Instant Pot Honey Garlic Chicken
This honey garlic chicken is made with sweet, savory, tender, and oh-so-juicy chicken thighs, cooked in an Instant Pot with the most amazing honey garlic sauce.
Servings: 6 servings
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup honey
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- ½ cup low sodium soy sauce
- ½ cup ketchup I use no-salt ketchup
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano or any other dried herbs that you prefer
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
- 1 tablespoon sesame seed oil vegetable oil or olive oil can be used
- 4 to 6 bone-in skinless chicken thighs
- salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- ½ tablespoon toasted sesame seeds for garnish
- sliced green onions for garnish
Instructions
- Make the sauce. In a small mixing bowl combine honey, minced garlic, soy sauce, ketchup, oregano and parsley; mix until well combined and set aside.
- Prep and cook the chicken. Heat the Instant Pot in sauté mode. Add sesame oil to the pot to heat up. Season the chicken thighs with salt and pepper and cook them for about 2 to 3 minutes per side or until browned.
- Add the sauce. Add the prepared honey garlic sauce to the pot; cover and lock the lid.
- Cook. Set the IP on poultry mode (or pressure cook mode) and cook the chicken for 20 minutes. Turn off the pot and allow it to release the pressure, about 5 minutes.
- Serve. Transfer the chicken to a serving plate and spoon the remaining sauce from the pot over the top. Garnish with toasted sesame seeds and sliced green onions, then serve.
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Notes
- Soy sauce alternatives. If you are allergic to soy sauce or can't have soy for other reasons, feel free to use coconut aminos, which is soy-free, gluten-free, and vegan.
- Chicken. You can make this with boneless chicken thighs or chicken breasts, but you will have to adjust the cooking time because boneless meat cooks faster than bone-in.
- Burn notice. If you get a "burn notice" on your Instant Pot, it usually means there's not enough liquid in the pot or that something is stuck to the bottom. To avoid this, you can deglaze the pot after browning the chicken by adding a bit of broth or water and scraping up any browned bits before adding the honey garlic sauce.
Nutrition
Serving: 1chicken thigh + sauce | Calories: 244kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 21g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 96mg | Sodium: 880mg | Potassium: 313mg | Fiber: 0g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 135IU | Vitamin C: 2.4mg | Calcium: 27mg | Iron: 1.6mg
