Description
Chicken, sauce, vegetables and cashews all made in one pot! It’s sweet with a little heat and a perfect dump-and-go weeknight meal.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1/2 cup water
- 3 Tbsp low sodium soy sauce
- 1 1/2 Tbsp rice vinegar
- 1/2 tsp sesame oil
- 1 1/2 Tbsp sriracha
- 1/4 cup honey
- 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs, cut into bite size cubes
- 1 (16 ounce bag) frozen asian stir fry vegetables
- 2–3 Tbsp cornstarch + 3 Tbsp water
- 1 cup roasted or raw cashew nuts
- For garnish: sliced green onions and sesame seeds
For pot-in-pot rice (optional)
- 2 cups long grain white rice
- 3 cups water
Instructions
Instant Pot Instructions:
- Pour water, soy sauce, vinegar and sesame oil into Instant Pot. Stir in the chicken to coat. Dump in the honey and sriracha, don’t stir.
- If making pot-in-pot rice add rice and water into a pot-in-pot dish. Cover the dish with a lid or foil. Add a tall trivet into Instant Pot and place the rice dish on top.
- Cover Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 3 minutes. When time is up let pot sit for 10 minutes and then move valve to venting. Remove the lid.
- Carefully remove rice pan and set aside. Turn Instant Pot to sauté setting. Add in the frozen vegetables. Let the sauce start to bubble and then make a cornstarch slurry by stirring together the cornstarch and water until smooth. Stir the mixture into the Instant Pot to thicken the sauce.
- Once sauce has thickened turn off Instant Pot. Stir in the cashews.
- Serve sauce, chicken and vegetables over rice and garnish with sesame seeds and green onions.
Slow Cooker Instructions:
- Stir water, soy sauce, vinegar and sesame oil, sriracha and honey in slow cooker. Add the chicken in and stir to coat.
- Cover and cook on low for 2 hours.
- Add in the frozen vegetables. Make a cornstarch slurry by stirring together the cornstarch and water until smooth. Stir the mixture into the slow cooker.
- Cover and cook on high for 30 minutes.
- Stir in the cashews.
- Serve sauce, chicken and vegetables over rice and garnish with sesame seeds and green onions.
- Category: Chicken
- Method: Instant Pot