This easy Instant Pot teriyaki chicken takes just 3 minutes to cook and is so tender when it’s done! It’s a really healthy pressure cooker chicken recipe that’s inexpensive and flavorful too served with rice. Add a bit of pineapple for extra flavor and your kids will love it too.
Maybe it is because I was born in Hawaii but I love anything teriyaki! I could put this sauce on just about any piece of meat and it just tastes amazing. When I started developing new Instant Pot recipes one of the first things I tried to make was the best Instant Pot teriyaki chicken and it came out great in just 3 minutes! Make some rice and you are set with a great and healthy meal that everyone in my family enjoys. You could add some onion into the pot too if you desire but we stuck with chunk pineapple and sauce to make ours. It’s one of our go to easy Instant Pot recipes we love. This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Soy Vay. All opinions are 100% mine. (originally published 3/17)
Just like any other recipe you can add or omit what you love or don’t prefer to have added.
I started out simple when making this chicken recipe with pineapple chunks, a bit of juice, and the teriyaki sauce we always use (Soy Vay Veri Veri Teriyaki Marinade) and it came out great.
I saved myself a step (and knew it would soak up more teriyaki flavor in the process) by cutting my chicken into chunks before adding it to my Instant Pot / pressure cooker.
We all need a few recipes “in our pocket” that only use a few ingredients and take less than 15 minutes. You know for those evenings when you only have an hour in between soccer practice and homework….we’re there a lot. 😉
What you need to make this quick Instant Pot Teriyaki Chicken
- Jar of Teriyaki marinade – this Veri Veri Teriyaki is our favorite, not too thick and great taste (do not use thick sauces in IP, it will burn – what burn on Instant Pot means and how to prevent it)
- Chicken breasts – boneless, skinless, diced into bite size pieces
- Chunk pineapple – we like this one
- Rice – this is how to make the perfect Instant Pot white rice
- Cornstarch (optional if you want to thicken sauce at the end)
Of course you could make your own teriyaki sauce using brown sugar and a few other ingredients but if you really need a quick throw together Instant Pot chicken recipes this is perfect because it only takes about 3 minutes to cook.
- If you do have a bit more time to make homemade teriyaki sauce, you should try our amazing spicy teriyaki Instant Pot chicken recipe!
Here are a few other of the best Instant Pot recipes you will love
- Instant Pot shredded chicken uses pineapple as well
- Spicy honey Instant Pot chicken is sweet with a bit of heat if you want to add some
- This Instant Pot teriyaki ribs recipe uses this teriyaki sauce too and comes out so tender and juicy you’ll never cook ribs any other way again
Here’s a video showing you how easy Instant Pot teriyaki chicken is to make
You can see just how much teriyaki sauce the chicken soaked up just by the color of it!
The pressure cooker does all the work for you which is great and if you throw some in your rice cooker or on the stovetop your whole meal is done in about 10 minutes total…great lunch option for me who works at home. If I need a quick meal I know all 5 of us will enjoy this is my go to recipe.
Here’s the printable recipe too:
Instant Pot Teriyaki Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 jar Teriyaki sauce Soy Very Very Teriyaki sauce 15 oz.
- 2 -3 chicken breasts boneless skinless, cubed into bite size pcs.
- 1 c pineapple chunk, optional
- 1 1/2 c rice uncooked, cook as usual, serve chicken on top
- 1 tbsp cornstarch optional
- 1 tbsp soy sauce optional
Instructions
- Cube chicken and add into Instant Pot or pressure cooker
- Pour teriyaki sauce (3/4 of jar or enough to cover cubed pcs. of chicken), pineapple chunks, and soy sauce if you choose to add it into your Instant Pot.
- Stir so all chicken pieces are mostly covered with liquid. (usually about 1 1/2 c. sauce or enough to cover chicken, watch video to see- do not use thick teriyaki sauces as those will burn)
- Put lid on IP, close pressure valve, and set to manual low pressure for 3 minutes. (if adding 3 chicken breasts set to 4 minutes, 4 chicken breasts diced up set to 5 minutes)
- Chicken will absorb yummy teriyaki sauce in just 3 minutes.
- When it beeps do a quick release on your steam valve and carefully lift the lid and make sure chicken is not pink (if cut into bite size cubes 3 minutes should be perfect).
- If you want the sauce to be a bit thicker remove your chicken, set pot to saute, and put about 4 tbsp. cold water in a small bowl with about 1 tbsp. cornstarch and whisk together until smooth (add more water if needed), then add back into the mix and stir.
- Allow to bubble so the sauce thickens a bit. Serve over rice!
So good and so easy!!
Tasted great, but I also experienced the spraying of sauce when I released the pressure. I have one of those silicone things that redirect the steam, and most of it went in there. First time I ever had anything come out but steam.
I got an IP for Christmas. This is my first recipe. It came out very good. Lots of juice left over. Thank you. Can’t wait to try more recipes.
I did a quick release and the teriyaki sauce splattered all over my kitchen walls. Has this happen to anyone else?
I’ve made this several times and had no issue. However, last night I made it and used a different brand sauce (The Food Network Japanese teriyaki sauce) and that totally happened to me. Sprayed everywhere. It still tasted good, but a horrible mess. I noticed this sauce was thinner than the one the recipe calls for. But can’t think of why else this would happen!
Hmm not sure, hasn’t happened to me. Maybe since it is so thin but I wouldn’t think that would be the reason.
I have heard to allow pressure to release naturally with meats. This recipe states quick release correct? Sounds yummy!
I followed the instructions carefully but am getting a “burn” message. Any insight or have you experienced this before by chance? Any way to salvage what already started cooking? Thanks much!
I haven’t had this occur. Try turning it off, opening, resealing and starting again.
Instruction #4 says LOW pressure for 3 minutes. Is that correct? I used high pressure & did 5 minutes as I increased the number of portions. It turned out fined.
Do you add in juice from pineapples? Seems like it would need that liquid to come to pressure.
You can add a small can of pineapple with the juice yes, the sauce alone is enough liquid though I have found.
I need to double this recipe. Which ingredients do I double?
Is this for Frozen Chicken or Thawed?
Thawed
Was very good, but I don’t have a pressure option on mine, so chicken was a little dry
Do you have an Instant Pot? They all have that button. What brand do you have and what did you press?
Just made it, turned out great! I have 2-yr old IP-LUX, no Pressure button, it worked fine by pressing Manual and setting it to 3 min.
Can you use frozen chicken?
Do you need to cook the chicken or will the IP do it for you?
IP cooks it.
The nutrition facts don’t seem right. Is this just for the sauce?
I do not calculate this, it is done by the widget itself so not sure how accurate it is.
How many ounces are in the bottle of teriyaki sauce that you use. I have a recipe that I like to make my own sauce, but need to know how many ounces. Thanks in advance.
Oh, so sorry, I didn’t look closely and see that you already stated how many ounces!
It looks so good, thanks for sharing the recipe. I will try to make this dish rely on your introduction