Instant Pot Sesame Chicken
Quick sesame chicken made in the Instant Pot with a sweet-savory sauce, thickened with a cornstarch slurry and finished with sesame seeds and green onion.
Equipment
- Instant Pot
Ingredients
Ingredients
- ?2 poundschicken breastsboneless and skinless cut into bite-size or 1-inch pieces
- ?1/2 cuplow-sodium soy sauce
- ?2 clovesgarlicminced
- ?1 inchgingerpeeled and grated
- ?1/4 cupketchup
- ?1 teaspoonhot sauce or sriracha
- ?1/4 cuphoneyor brown sugar
- ?1 tablespoontoasted sesame oil
- ?1 tablespooncornstarchand 1 tablespoon water
- ?1 tablespoonsesame seedsto garnish
- ?chopped green onionto garnish
Instructions
Instructions
- Place the 2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts (cut into bite-size or 1‑inch pieces) in the Instant Pot. Add ½ cup low‑sodium soy sauce, 2 cloves minced garlic, 1 inch peeled and grated ginger, ¼ cup ketchup, and 1 teaspoon hot sauce or sriracha. Stir once to combine.
- Close the lid and set the steam valve to SEALING. Select MANUAL or PRESSURE COOK (High) and set the cook time to 3 minutes.
- Allow the Instant Pot to come to pressure and complete the cooking cycle. When the timer beeps, carefully perform a QUICK RELEASE by moving the valve to VENTING. Keep your face and hands away from the steam.
- When the float valve drops, open the lid away from you. Press SAUTÉ to turn on the pot’s sauté function.
- Add ¼ cup honey (or ¼ cup brown sugar) and 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil to the pot. Stir to dissolve the sugar and combine with the sauce.
- In a small bowl, whisk together 1 tablespoon cornstarch and 1 tablespoon water to make a slurry. Pour the slurry into the pot and stir continuously while the sauce simmers until it thickens, about 1–2 minutes.
- When the sauce has reached your desired thickness, press CANCEL or turn off the SAUTÉ function.
- Transfer the sesame chicken to a serving dish and garnish with chopped green onion and 1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds. Serve immediately.
Notes
It’s important to use low-sodium soy sauce in this recipe, as otherwise, your sauce might be too salty. If you only have regular soy sauce, use ¼ cup of soy sauce or tamari, and ¼ cup of water.
Nutrition values are calculated per 1 portion of sesame chicken without rice (rough estimate). If you’re following a specific diet or have a health condition, please make your own calculations and don’t rely on our data.
Nutrition values are calculated per 1 portion of sesame chicken without rice (rough estimate). If you’re following a specific diet or have a health condition, please make your own calculations and don’t rely on our data.