Instant Pot Orange Chicken
Instant Pot Orange Chicken lets you have the delicious flavors of takeout any time! This recipe is healthy, easy, and ready in just minutes.
Servings: 6
Calories: 429kcal
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1/2 orange blended
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1/3 cup rice vinegar
- 2 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 tsp ginger
- 1 tsp garlic
- 2 Tbsp chopped green onions
- 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
- 3 Tbsp cornstarch
- 2 Tbsp water
- 6 boneless skinless chicken breasts
Instructions
Instructions:
- Blend 1/2 of an orange.
- Mix together water, orange juice, lemon juice, rice vinegar, brown sugar, ginger, garlic, chopped green onion, and crushed red peppers in bottom of Instant Pot and turn to Saute.
- Cook sauce for 5-10 minutes, until boiling.
- Place chicken in Instant Pot, into the sauce.
- Close lid and valve. Cook on Manual/Pressure Cook, high pressure for 10 minutes (20 if chicken is frozen). Natural release for 6 minutes, then quick release.
- Remove chicken from Instant Pot.
- Mix together 2 Tbsp cold water with 3 Tbsp of cornstarch.
- Turn Instant Pot to Saute and cook a bit to thicken.
- Ladle thickened sauce over the chicken.
Optional:
- Use remaining sauce to cook rice in using a 1:1 ratio of liquid verses rice.
- Cook 2 cups white rice with 2 cups of orange chicken sauce or 1 cup white rice with 1 cup of orange chicken sauce.
- Cook on Manual/Pressure Cook, high pressure for 4 minutes. Natural release for 10 minutes.
- Serve orange chicken over cooked rice.
Nutrition
Calories: 429kcal | Carbohydrates: 43g | Protein: 49g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 145mg | Sodium: 697mg | Potassium: 931mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 37g | Vitamin A: 137IU | Vitamin C: 14mg | Calcium: 48mg | Iron: 1mg