Instant Pot Congee with Minced Beef
Make this mildly flavored, healthy Instant Pot Congee Recipe with Minced Beef & Spinach! Soothing 7-ingredient pressure cooker congee.
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 1 hr
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- ⅔ pound (300g) ground beef
- 1 - 2 cups (65g) spinach (, roughly chopped)
- ¾ cup (173g) Jasmine rice ((using standard 250ml measure cup))
- 7 cups (1750ml) cold water
- 1 stalk green onion (, finely chopped)
- ⅓ teaspoon fine sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon sesame oil
- ⅓ teaspoon ground white pepper
Instructions
- 1
Marinate Ground Beef: In a mixing bowl, marinate ⅔ lb (300g) ground beef with ⅓ tsp fine sea salt, ¼ tsp sesame oil, and ⅓ tsp white pepper for 20 minutes.
- 2
Pressure Cook Beef Congee: Add ¾ cup (173g) of Jasmine rice, marinated ground beef, and 7 cups (1750ml) cold water in the pressure cooker. Close the lid and pressure cook at High Pressure for 25 minutes + Full Natural Release (~18 minutes). Open the lid carefully.
- 3
Thicken Beef Congee: The congee will look watery at this point. Add in 2oz (65g) of roughly chopped spinach. Heat up the pressure cooker (Instant Pot: press Sauté button), stir until desired thickness & consistency. Season with salt.
- 4
Serve: Remove congee from heat and garnish with green onions. Serve with your favorite main dishes. Enjoy~ :)