Instant Pot® Spicy Orange Chicken

Orange chicken with heat. I serve with steamed, salted, and buttered snow peas as a side dish and over basmati rice.

Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 25 mins
Additional Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 50 mins
Servings: 4
Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

  1. 1 tablespoon hot chili sesame oil
  2. 1 medium sweet onion, coarsely chopped
  3. 1 cup chopped broccoli
  4. 2 tablespoons finely chopped garlic
  5. 1 tablespoon red pepper flakes
  6. 1 teaspoon garlic salt
  7. 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  8. ¼ teaspoon grated orange zest
  9. ¾ cup orange juice
  10. ½ cup reduced-sodium tamari
  11. ¼ cup spicy chili sauce (such as Maggi® Masala)
  12. ¼ cup honey
  13. 1 pound chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch pieces
  14. 3 tablespoons cornstarch
  15. ½ cup chicken broth, warmed
  16. 2 tablespoons aji mirin sweet rice cooking wine (such as Kikkoman®)

Instructions

  1. Turn on a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot®) and select Saute function. Heat sesame oil in the pot and add onion. Saute, stirring occasionally, until translucent, about 2 minutes.
  2. Add broccoli, garlic, red pepper flakes, garlic salt, ginger, and orange zest. Cook and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute. Pour in orange juice, tamari, chili sauce, and honey. Stir in chicken. Select high pressure according to manufacturer’s instructions; set timer for 5 minutes. Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.
  3. Release pressure using the natural-release method according to manufacturer’s instructions, 10 to 40 minutes. Meanwhile, whisk cornstarch with chicken broth until dissolved.
  4. Pull chicken and vegetables out of the sauce using a large slotted spoon. Place pressure cooker back on Saute mode. Cook until sauce starts bubbling; add cornstarch mixture. Let sit for 1 minute, stir, and turn pressure cooker off.
  5. Stir aji mirin into the sauce. Add chicken and vegetables back in.
  6. Use any cuts of chicken you prefer.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 340 kcal
Carbohydrate 40 g
Cholesterol 59 mg
Dietary Fiber 2 g
Protein 28 g
Saturated Fat 1 g
Sodium 2693 mg
Sugars 26 g
Fat 6 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

 

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