Name: Instant Pot Vegetable Fried Rice
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 2 cups white rice (dry); 2 cups water; 2 tbsp roasted sesame oil (divided); 2 tsp fresh ginger (minced); 2 cloves garlic; 2 cups stir-fry vegetables (frozen); 1/4 cups coconut aminos; 1 tsp rice vinegar

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This Instant Pot Vegetable Fried Rice is quick, easy, and egg free. It’s a delicious main dish or side dish, and will crush your take-out cravings without the guilt.

Our Veggie Fried Rice is loaded with flavor and the recipe is so versatile! I love this recipe because it’s packed with vegetables and easy to modify by adding in a protein like tofu, egg, or even chicken if you have carnivores in the house.

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Using the Instant Pot to make this dish means you only have one dish to clean up at the end of meal time. I love to make fried rice in the Instant Pot, and it’s the only way I will make fried rice now!

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Ingredients in Instant Pot Vegetable Fried Rice:

White Rice: There’s a long standing debate over whether white rice is healthy or not. While it does have some short comings, it also has some benefits – including a fast cook time in the Instant Pot.
Stir-Fry Vegetables: Usually a mixture of frozen peas, carrots, and broccoli. Some mixes contain water chestnuts and baby corn, just use what you like most.
Coconut Aminos: We love using coconut aminos in our Instant Pot fried rice recipe. We find it tastes less salty than using the traditional soy sauce.
Roasted Sesame Oil: Sesame oil provides a light nutty flavor to this recipe. We choose roasted or toasted sesame oil because the flavor is so much better, but you are welcome to use regular sesame oil too.
Ginger: We love fresh ginger, but also understand that it can take a while to properly mince. When running short on time, I use the frozen ginger cubes.
Garlic: Minced garlic is a must in this recipe – fresh or frozen.
Rice Vinegar: The riced vinegar in the recipe helps balance out the slightly sweet tone of the coconut aminos – look for the one without the added flavorings and sugar.

How to make Instant Pot Vegetable Fried Rice

top down view of an instant pot with white rice and water

Step 1: Add the white rice and water to the Instant Pot. Attach the lid and ensure the vent is in the “sealing” position.

white Instant Pot on a white counter showing 5 minutes for cook time

Step 2: Heat the Instant Pot using the Manual Pressure/Normal/High Pressure function (whichever one your pot has) and set the timer for 5 minutes.

The Instant Pot will take about 10 minutes to come to pressure and will then begin counting down from 5. Turn off the “keep warm” button if you have one. This will help the rice release from the bottom of the pot as it cools.

top down image of cooked white rice in a white Instant Pot

Step 3: Once the Instant Pot has finished cooking, release the pressure manually by switching the valve to the “venting” position. Be careful— the valve will steam and might splatter.

cooked white rice in the instant pot and frozen vegetables on the other side of the pot.

Step 4: Turn the Instant Pot to the sauté function.

Move the rice to one side of the Instant Pot. In the empty half, pour 1 tbsp roasted sesame oil.

Let the sesame oil heat slightly, then add ginger and garlic. Sauté the ginger and garlic for one minute.

Add the frozen vegetables, coconut aminos. rice vinegar, and remaining sesame oil.

top down view of vegetable fried rice on a white counter with chopsticks resting on the right side of the bowl

Step 5: Sauté the rice and vegetables, stirring occasionally for 5-8 minutes, or until the rice has started to crisp in some areas and the vegetables are hot and cooked through.

Top with chopped green onions and sesame seeds. Serve fried rice warm.

Recipe Tips:

You can also make this recipe with jasmine rice. We prefer using jasmine rice in our Instant Pot Fried Rice recipe.
Using the pressure cooker to cook your rice helps cut down on extra dishes to wash. The cooked rice in the instant pot comes out perfectly every time.
You can use fresh vegetables for this recipe, but I don’t recommend canned. They tend to get mushy in the Instant Pot. We use frozen veggies for convenience and the variety of vegetables. We prefer the stir fry frozen vegetables, but you can also go for the classic mixed frozen vegetables.
You can omit the sesame oil if you don’t have any, but I love the nutty flavor it gives.
If you like eggs in your fried rice, remove the rice after it is finished cooking and scramble as many eggs as you prefer before adding back the rice and vegetables. You may also move the fried rice to one side of the Instant Pot, scramble the egg on the empty side, then mix together when the egg has cooked.
This recipe can easily be modified to add additional protein.
This recipe is easy to customize to your preference. I love adding bell peppers, green beans, and onions to this rice recipe.
Store leftover rice in an airtight container in the refrigerator. This recipe will keep in the refrigerator for 3-4 days.

Healthy Eating Plans:

Weight Watchers:

We calculated these points using the WW calculator. We use ingredients to calculate our points, not nutrition information.

Weight Watchers has told us that this is the most accurate way to calculate points for a recipe since ingredient brands can vary so much. Points were figured following the recipe exactly as written and dividing into 4 servings.

14 2025 points | 14 2023 points per serving.

Ultimate Portion Fix:

White rice is not on the 21 Day Fix food list. If you swapped for brown rice, this would be an approved recipe. The cooking time for brown rice is 20 minutes.

For the entire recipe, total counts are 8 yellow containers, 2 green containers, and 30 oil teaspoons. Per serving, 2 yellow containers, 1/2 green containers, 7 teaspoons.

Reducing the aminos and oil will reduce the teaspoons.

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bowl of cooked fried rice with chopsticks resting on the side on the right side of the bowl

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