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Instant Pot Honey Sesame Chicken


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  • Author: 365 Days of Slow and Pressure Cooking
  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Cook Time: 10 minutes (plus 10 minute NPR)
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 4-6 servings 1x

Description

Tender bites of chicken coated in a honey-soy sauce and sprinkled with sesame seeds. An easy dump and go recipe! Plus you can make rice at the same time in the same pot.


Ingredients

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  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/2 cup low sodium soy sauce
  • 24 ounces boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  • 2 Tbsp dried onion
  • 1/4 cup ketchup
  • 2 tsp sesame oil
  • 2 tsp garlic powder
  • Pinch of red pepper flakes
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 2 Tbsp cornstarch + 2 Tbsp water
  • 1 tsp sesame seeds

Instructions

Instant Pot Instructions:

  1. Add water and soy sauce into Instant Pot. Add in the chicken breasts. Add in the onion, ketchup, sesame oil, garlic powder and red pepper flakes. 
  2. Cover Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 10 minutes for fresh or 12 minutes for frozen. When time is up let pot sit for 10-15 minutes and then move valve to venting. Remove the lid.
  3. Place chicken on a cutting board and shred. 
  4. Stir the honey into the Instant Pot.
  5. Turn Instant Pot to sauté setting. Stir cornstarch and water together in a small bowl until smooth. Stir the cornstarch slurry into the pot until sauce thickens. Once sauce has thickened add the chicken back into the pot and stir to coat the chicken. 
  6. Stir in the sesame seeds and serve over rice.

Slow Cooker Instructions:

  1. Add water, soy sauce, onion, ketchup, sesame oil, garlic powder, red pepper flakes and honey into slow cooker. Stir well. Add in the chicken breasts and turn to coat. 
  2. Cover and cook on low for 4-6 hours. 
  3. Place chicken on a cutting board and shred. 
  4. Stir cornstarch and water together in a small bowl until smooth. Stir the cornstarch slurry into the slow cooker until sauce thickens. Once sauce has thickened add the chicken back into the slow cooker and stir to coat the chicken. 
  5. Stir in the sesame seeds and serve over rice.

Notes

You can make pot-in-pot rice at the same time. Place a tall trivet* in the pot around the chicken. Then add a pan that has rice and water in it on top of the trivet. The water to rice ratio should be 1 cup rice to 1.5 cups water for long grain white rice. I like to cover the pan with a lid or foil, but you don’t have to cover it. 

  • Category: Chicken
  • Method: Instant Pot or Slow Cooker