PREP TIME: 10 MINS | COOK TIME: 20 MINS | TOTAL TIME: 30 MINS | SERVES: 6
This honey garlic chicken is bursting with amazing flavour! It’s super easy to throw together, and you can make this in less than thirty minutes. Serve this over rice for a filling meal perfect for a weeknight meal with your family!
Instant Pot recipes are great! They are a lifesaver and a great option for busy and lazy days. Just like this honey garlic chicken. The best part is the sauce! You can use it for meatballs, cocktail weenies, shrimp lo mein, even carrots!
Ingredients
2 tbsp vegetable oil
3-4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1/2 c. honey
1/3 c. onion, diced
1/3 c. soy sauce
1/4 c. ketchup
4 garlic cloves, minced
Sesame seeds & green onion for topping
3 tsp cornstarch dissolved in 1/4 c. water
Rice for serving
Salt and pepper to taste
HOW TO MAKE INSTANT POT HONEY GARLIC CHICKEN
Step 1: In the bottom of the Instant Pot, place the chicken and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Step 2: Place the honey, soy sauce, onion, ketchup, oil, and garlic in a small bowl. Mix well until combined, then pour this over the chicken. Cover the Instant Pot and seal. Set to Meat setting (or High Pressure for non IP) and cook for 15 minutes. When done, do a Quick Release. Take the chicken from the pot, leaving the sauce in the pot.
Step 3: In a small bowl, whisk 3 tbsp cornstarch with 1/4 cup water until completely dissolved. Pour into the Instant Pot and stir with the sauce until combined. Set the Instant Pot to Saute and cook for about 5 minutes until the sauce turned a little thick.
Step 4: Into bite-size pieces, slice the chicken and place the pieces in the pot. Toss the chicken pieces with the sauce. Serve garnished with some sesame seeds and green onions. Enjoy the honey garlic chicken over rice.
Nutrition Facts:
Calories: 246kcal (12%)Carbohydrates: 28g (9%)Protein: 13g (26%)Fat: 6g (9%)Saturated Fat: 4g (20%)Cholesterol: 36mg (12%)Sodium: 877mg (37%)Potassium: 290mg (8%)Sugar: 25g (28%)Vitamin A: 70IU (1%)Vitamin C: 1.8mg (2%)Calcium: 11mg (1%)Iron: 0.7mg (4%)
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 3-4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 1/2 c. honey
- 1/3 c. onion, diced
- 1/3 c. soy sauce
- 1/4 c. ketchup
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- Sesame seeds & green onion for topping
- 3 tsp cornstarch dissolved in 1/4 c. water
- Rice for serving
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Step 1: In the bottom of the Instant Pot, place the chicken and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Step 2: Place the honey, soy sauce, onion, ketchup, oil, and garlic in a small bowl. Mix well until combined, then pour this over the chicken. Cover the Instant Pot and seal. Set to Meat setting (or High Pressure for non IP) and cook for 15 minutes. When done, do a Quick Release. Take the chicken from the pot, leaving the sauce in the pot.
Step 3: In a small bowl, whisk 3 tbsp cornstarch with 1/4 cup water until completely dissolved. Pour into the Instant Pot and stir with the sauce until combined. Set the Instant Pot to Saute and cook for about 5 minutes until the sauce turned a little thick.
Step 4: Into bite-size pieces, slice the chicken and place the pieces in the pot. Toss the chicken pieces with the sauce. Serve garnished with some sesame seeds and green onions. Enjoy the honey garlic chicken over rice.
