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This Chicken Meatballs And Rice recipe is made easily in one pot by cooking the rice right in the Instant Pot in the sauce. This affordable and simple recipe is gluten-free if made as instructed. Using the Instant Pot makes this an easy one-pot meal perfect for any busy night.

Meatballs are always a hit here. Once in a while I make chicken meatballs. Serving the chicken meatballs over rice also removes the need for expensive gluten-free bread, known for not always tasting that great. The tomatoes help liven up the flavor of the chicken, which can tend to be bland. I can usually adapt regular meatballs to be gluten-free by replacing the regular bread crumbs with gluten-free bread cumbs. Or if you don’t have those, you can replace with instant potato flakes as I did in this recipe. The taste isn’t all that different, but the meatball will have a slightly different texture. My son loves bread, but gluten-free bread is expensive and doesn’t taste as good as some other things, which is why I made this particular batch of meatballs with rice, which also keeps the recipe relatively inexpensive and gluten-free. Here’s how I make Gluten-free Instant Pot Chicken Meatballs And Rice in the Instant Pot.

Gluten-free Instant Pot Chicken Meatballs And Rice

Equipment Needed

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• Instant Pot
• large mixing bowl
• measuring spoons
• measuring cups

Pyrex Smart Essentials 4-Quart Glass Mixing BowlPyrex 3-Piece Glass Measuring Cup SetStarPack 13.5in XL Size Silicone Serving SpoonInstant Pot 6Qt Multi-use Programmable Pressure Cooker

Ingredients

Makes large 12 meatballs

Meatball ingredients

• 1 lb ground chicken
• 1/3 cup instant potato flakes (be sure they’re gluten-free)
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1 tsp onion powder
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp Italian seasoning

Sauce ingredients

• 28 oz can diced tomatoes
• 2 cups chicken stock
• 1 tsp onion powder
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp Italian seasoning

Other

• 2 cups Minute Rice
• 1/2 cup shredded parmesan cheese

Instructions

Place the sauce ingredients into the Instant Pot and stir.

Place the ingredients for the meatballs into a large mixing bowl and combine thoroughly.

Form meatballs.

Place the uncooked meatballs into the sauce.

Set the Instant Pot to cook on manual high pressure for 8 minutes.

Do a quick pressure release.

Add the rice to the Instant Pot.

Recover the Instant Pot and let sit for 5 minutes.

Add the shredded parmesan cheese to the rice and stir well.

Add the meatballs back into the Instant Pot and stir.

Serve immediately.

If you’re looking for other Instant Pot rice recipes, be sure to check out my recipes for Instant Pot Beefy Broccoli Rice, Instant Pot Ham And Pineapple Rice, Gluten-free Instant Pot Cheesy Rice, Instant Pot Chicken Broccoli Rice, Instant Pot Chicken Bacon Ranch Rice, and Instant Pot Chicken Fried Rice.