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Ginger Soy Chicken
Ginger and soy sauce are two of the most important ingredients in Asian cooking. Ginger imparts an earthy note and aromas to meat for example: chicken.
When you braise chicken with ginger and soy sauce, you are sure to have the most amazing flavor chicken dinner.
Ginger soy chicken is an Asian recipe that I always make at home. You can make it on the stove top using a skillet, wok, Chinese clay pot, slow cooker or an Instant pot.
The flavor is absolutely delicious; with soft and tender chicken and a mouthwatering savory sauce.
Other Recipes You Might Like
- Instant Pot Honey Sesame Chicken
- Instant Pot Honey Garlic Chicken
- Slow Cooker Honey Teriyaki Chicken
Cooking Tips
For this recipe, I used my Instant Pot as it takes only 8 minutes to make the chicken.
It’s quick, easy, and the chicken is tender, juicy and practically fall off the bones. I use chicken drumsticks and wings but you can use pretty much any part of the chicken: breasts, thighs, drumsticks, wings, or whole chicken.
Ginger imparts the amazing aroma and nuance to the dish while soy sauce and sweet soy sauce completes the flavor.
If you are not familiar with sweet soy sauce, check it out here and buy a bottle. Trust me, you will want to use it on everything.
How Many Calories per Serving?
This recipe is only 409 calories per serving.
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Ginger Soy Chicken (Instant Pot)
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lbs (750g) chicken wings and drumsticks (you can use chicken breast or chicken thighs)
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 inch (2.5cm) ginger, peeled and sliced into pieces
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 3 tablespoon sweet soy sauce or Indonesian kecap manis (I used ABC Kecap Manis)
- 3 dashes ground white pepper
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 stalk scallion (cut into 2-inch lengths)
Instructions
- Chop the drumsticks into two to three pieces.
- Turn on the Saute mode on your Instant Pot. As soon as the pot is fully heated (to make sure the chicken doesn’t stick to the pot), add the cooking oil. Pan sear the chicken until they turn slightly brown (if they stick to the pot too much, you may use a non-stick skillet for pan-searing or skip this step.)
- Add the ginger and saute a little bit. Add the soy sauce, sweet soy sauce, ground white pepper, sesame oil and the water. Cover the pot and select Manual and set to High pressure for 8 minutes.
- When it beeps, turn to Quick Release. When the valve drops, remove the cover carefully, stir in the scallion and serve immediately. If the sauce is too watery, you may turn on Saute mode and reduce the sauce for about 1 minute.
Notes
Nutrition
Notice: Nutrition is auto-calculated, using Spoonacular, for your convenience. Where relevant, we recommend using your own nutrition calculations.
Hi,
Could I make ahead and freeze. Cook the whole dinner and put 1/2 in freezer bags for another night?
Or prep bags with ingredients ready to cook?
Yes you can freeze when everything is cooked.
Thank you for the recipe! Can this be done with frozen wings?
Yes.
Can I quadruple the quantities? Will that change the cooking time?
I think it should be fine, just add a couple of minutes of pressure cooking.
hello! can i omit the sesame oil? i don’t use much of it and one time i bought a bottle, it just went rancid. btw, i made your instant pot creamy chicken with sun-dried tomatoes the other night. i added potatoes and bell peppers, and it turned out really good. i will make it again but will use beef instead.
Hi Cynthia, yes you can skip the sesame oil. Great thanks for trying my recipe, please try more: https://rasamalaysia.com/recipe-index-gallery/
Thank you for this recipe. I have been craving for some ginger chicken after my surgery recently and I am glad you had posted this. Am planing to take it easy and use my IP for this and with chicken thighs. :)
Awesome Mei, please try more recipes on my site.
So great! Really quick and easy to throw together for a weeknight. Can I use the same formula for pork ribs or cubes of beef flank?
For sure! They will taste great.
For how long should I set my Instant Pot If I use chicken thighs or breasts instead of wings and drumsticks?
6 – 8 minutes.
I have to gush about this, I made this tonight and it was fantastic. Super delicious and easy to make. Absolutely amazing recipe.
Halloo
is instant pot similar with pressure cooker?
thank you so much
Yes. It’s a pressure cooker.
Do you have any plans to use beef/pork instead of all chicken? We used our Instant Pot the other night (first time using it) and made your Brown Sugar Garlic Chicken. It definitely needed more Tobasco and less brown sugar (too sweet but next time I won’t trust my husband with the measuring spoon and the brown sugar). I’ll make it again without help from him! I do have to give him credit for trying to help since I had pneumonia and really wasn’t paying that much attention to how much he was putting in. The Instant Pot definitely has a learning curve :(
I will try to make pork and beef on the Instant Pot.