Instant Pot Honey Sesame Chicken
Instant Pot Honey Sesame Chicken is a simple & easy dinner recipe served over whole grain brown rice. A delicious family meal in just 30 minutes.
Servings 6
Ingredients
- 1 pouch of Uncle Ben’s Ready Rice Whole Grain Brown
- 2 lbs Tyson Fresh Chicken Strips
- ½ cup water
- ⅓ cup soy sauce
- ¼ cup honey
- 3 tbsp ketchup
- 1 tbsp minced garlic
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
- sesame seeds - garnish
Instructions
- In a small bowl, whisk together the water, soy sauce, honey, ketchup, garlic, & sesame oil.
- Place the fresh chicken breasts in the Instant Pot.
- Pour the glaze mixture over the chicken and toss to coat.
- Cook at high pressure for 5 minutes.
- Allow natural release for 6 minutes, then manually release the pressure.
- Remove the chicken from the pot and set aside.
- Add cornstarch to the pot & whisk.
- Turn on the sauté function & cook 2-3 minutes, whisking until thickened.
- Microwave rice for 90 seconds according to package directions.
- Place chicken on top of rice, spoon sauce over chicken & sprinkle with sesame seeds.
Notes
*This recipe was created using the 6-quart instant pot. If you are using a different size pot or a different pressure cooker brand entirely, cooking times may be off by a couple of minutes.
**Live at High Altitude - Because water boils at a lower temperature at high altitudes, and pressure cooking requires water to boil in order to work, some foods may need a little more cooking time. When pressure cooking at high altitudes you want to make sure to add 5 percent to your cook time for every 1,000 feet above 2,000 feet elevation. For example, when we lived at 4,000+ feet I would add 10 percent to my cook time. For a recipe that called for 20-minutes of cooking time, I would then cook for 22 minutes. When pressure cooking, 1-2 minutes can make all the difference in a recipe, unlike when cooking by traditional methods.