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Instant Pot Chicken Recipes
I love chicken and all kinds of chicken recipes.
Chicken thigh is my favorite part of chicken; it has tender and juicy meat, with some fat and the perfect texture for cooking in an Instant Pot.
I made the chicken thighs with Honey Garlic Sauce as Honey Garlic Chicken is an easy and delicious recipe.
The combination of honey, garlic and soy sauce always guarantees mouthwatering results, especially with chicken.
Instant Pot is an amazing kitchen appliance as it pressure cooks the chicken to tender, juicy, moist perfection, and the meat just fall off the bones. Watch the video here and learn how to make this recipe.
Other instant Pot Recipes You Might Like
- Ginger Soy Chicken
- Honey Sesame Chicken
- Honey Mustard Chicken
- Brown Sugar Garlic Chicken
- Creamy Garlic Mushroom Chicken
Can You Brown Chicken in Instant Pot?
Yes, Instant Pot is perfect for browning meat such as chicken. To pan-fry and brown chicken meat, turn on the Saute mode.
You can brown the chicken thigh until the skin turns brown on both sides.
Instant Pot Chicken Recipes – How to Cook Chicken in Instant Pot?
How to cook Instant pot chicken using an Instant Pot.
- To brown chicken or meat in an Instant Pot, make sure the pot is nicely greased. Add at least 1 tablespoon of cooking oil and make sure that it coats the entire surface of the pot.
- Turn on the Saute mode and heat up the pot. Make sure it’s fully heated and the cooking oil becomes more liquidy before adding the chicken.
- If you have skin-on chicken, for example: chicken thighs or chicken breasts, always brown and cook the chicken with the skin side down first. This will prevent the chicken from sticking to the pot.
- Brown, pan-fry and saute the chicken uninterrupted, for about 3 minutes on each side before flipping over. This will avoid the chicken from sticking to the bottom of the pot.
Can You Cook Frozen Chicken in an Instant Pot?
Yes, you can cook frozen chicken right out of freezer in an Instant Pot. Just pressure cook for an extra 5-10 minutes.
What Dishes to Serve with This Recipe?
This meal is best served with rice or pasta. For a wholesome meal and easy weeknight dinner, I recommend the following recipes.
How Many Calories per Serving?
This recipe is only 388 calories per serving.
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Instant Pot Chicken Recipes - Honey Garlic Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lbs. (750g) chicken thighs (4 chicken thighs)
- Salt
- Ground black pepper
- 1 1/2 tablespoons cooking oil
- 4 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
Honey Garlic 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
- Season the chicken thighs with salt and pepper. Set aside.
- Mix all the ingredients in the Honey Garlic Sauce together, stir to mix well. Make sure the honey and sugar are completely dissolved. Set aside.
- Turn on the Saute mode on your Instant Pot. As soon as the pot is heated, add 1 tablespoon of the cooking oil. Pan sear the chicken thighs (skin side down first) until both sides turn nicely brown.
- Leave the chicken thighs in the Instant Pot, add the remaining 1/2 tablespoon cooking oil and add the garlic. Saute the garlic a little bit. Pour in the sauce and cover the lid. Select Manual and set to High pressure for 10 minutes.
- When it beeps, turn to Quick Release. When the valve drops, remove the lid carefully, add the chopped parsley and serve the Instant Pot chicken with honey garlic sauce immediately.
Notes
Nutrition
Notice: Nutrition is auto-calculated, using Spoonacular, for your convenience. Where relevant, we recommend using your own nutrition calculations.
Handy hint: cook rice at the same time as your chicken! Here’s how: Place a long-leg trivet over the chicken in the pot. Make sure all the legs are touching the bottom of the pot. In a glass, ceramic or stainless steel bowl that will fit in your pressure cooker, combine 1 cup long grain brown rice and 1 1/4 cup water or chicken broth (I prefer chicken broth). Stir to make sure the rice is fully submerged. Cover bowl with aluminum foil. Using a foil sling, lower the rice bowl into the inner pot of your pressure cooker and set it on top of the trivet. Cook along with the chicken! When the chicken is done, carefully remove the rice bowl from the pot and set aside. Do not remove the foil lid. Use tongs and remove the trivet from the pot. When you have prepared your chicken, remove the foil and use your rice. Ladle the chicken over the rice and and enjoy!
Good idea. Thank you!
Using 5 thighs & 5 drumsticks…..I will double sauce, but need to know the cooking time.
8 minutes is fine.
Winner winner chicken dinner! My husband said this was one of the best meals I have ever made…so thank you very much for posting this recipe! It was so easy and barely any cleanup which we all love. The only changes I made were 4 TBS of chicken broth instead of 3, removed the chicken and then sautéed the garlic…added the sauce and then added the chicken and flipped to coat both sides before closing the lid, added a spoonful of cornstarch to the sauce at the end after I took chicken out and used sauté button on normal setting while whisking to thicken the sauce. So delish and definitely going into my recipe book. Thank you!!
Hi Anala thanks so much for trying my recipe. Please try more recipes on my site, they are all amazing and delicious: https://rasamalaysia.com/recipes/instant-pot-recipes and https://rasamalaysia.com/recipe-index-gallery/
Amazing and simple recipes . Ian trying one by one since I am 85 years old young man
Thanks Dr. Swamy, please try more recipes on my site: https://rasamalaysia.com/recipe-index-gallery/
I make this a couple times a month. Its easy and delicious. Have made it with bone and boneless chicken thighs.
Thanks Susan, please try more recipes on my site: https://rasamalaysia.com/recipes/instant-pot-recipes/ and https://rasamalaysia.com/recipe-index-gallery/
Best recipe I’ve tried in a long time
Cheri, yay thanks! Please try more IP recipes on my site: https://rasamalaysia.com/recipes/instant-pot-recipes or other recipes: https://rasamalaysia.com/recipe-index-gallery/. They are all good!
Great recipe. I added some white wine.
Thank you for not posting a long drawn out story before the recipe. Usually when people start searching recipes they are in a pinch, I can’t tell you how many recipe blogs I come across are loaded with ads that redirect you (i know you gotta make money, but them ads that involuntarily redirect you only aggravate the reader which makes the reader not want to come back—to be clear I am on my speaking of over use of ads) and then you have a 10,000 word story before the recipe. So annoying.
Thank you for sticking to the point, LOL, we can’t smell what you are talking about from 30 years ago so when bloggers go and on and on… you get the point. ;) Thank you
Thanks for your support.
Amazingly delicious and super simple. Dinner was delicious and ready in 30 minutes or less! Highly recommend!!!
Hi Meg, thanks for your rave review. :)
These look absolutely delicious! You have amazing food photography too :] As much as I know my girl’s will love these, I know I will too!
This was so easy to make. I followed the recipe as it is written, the only changes I made was after pan searing the chicken I removed it from the pan while letting the garlic sauté with the oil. Once that was ready for the sauce I added the sauce and put the trivet in and then added the chicken back into the pan so the chicken wouldn’t stick to the pan during cooking. Everything was very moist and the sauce was a nice balance of sweet and spicy with that hint of cayenne in there. My whole family love it, including my 6 year old twins. I paired it with white rice and steamed vegetables with a fresh side of mandarin oranges and pineapple. We will definitely make this again!
Hi Christina, thanks for your review. I am so glad you love my instant pot recipe!!! Please try more Instant Pot recipes on my site: https://rasamalaysia.com/recipes/instant-pot-recipes