Name: Instant Pot Teriyaki Fried Rice
Prep time: 9 min
Cook time: 21 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 0.25 cup soy sauce (or use tamari to make it gluten-Free); 3 tbsp maple (syrup); 1.75 tbsp brown sugar (or regular sugar); 2 tsp ginger (minced fresh); 2 tsp garlic (minced fresh); 1 tbsp rice wine (vinegar); 1 tsp molasses; 2 tsp cornstarch; 2 tsp sesame (seeds); 2 tbsp water; 1.5 cups white rice (washed and soaked for 15 minutes, I use basmati); 2 cups veggies (such as zucchini, stir fry mix, peppers, carrots, peas, etc); 7 oz extra firm tofu (pressed and cubed into small pieces. You can also use 1 cup of slightly mashed chickpeas instead.); 0.25 tsp salt; 0.25 tsp pepper flakes; null null chopped green onions

Instructions

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1

Mix the soy sauce (0.25 cup), maple (3 tbsp), brown sugar (1.75 tbsp), ginger (2 tsp), garlic (2 tsp), rice wine (1 tbsp), molasses (1 tsp), and water (2 tbsp) until well combined. Reserve half of the sauce. Add the sesame (2 tsp) to one half of the sauce, and add cornstarch (2 tsp) to the other half of the sauce.
2

In an instant pot, select sauté then add oil (2 tsp). Once the oil is hot, add in the extra firm tofu (7 oz) and cook until it is golden on some sides.
3

Switch off sauté. Drain the white rice (1.5 cups) and add it to the instant pot. Add in the veggies (2 cups), salt (0.25 tsp), pepper flakes (0.25 tsp), and half of the teriyaki sauce that has sesame seeds. Add water (1.5 cups), and mix well.
4

Close the lid, select pressure cook for minutes (5) at high pressure. Let the pressure release naturally for minutes (8). Then carefully quick release, then open the lid.
5

Meanwhile, mix the teriyaki sauce that has cornstarch in it so that the cornstarch that has settled will mix in again. Then heat that mixture in a microwave or in a skillet until the sauce thickens a little bit.
6

Remove the fried rice from the instant pot into a large bowl and fluff it. Then drizzle the thickened teriyaki sauce all over, but do not completely mix it so that there are swirls of some concentrated teriyaki sauce all over in the fried rice. You can also serve half of that sauce on the side instead of mixing all up, for people who want that extra punch of the teriyaki sauce, while eating the fried rice.
7

Top it with [chopped green onions], and more [sesame seeds], and serve.