Instant Pot Brown Rice Pudding Recipe (Vegan)

Have you tried making an Instant Pot brown rice pudding recipe?! This creamy rice pudding is an easy recipe to make any time because it has a cooking time of just 15 minutes. The cinnamon flavor makes it stand out.

Want to satisfy that sweet tooth craving instantly?

My favorite way of making this easy dessert is in the Instant Pot!

In just 15 minutes, this twist on traditional rice pudding (AKA arroz con leche) will give you that happy day fix.

This vegan rice pudding is a game changer! The whole family will love it.

A quick look at the ingredients

Here are the simple ingredients you will need to make brown rice pudding:

• 1/2 cup brown rice
• 1 cup water.
• 1 cup from a can of coconut milk (sub with almond milk, heavy cream or whole milk).
• 2 Tbsp (Affiliate Link) cream of coconut.
• 1½ Tbsp coconut sugar, cane sugar, agave syrup, or maple syrup.
• 1 tsp cinnamon powder, brown sugar, or 1 cinnamon stick.
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg.

Optional ingredients list:

• 1/4 cup cubed mangoes (for topping, optional) or any fresh fruit.
• 1 Tbsp dark chocolate shaved or cubed (for topping, optional).
• Vanilla extract

Equipment:

• Instant Pot(Affiliate Link)
• Can opener
• Chopping knife and board

🍅 Handy Tip: You can use leftover brown rice from a previous meal. Just add about 1 tsp of water to 1 cup of cooked brown rice. Then, mix in the other ingredients, add the toppings and serve!

Instructions

Here is a quick look at the instructions to make it in your electric pressure cooker. Get the printable detailed instructions below.

1. Place your 1/2 cup of brown rice into the instant pot container
2. Add the 1 cup of water to the rice and stir well
3. Close the Instant Pot lid and plug it in
4. Choose the “Rice” option and also remove the “Keep Warm” option. Make sure the pressure is set to “high pressure”.
5. While it is cooking (should take about 8 minutes), add the coconut milk, coconut cream, cinnamon powder, and nutmeg into a bowl
6. Whisk the ingredients and set aside.
7. Gently open the instant pot lid when the natural release valve drops. Waiting for the remaining pressure is boring, but it’s worth it. If you absolutely can’t wait, use the quick release.
8. Add the coconut milk mixture and give it a good stir.
9. Close the lid and set it to keep warm.
10. Serve after 10 minutes. Top with mangoes or chocolate, and lemon zest.

👩‍🍳 Substitution tip: You can always use about 2tsp of pumpkin spice seasoning instead of the cinnamon and nutmeg in this recipe. Saves you time and measuring.

Brown Rice vs White Rice

The type of rice used in rice puddings makes all the difference.

Traditionally, delicious rice pudding is made with white rice. If you are going with the white rice method, then choose your rice wisely. Indian rice pudding (Kheer) is made using Basmati rice. For this recipe, you can use any short-grain rice, or even medium grain rice like arborio rice will work.

I prefer brown rice pudding because it is healthier than white rice. That’s mainly because it’s less processed then white rice.

Also, brown rice has more fiber than white rice. The first time you make it with brown rice, you will love it and won’t go back to any other rice.

Answering Common Questions

🍅 Handy Tip: Buy your brown rice in bulk from bulk food stores or Indian grocery stores because it is so much cheaper.

Storage

• To refrigerate leftover pudding, transfer to glass containers with lids and refrigerate
• For freezing, make sure the rice pudding is cooled to room temperature. Transfer leftovers to freezer friendly containers and put it in the freezer. It’s not going to taste great because coconut milk doesn’t freeze well. So, use it up within a week of freezing it.
• Refrigerate and use it within 2-3 days of making it.

Toppings for brown rice pudding

• Raisins (golden raisins are better, but you can always use regular raisins in a pinch)
• Pecans, pistachios, or almonds.
• Fresh fruits like berries, peaches, bananas, avocados, etc.

🍅 Handy Tip: You can use pecan pieces instead of whole or pecan halves. The pieces keep the texture of pudding.

Try these Instant Pot recipes

• Have you tried delicious desserts like Instant Pot Apple Butter? So easy to make.
• What’s the fastest way to cook frozen peas? In the Instant Pot, of course!
• Make keto friendly cauliflower rice with cilantro lime flavors in your Instant Pot.
• Sometimes, all you need is a blueberry crumble!
• A pudding right out of Italy! Try this awesome budino recipe by Pass The Sushi.

Would you like to see more Instant Pot dessert recipes? This appliance can make the most flavorful recipes.

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Here is the full recipe that is printable too.

Version 1 of this recipe

This post was originally posted on December 15th, 2017 at 3:04pm. It was updated on November 18th, 2022. Originally, it was made in a generic pressure cooker. It was updated in November 2022 with instructions on making it in a regular Instant Pot. The images were edited with new text and the content now contains useful recipe information.