Easy Instant Pot Honey-Garlic Chicken
Description
Instant Pot honey-garlic chicken is a quick and easy weeknight meal when you serve the succulent chicken pieces and savory sauce over rice, noodles, or cauliflower rice.
Ingredients
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1 tablespoon chicken soup base (such as Better than Bouillon® Roasted Chicken Base)
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1 cup hot water
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1 tablespoon avocado oil
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1 tablespoon butter
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3 (6 ounce) bone-in chicken thighs, with skin
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3 (4 ounce) bone-in chicken drumsticks, with skin
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1/3 cup honey
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2 tablespoons teriyaki marinade (such as Kikkoman®)
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1 tablespoon minced garlic, or more to taste
Directions
1
Melt chicken soup base in hot water.
2
Turn on a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot) and select Saute function. Add avocado oil and butter; heat until butter melts. Add chicken pieces, skin-sides down, and brown for 2 to 3 minutes. Flip chicken and brown the other side.
3
Turn off pot and remove chicken to a plate. Pour 1/2 of the prepared soup base into the pot, scraping the browned bits off the bottom with a spatula.
4
Add honey, teriyaki marinade, and garlic to the remaining prepared soup base, stirring until well mixed.
5
Place the trivet inside the pot. Add chicken in a single layer. Pour honey mixture over chicken. Close and lock the lid. Select high pressure according to manufacturer's instructions; set timer for 12 minutes. Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.
6
Release pressure using the natural-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, 10 minutes. Switch to the quick-release method to release remaining pressure, about 5 minutes. Unlock and remove the lid. Enjoy!