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Instant Pot Honey Garlic Chicken - moist, tender, fall-off-the-bone chicken thighs in a savory and sweet honey garlic sauce and made in an Instant Pot, this recipe is so easy and delicious!

Honey Garlic Chicken - moist, tender, fall-off-the-bone chicken thighs in savory and sweet honey garlic sauce and made in an Instant Pot, so delicious | rasamalaysia.com

Honey Garlic Chicken - moist, tender, fall-off-the-bone chicken thighs in savory and sweet honey garlic sauce and made in an Instant Pot, so delicious | rasamalaysia.com

Honey Garlic Chicken

Honey Garlic Chicken – moist, tender, fall-off-the-bone chicken thighs in savory and sweet honey garlic sauce and made in an Instant Pot, so delicious!

Honey Garlic Chicken - moist, tender, fall-off-the-bone chicken thighs in savory and sweet honey garlic sauce and made in an Instant Pot, so delicious | rasamalaysia.com

Honey Garlic Chicken is a popular chicken dinner recipe. The combination of honey, garlic and soy sauce always guarantees mouthwatering results. What’s more, making this recipe in an Instant Pot means that the chicken will be pressure cooked to tender, juicy, moist perfection, and the meat will fall off the bones.

Honey Garlic Chicken - moist, tender, fall-off-the-bone chicken thighs in savory and sweet honey garlic sauce and made in an Instant Pot, so delicious | rasamalaysia.com

What I love about Instant Pot is the Saute mode. It allows me to pan-sear the chicken thighs first so both sides of the chicken are nicely browned, then I can add in the honey garlic sauce and flash cook the chicken for 10 minutes with high pressure.

Honey Garlic Chicken - moist, tender, fall-off-the-bone chicken thighs in savory and sweet honey garlic sauce and made in an Instant Pot, so delicious | rasamalaysia.com

If you don’t have an Instant Pot, you can make this honey garlic chicken in a slow cooker, or on your stove top. If you use a slow cooker, make sure not to overcook it. Use high heat and cook for 3 hours. For stove top, just pan-fry the chicken and then add in the sauce. Simmer on low heat and cook until the chicken meat is tender.

Honey Garlic Chicken - moist, tender, fall-off-the-bone chicken thighs in savory and sweet honey garlic sauce and made in an Instant Pot, so delicious | rasamalaysia.com

Regardless of your utensil, this honey garlic chicken recipe is a winner. Serve with steamed rice or pasta, spoon the sauce over your rice or pasta and dig in. The chicken thighs are so good you will want to make thie recipe again and again. If you don’t have an Instant Pot, I am giving away one for FREE so enter to win now.

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Honey Garlic Chicken (Instant Pot) Recipe

Honey Garlic Chicken - moist, tender, fall-off-the-bone chicken thighs in savory and sweet honey garlic sauce and made in an Instant Pot, so delicious. 

Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 414 kcal

Ingredients

Ingredients:

  • Salt
  • Ground black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon cooking oil
  • 1 1/2 lbs 4 chicken thighs
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • Chopped parsley optional

Sauce:

  • 3 tablespoons honey
  • 1 teaspoon sugar or brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 3 tablespoons water or chicken broth preferred
  • 3 dashes cayenne pepper

Instructions

  1. Wash and rinse the chicken thighs with cold water. Pat dry with paper towels. Season the chicken thighs with salt and pepper. Set aside. Mix all the ingredients in the Sauce together, stir to mix well. Make sure the honey and sugar are completely dissolved. Set aside.
  2. Turn on the Saute mode on your Instant Pot. As soon as the pot is heated, add 1/2 tablespoon of the cooking oil. Pan sear the chicken thighs (skin side down first) until both sides turn nicely brown. Add the remaining cooking oil and saute the garlic a little bit. Pour in the sauce and cover the lid. Cover the pot and select Manual and set to High pressure for 10 minutes.
  3. When it beeps, turn to Quick Release. When the valve drops, remove the lid carefully, add the chopped parsley and serve immediately.

Recipe Notes

I used a 6-quart Instant Pot. The Sauce in the recipe equals to 8 tablespoons of liquid content, which is 1/2 cup, the min amount of liquid for Instant Pot. If you don't have an Instant Pot, you can make this honey garlic chicken in a slow cooker, or on your stove top. If you use a slow cooker, make sure not to overcook it. Use high heat and cook for 3 hours. For stove top, just pan-fry the chicken and then add in the Sauce. Simmer on low heat and cook until the chicken meat is tender.

Nutrition Facts
Honey Garlic Chicken (Instant Pot) Recipe
Amount Per Serving (4 g)
Calories 414 Calories from Fat 144
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 16g 25%
Saturated Fat 4g 20%
Cholesterol 151mg 50%
Sodium 599mg 25%
Total Carbohydrates 15.6g 5%
Dietary Fiber 0.2g 1%
Sugars 14.1g
Protein 50g 100%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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    • Hi Susan, my friend taught me how to use Instant Pot with the Manual setting to High and set the time. I had no problem with this recipe and the pictures are exactly how they came out. If you look at the picture inside the IP, it has a lot of sauce as the chicken releases liquid into the sauce after cooking. If you have doubt, you might use the PIP method. Otherwise please add 3 tablespoons water/chicken broth to the Sauce and you will have 1/2 cup liquid.

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    • I see pictures and what goes into it , but I don’t see where it says how much of each ingredient I will need. As a 40 year professional cook I do need the how much of each ingredient.

