Description
Easy and fast 5-ingredient, dump and go chicken with a peanut sauce.
Ingredients
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- 1/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup low sodium soy sauce
- 2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs
- 1/4 cup Heinz chili sauce (find it by the ketchup)
- 1/4 cup crunchy peanut butter
- 2 Tbsp cornstarch
Instructions
Instant Pot Instructions:
- Add water and soy sauce to Instant Pot. Add in the chicken.
- In a bowl stir together the chili sauce and peanut butter. Scoop the mixture on top of the chicken
- Cover Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 12 minutes. When time is up let pot sit for 10 minutes and then move valve to venting. Remove the lid.
- Stir together 2 Tbsp or cornstarch with 2 Tbsp of water until smooth. Turn Instant Pot to saute setting. Stir the cornstarch slurry into the pot to thicken the sauce. Once thickened turn off the pot.
- Serve chicken as is or break up chicken with a spoon and serve it and the sauce on top of rice.
Slow Cooker Instructions:
- In a bowl stir together water, soy sauce, chili sauce and peanut butter.
- Add chicken to slow cooker. Pour the sauce over the top.
- Cover and cook on low for 4-6 hours.
- Serve chicken as is or break up chicken with a spoon and serve it and the sauce on top of rice.
Notes
You can also use bone-in chicken thighs (same cooking time). Chicken tenderloins also work for this recipe although you will only pressure cook them for 3 minutes with a 5 minute natural pressure release.
- Category: Chicken
- Method: Instant Pot or Slow Cooker