CHICKEN

Instant Pot Honey Garlic Chicken

Name: Instant Pot Honey Garlic Chicken
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1½ lb boneless, skinless chicken thighs; 1½ cups unsalted chicken broth; 3 tbsp low-sodium soy sauce; 4 cloves garlic, minced; ¼ cup honey; 1 tbsp rice vinegar; 2 tbsp cornstarch; 2 tbsp cold water

Tender chicken thighs coated in a glossy, sweet-savory garlic sauce. Spoon it over rice to catch every drop.

About 40 min 4 servings Easy

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Sweet, sticky, and built for rice

Honey and garlic is a mix I never get tired of. The sauce comes out sweet, salty, and glossy, and it belongs on rice so not one drop is wasted.

Everything in it lives in my fridge and cupboard anyway. Soy sauce, garlic, honey, vinegar. The chicken cooks in broth first, plain and simple, and the sauce is built around it after.

The honey stays out of the pressure cook

Pressure cook the thighs for 8 minutes in the broth, soy sauce, and garlic. No honey yet. Honey can scorch under pressure, and scorched honey is not the flavour you are after.

Let the pot sit for 5 minutes, then open the valve to let the rest of the steam out. Check the thickest thigh reads 165°F and move the chicken to a plate.

Now the sauce. Stir the honey and vinegar into the hot liquid on Sauté. Stir cornstarch into cold water and whisk that in. In about a minute the sauce turns glossy. Put the chicken back in and turn it over in the sauce until every piece shines.

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