Instant Pot Hawaiian Chicken Recipe
Easy Instant Pot Hawaiian chicken is pineapple sweet with a bit of a kick. Served on top of rice or by itself it's one of our favorite pressure cooker dinners!
Servings: 6
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 lbs chicken breasts or thighs, boneless, skinless, diced
- 1 cup pineapple juice
- 1 cup pineapple tidbits
- 1/3 cup soy sauce
- 1 tbsp garlic minced
- 1/2 tbsp ginger minced
- 1 tbsp rice vinegar
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1.5 tbsp Sriracha makes it cut down the sweetness, but not spicy, add more if you want heat
- 1/2 small onion diced, optional
- 3 tbsp cornstarch + 3 tbsp of hot liquid from pot to thicken at end
Instructions
- Put your diced (bite size) pieces of chicken as well as all other ingredients in the list into your pressure cooker (except for the cornstarch, we will use that later).
- Stir together so chicken is coated well.
- Close lid and steam valve and set to high pressure for 6 minutes.
- Do a quick release, turn off/cancel button, and then press saute button.
- In a small bowl whisk together 3 tbsp of cornstarch + 3 tbsp of the hot liquid inside your pot. Pour this mixture in.
- Mixture should now be bubbling. Stir and bubble for about 1 minute, then turn pot off.
- Sauce will have thickened a bit, and will continue to thicken as it sits for a few more minutes.
- Serve as is or on top of rice, enjoy!
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Nutrition
Serving: 3oz | Calories: 348kcal | Carbohydrates: 42g | Protein: 34g | Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 96mg | Sodium: 1168mg | Potassium: 847mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 34g | Vitamin A: 195IU | Vitamin C: 19mg | Calcium: 48mg | Iron: 1.4mg