A typical and delectable Chinese meal is sweet and sour pork. You can easily cook it at home, and even better, in the Instant Pot, so there’s no need to order takeout. Combine with rice.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 25 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Yield: | 4 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon white sugar
- 2 pounds bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs, or more to taste
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 large onion, chopped
- ½ (14.5 ounce) can petite diced tomatoes, or more to taste
- 1 cup chicken broth, or more as needed
Instructions
- Heat oil in a deep skillet over low heat. Sprinkle sugar over the bottom. Season chicken thighs with salt and pepper; cook in batches until browned, about 5 minutes per side.
- Transfer browned chicken to a plate. Remove skin.
- Cook onion in the same skillet until softened, 5 to 10 minutes. Stir in tomatoes. Return chicken to the skillet. Pour in enough broth to cover the chicken halfway. Simmer, partially covered, until chicken is tender and no longer pink in the center, about 1 hour.
- Skinless, boneless chicken thighs work well too.
- Chicken can be simmered with onion and tomatoes in a slow cooker instead of the skillet in step 3.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 425 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 9 g |
| Cholesterol | 129 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 37 g |
| Saturated Fat | 7 g |
| Sodium | 2174 mg |
| Sugars | 6 g |
| Fat | 26 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
For as most of the flavor comes from the tomatoes, having that much salt is overpowering. I would suggest that salt be to taste or 1 teaspoon.
Tasty dish that pleased the family. Thank you for sharing.