Honey Garlic Instant Pot Chicken. But the instant pot is possibly my new favorite way to cook. I do really love my crock pot, but this pressure cooker/instant pot thingamajig is a game-changer. One of the best Instant Pot chicken recipes is honey garlic chicken.
Instant Pot chicken breasts cook up perfectly and hold their shape for slicing and serving.
These pressure cooker chicken breasts cook perfectly in minutes from fresh or frozen.
Serve your honey garlic instant pot chicken breast with rice or quinoa and veggies for a complete, quick dinner!
You can have Honey Garlic Instant Pot Chicken using 7 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Honey Garlic Instant Pot Chicken
- You need 1/3 cup of water or vegetable broth or chicken broth.
- You need 1 of ⁄4 cup low sodium soy sauce.
- Prepare 1 of ⁄4 cup honey.
- You need 2-4 cloves of garlic minced (depending on how much you love garlic).
- You need 1 of ⁄4 teaspoon black pepper.
- It's 1 1/2 pounds of boneless skinless chicken breasts.
- Prepare 2 teaspoons of cornstarch.
Home » Blog » Asian » Instant Pot Honey Garlic Chicken. Make Honey Garlic Sauce: Set aside the chicken and rice. Bring the liquid mixture back to a boil using the Saute button. Hello delicious Honey Garlic Chicken Thighs!
Honey Garlic Instant Pot Chicken instructions
- Combine water or broth, soy sauce, honey, garlic and pepper in Instant Pot. Stir..
- Add the chicken breasts to the Instant Pot.
- Seal the lid and turn the steam valve to the sealing position..
- Set Instant Pot to pressure cook/manual, high pressure. Set the cook time according to the size of your chicken breasts. For fresh: 8 minutes for small (7-8 ounce) chicken breasts, 10 minutes for medium (10 ounce) chicken breasts, or 11 minutes for large (12 ounce) chicken breasts..
- For frozen chicken breasts, add 3 minutes to the cooking times listed in step 4, and pressure cook (manual) at high pressure. Be sure that your chicken breasts are not stuck together as that will increase the pressure cook time.
- The Instant Pot will take about 10 minutes to come to pressure and then will start counting down the cook time. When it beeps to let you know the cook time has finished, carefully quick release the pressure by using the handle of a long spoon to turn the steam valve to venting. (If your chicken breasts were frozen, do a 10 minute natural release instead of a quick release. Just leave the Instant Pot alone for 10 minutes before turning the steam valve to the venting position.).
- Wait for the steam to escape and the pin to drop down. Then, carefully remove the lid.
- Use an instant read thermometer to test the internal temperature of the chicken. It should be at least 165 degrees F. If the temperature is lower, finish cooking the chicken using the Instant Pot's saute mode.
- Remove chicken to a clean plate or cutting board..
- In a small bowl, stir together the 2 teaspoons cornstarch and 1 tablespoon water. Turn the Instant Pot on saute mode and stir in the cornstarch mixture. Cook, stirring, until the liquid has thickened, 2-3 minutes. Turn off Instant Pot and remove the inner pot to stop the cooking process.
- Slice the chicken and stir it back into the sauce in the pot. Serve with rice and vegetables, or as desired.
- To Make as a Freezer Meal: 1. Add water or broth, soy sauce, honey, garlic, pepper and chicken to a heavy duty zip top freezer bag. 2. Freeze flat for up to 3 months. 3. When ready to cook, thaw in cool water just until sauce is thawed. Transfer to Instant Pot and cook as directed above.
Serve these sticky Instant Pot chicken thighs with your favorite veggie and grain for a quick weeknight meal. Cooking chicken thighs in Instant Pot is rather simple and creates juicy, tender meat in no time. What Kind of Chicken Thighs Should You Use? This Instant Pot chicken is easy and will have you sitting down in no time. The honey garlic glaze is simply addicting and you'll be scraping every last Pat chicken dry with paper towels and season well with salt and pepper on both sides.