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hey y'all welcome back to Make It Dairy-Free today we are going to be
talking about one of my favorite appliances it is an appliance that many
of you also have in your home we are going to be talking about the insta Pot
now even though you may have one in your home you may or may not have broken it
out of the box yet so what I want you to do is go ahead right this second leave a
comment below and tell me after watching this video that you are going to open
the insta pot and you are going to try this recipe okay go do it come right
back okay now I'm not without fault here y'all I took over a year to open our insta
pot but now I use it almost every single
week sometimes I use it more than one time a week but I even have a friend who
took over two years to open her insta pot so I know this is a common thing
I know for me I was terrified that I was going to blow something up or something
was going to explode in our kitchen I really believe that this is one of the
greatest appliances ever and if you don't have one go ahead and put it on
your wish list because you are going to want to make this recipe as soon as you
see us make it so today we are going to be showing you how to use the insta pot
to make a vegan version of dirty rice if you have never heard of this dish it is
a Louisiana Creole inspired dish and it gets its name when you cook white rice
with meat and then when it's all cooked together it turns brown and so they
called it dirty rice don't worry there's nothing dirty about it it's actually a
really delicious recipe and we are going to veganize it by using some vegan
chicken strips some beefless meat crumbles and then some vegan sausage as
well no worries if you don't have a instant pot we will also be telling you
in this video how to make it on the stovetop and if you are Whole Foods
plant-based we'll also be telling you how to skip those mock meats and also
how to use some whole foods like mushrooms and stuff to make a similar
dish to this without using those ingredients alright so I have talked
long enough let's show you it actually how to make this recipe in the
insta pot quick and easy let's go first up you are going to get out all of your
ingredients one reason to love the instant pot
is that nothing has to be precooked before going in we're going to start
this recipe off by hitting the saute button on our insta pot and adding some
oil until it gets hot if you are oil free swap this out with a few
tablespoons of vegetable stock then we are going to toast our brown rice we
like using brown rice but you could also use white rice you just need to reduce
the cook time to 10 minutes once your rice is toasted you are going to add in
the red onion green peppers and celery and cook that down until soft just a few
minutes one tip here is to keep stirring the insta pot does get really hot and so
it can start to burn quickly and we don't want burnt rice or veggies here
once you feel like your veg is softened you can go in with your garlic and cook
for just about a minute until you start to notice that fragrant garlic smell
then you are going to hit the cancel on your insta pot so the saute Method stops
then add in your spices we are going to use Creole spice here but if you have
trouble finding it you can swap out for the same amount of cajun spices. cajun
features more pepper flavor whereas Creole hits more herbs but either will
still work in this recipe finally adding in your three vegan meat subs the
classic dirty race ingredients there however if your plant-based you can mix
it up with some beans mushrooms or even tofu depending on your preferences
finally add some veggie stock and bay leaves and make sure you push all your
ingredients down under the vegetable stock before putting the lid on make
sure that your valve is set to seal and then we are going to manually cook this
meal for 25 minutes tip if you don't have an insta pot you can make this on
the stove with some precooked rice and a large skillet we've included those
instructions in the post once the time is done carefully quick-release the
valve but don't take the lid off let the lid sit for 10 minutes before removing
trust us here don't rush the goodness it's coming we promise stir it up remove
the bay leaves and spoon it out into bowls we love topping this with some
green onions this is a great meal for meal prepping having friends over or
just a weeknight family dinner thanks for watching and
make sure you like this video and leave a comment if you want to see more into
the pot recipes if you have one in mind let us know what we should make next
we'll see you soon
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