with no luck. Finally I found whole ones, so I crushed them myself. I used a full pound of beef. The recipe didn’t specify if the oregano was fresh or dried, I used dried and it was fine. I also used long grain rice because that’s what I had on hand. My instant pot took much longer to build temperature, so my total prep and cook time was close to an hour. The taste was great though! It was like a Mexican chili. I’ll definitely make it again, but plan for more time. If calories aren’t a concern, this would be GREAT in a taco bowl. It made 7 full servings for me with the extra beef.

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      • Carmy

        September 16, 2019 at 9:52 am

        So glad you enjoyed it! If you’re in Canada, I found my canned tomatoes in the organic section of my local grocery store. I had to ask a few employees before I found it previously. Hopefully they’re easier to find the second time around! Also – good to know that long grain rice works for this recipe as well.

        Reply
    3. Deb

      October 05, 2019 at 7:28 pm

      Wondering how well this would freeze?

      Reply
      • Carmy

        October 06, 2019 at 10:09 pm

        Hi Deb – unfortunately I haven’t tried freezing this recipe. If you do, please let me know how it goes!

        Reply

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