Honey Sesame Chicken

Name: Honey Sesame Chicken
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 4 pieces Chicken Breast (4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts); 0 pieces Table Salt (Salt and pepper); 1 cup Honey (1 cup honey); ½ cup Soy Sauce (1/2 cup soy sauce); ½ cup Yellow Onion (1/2 cup diced onion); ¼ cup Ketchup (1/4 cup ketchup); 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil (2 tablespoons vegetable oil (could also use olive oil or canola oil)); 2 cloves Garlic (2 cloves garlic, minced); ¼ tsp Red Pepper Flakes (1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes (optional - doesn't really add heat, just adds more flavor)) — optional; 4 tsp Cornstarch (4 teaspoons cornstarch dissolved in 6 Tablespoons water); 0 pieces Sesame Seeds (Sesame seeds)

Quick and easy Instant Pot chicken breasts glazed in a sweet and savory honey soy sauce, finished with sesame seeds.

30 minChinese

Servings4

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Steps

1Place your chicken in the bottom of the Instant Pot.
2In a small bowl, combine honey, soy sauce, onion, ketchup, oil, garlic and pepper flakes. Pour over chicken and put your Instant Pot Lid on and seal.
3Cook on the Meat setting for 20 minutes and then quick release once the 20 minutes is up. Remove chicken from pot, leave sauce.
4Dissolve 4 teaspoons of cornstarch in 6 tablespoons of water in a small bowl and pour into your Instant Pot. Stir to combine with sauce. Push the Saute button and cook sauce for about 5 minutes or until slightly thickened.
5Cut the chicken into bite size pieces, then return to pot and toss with sauce before serving. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and serve over rice or noodles.
6You can also sprinkle more red pepper flakes on top if you want more heat.
7I removed my Honey Sesame Chicken from the Instant Pot and put in a bowl and cooked my rice in my Instant Pot.
8To make rice in your Instant Pot you need to have the same ratio rice as you do water.
9I used 2 cups of Brown Jasmine Rice.
10To make it: Rinse and drain 2 cups of rice and dump it into your Instant Pot. Add 2 cups of water. Seal your instant pot with the lid and push the Rice button. It will cook for 10 minutes then quick release. You will have PERFECT rice! Or use minute rice BUT cook separate.