Orange Chicken - Instant Pot. Instant Pot Orange Chicken is healthier than takeout and easy to make using your Instant Pot. Made with fresh orange juice and orange zest for great flavor. We love using Instant Pot to make easy and delicious dishes.
Took the advice of a review and cut up chicken into bite size pieces and trimmed off fat. Bright and fresh orange flavors are combined with Asian flavors to make this perennial take-out favorite at home. Instant Pot Orange Chicken—tender bites of chicken in a flavorful orange sauce. You can have Orange Chicken - Instant Pot using 24 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Orange Chicken - Instant Pot
- Prepare 2 lbs of chicken breast cut into 1-2 inch pieces.
- You need 2 Tbsp of oil.
- It's 1/4 c of orange juice.
- It's 1/3 of White or yellow onion chopped large.
- It's of sauce.
- You need 3/4 c of orange juice.
- It's 1 of tbps hot sauce or taco sauce.
- You need 1 of tbps white wine.
- You need 1/3-1/2 c of tomato sauce.
- Prepare 1/4 c of soy sauce.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of curry and ginger powder mixed as you see fit.
- It's 1/4 c of sugar.
- You need 1/4 c of brown sugar.
- Prepare of Orange zest.
- It's of thickener.
- You need 2-3 tbsp of cornstarch.
- Prepare 2 Tbsp of orange juice.
- It's of garnish.
- It's 1/2 c of cashews.
- Prepare of Green onion - chopped.
- Prepare of Orange zest.
- Prepare of rice.
- Prepare of Make some white rice or brown rice or a rice packet.
- You need of Enough rice to be happy.
And it's made fast and easy in your Instant Pot. Related: SLOW COOKER orange chicken recipe. Orange chicken is so tasty and it's a popular option at Chinese takeout restaurants. This Easy Instant Pot Orange Chicken is sweet, citrusy, tender, slightly spicy and OH SO delicious!
Orange Chicken - Instant Pot step by step
- Dry chicken breasts with paper towels, make them dry. Don't skip this. Chop chicken into 1-2in chunks..
- Turn instant pot to saute on high (more). When it is at Hot, add the oil, chopped onion and chopped chicken. Stir constantly until chicken is just browned on all sides..
- Add the 1/4c orange juice and deglaze the pot with a wooden spoon. When done, cancel the instant pot..
- Add the sauce ingredients to sauteed chicken. Add everything under sauce section and stir until combined and over all chicken pieces..
- Manual pressure cook for 6 minutes. Natural release 10-12 minutes. While your waiting, make the thickener... Mix the cornstarch and orange juice until all clumps are gone. More cornstarch equals thicker sauce..
- Release the pressure and turn back on saute mode (low or normal now). Add the cashews from garnish section. Slowly mix in thickener slurry and stir while cooking for 2-3 minutes until sauce is thick..
- Turn off instant pot. Let sit for 5-7 minutes..
- Spoon over there rice and add green onion and zest as final garnish when serving. Enjoy it inside your face..
Pressure cooker and slow cooker directions included. After sauteing the chicken in the Instant Pot, it's as easy as pouring ingredients into the liner and topping it off with orange juice. This Instant Pot Orange Chicken recipe is a favorite in our home. My husband requests it all the time. Then start throwing together the ingredients of the Orange Chicken in the Instant Pot.