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      • Tap the wide red bar that says GET RECIPE. I was loose with the amounts of honey, soy sauce, garlic and fats I used and it turned out great, remember that the Instant Pot needs a minimum of 1/2 cup of liquid in the bottom – easily accomplish with this tecipe.

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  3. Can you make this recipe with a regular electric pressure cooker that is not an instant Pot? i Got that before the instant pot was available

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  4. This Honey Garlic Chicken looks so delicious! I don’t have an Insta Pot, but I will make it in the oven! Thanks for sharing the recipe, Rasa!

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  6. Hi
    Can you double this recipe.
    I’m always afraid it won’t turn out but 4 thighs are not enough for my family

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  10. Made this last night DELICIOUS – but I switched the parsley to cilantro because it seemed like a better fit for this. It was, imo.

    I also added some Shichimi Togarashi (Japanese hot pepper) which gave it a little zing. This one’s a keeper!

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  12. Hi there………..I wanted to triple this recipe and the biggest container I had to do so was an electric skillet. chicken browned beautifully but now wondering at what temp I should cook it and for how long. I cannot find the recipe booklet that came along with the skillet. :o( Will keep looking in case you can’t get back in time. Thanks so much! Sounds wonderful!

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  13. Made this the other night, maybe 4 days ago…making it again now! This is SO GOOD, if you are reading this comment make it NOW!!!! So good!!!!! Even my husband (leery of chicken thighs) was asking, is there any more of that chicken? HA! It’s so good and, easy, hello!!?!?! Make it!!!

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  18. Made this last night and served it with steamed greens. I thickened the sauce a little with some corn flour. Nice and easy and the thighs were cooked perfectly! Thank you.

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  21. I made this in my Instant Pot and the sauce is very good. However, I used skinless thighs and did add oil to the pot to saute. They stuck like crazy even when I left them for a bit before turning. Once it cooked, it came loose and was good. but didn’t look like your pics!

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    • Hi Jennifer, I am sorry to hear that. I think your pot wasn’t hot enough when you pan-fry and yes the skinless tend to stick a little bit. I had the skin chicken thighs and the fat from the skin helped so it didn’t stick. In the future, if you want, you can pan-fry your chicken on a skillet first (stove top) and transfer over. But anyway, as long as it tastes good, your food doesn’t have to look like my pictures! :)

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  23. The sauce was awesome, it was my first instant pot meal and I made the carrots recommended from Kalyn’s website. Next time I won’t bother with chicken with bone and skin, just use skinless, the skin was a little rubbery. Awesome flavor! Will make it again.

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  24. This was my first IP meal and it was delicious. Even my 9 year old said it was AH-MAZING. High compliments indeed! I added some cornstarch at the end to thicken the sauce and served with mashed potatoes. So good!

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  25. I made this tonight and the flavor was amazing! My only issue, and it always seems to happen with all my instant pot meals, is that my sauce didn’t really thicken? How do I get it thicker?

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  29. If I use a mixture of chicken thights and legs and use more like 10 pieces total, how long do I need to cook in the instant pot for?

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  30. I’m new to Instant Pot cooking and am looking forward to making this recipe. I would like to add broccoli to the dish; when would be the best time to do this?

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  33. This was EXCELLENT!! We had my sister over for dinner the other night. She does not have a pressure cooker, so I had everything ready and measured out for when she got here. So she and I basically put the meal together and it was so D.E.L.I.S.H.!!! She was amazed about the pressure cooker and the tasty recipe. I also used my rice cooker for a side of rice. And took the advise of another comment here, and made baked small red potatoes tossed in olive oil and salt/pepper. I was at an Asian grocery store and purchased fresh made egg rolls and mung bean coconut cake. The 3 of us agree that this recipe is definitely a keeper. Thank you for sharing.

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  34. Made this today, but used boneless chicken breasts, doubled the sauce (except for the garlic and cayenne) and added baby carrots. I also thickened the sauce with a tablespoon of corn starch and water. Served over white rice. It was delish. Will definitely make this again soon. Thanks for sharing.

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  35. I have an Insta Pot 6 qt IP Lux, and the safety tips specifically say to never use less than 18 oz. of liquid when pressure cooking. How is everyone making this with 4 oz. of liquid?

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    • If you look it up on Google, there are different claims about the minimum liquid. One article said that Instant Pot said 1 cup, then their technical person revised down to 1/2 cup as we are not cooking soups all the time and for this chicken, you don’t want it to be too watery. Then someone said that Instant revised it to 1 cup again for all models. I have made this many times and with no problem. It pressurize well and the chicken is great. You can double the sauce and then reduce it down with saute.

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  36. This recipe is outstanding. I’ve already made it a few times. Here’s a potentially stupid question, but I’m new to pressure cooking, so please forgive me. If I want to double the recipe to serve more people, how do I accommodate more chicken in the IP? 1.5 lbs of thighs basically covers the bottom of the pan. Should I just stack the additional chicken on top? Put them on a rack? Double the sauce? Additional cooking time? Thanks!

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  40. Made this for supper tonight with chicken breast ( doubled sauce as suggested ). It was amazing and definitely will be making many more times :) than you so much for the fast easy and delicious recipe :)

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  42. Hi, thank for the recipe. Could you please clrify if the measurements are in US or imperial? For example US table spoon or imperial table spoon
    (I’m from Australia)

    Thank you

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