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    You are here: Home / Recipes / Instant Pot Spicy Honey Garlic Chicken

    Instant Pot Spicy Honey Garlic Chicken

    Posted: Feb 23, 2019 Last Modified: Mar 1, 2019 by Carmy · This post may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.

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    Want to make this take out favourite at home? Well now you can! Skip the take out and make this Instant Pot Spicy Honey Garlic Chicken at home!

    Skip the take out and make this Instant Pot Spicy Honey Garlic Chicken at home!

    Instant Pot Spicy Honey Garlic Chicken

    What’s your go to chicken order when ordering wings? Mine is almost always honey garlic. In my books, you cannot go wrong with honey garlic and if a restaurant messes up something as simple as honey garlic, then it’s not worth returning.

    As a honey garlic fiend, I’m honestly surprised I didn’t share this spicy honey garlic chicken recipe on the blog earlier! I’ve shared a similar recipe with scallops but this chicken version in the Instant Pot is honestly the easiest thing ever! Other than a little browning to start and thickening the sauce at the end, this Instant Pot Spicy Honey Garlic Chicken recipe is pretty hands off and takes only a couple minutes to put together.

    Similar recipe to try: Instant Pot Chicken Teriyaki

    What You Need To Make This Spicy Honey Garlic Chicken in the Instant Pot

    • chicken breast
    • honey
    • soy sauce
    • sriracha
    • chicken stock
    • olive oil
    • salt & pepper
    • garlic
    • cornstarch
    • chili flakes

    How To Make This Instant Pot Spicy Honey Garlic Chicken

    • Start off by dicing your chicken into cubes and set aside.
    • In a measuring cup or large bowl, mix together your honey, soy sauce, sriracha, and chicken stock. Set aside.

    step by step photos on how to make instant pot spicy honey garlic chicken

    • On sauté mode (medium or high is fine), add some olive oil to your Instant Pot and add your chicken cubes into the pot.

    step by step photos on how to make instant pot spicy honey garlic chicken

    • Add salt & pepper to taste to your chicken and let the chicken brown slightly. This helps to seal in the moisture. If you are in a hurry, you can skip this step.

    step by step photos on how to make instant pot spicy honey garlic chicken

    • Add in crush garlic cloves.

    step by step photos on how to make instant pot spicy honey garlic chicken

    • Add in the spicy honey garlic mixture. Put the lid on your Instant Pot, set the valve to sealing, then pressure cook for 6 minutes.

    step by step photos on how to make instant pot spicy honey garlic chicken

    • Once done, quick release your Instant Pot, remove the chicken, and add a cornstarch slurry (1:1 cornstarch to liquid ratio), and set it to sauté (low) to thicken up your sauce. Return the chicken to the pot once thicken to coat the meat.

    step by step photos on how to make instant pot honey garlic chicken breast

    • When ready to serve, sprinkle on some chili pepper flakes to add a little bit more spice to the dish. Top with green onions as garnish if you wish. 

    Tips and Notes on Making Spicy Honey Garlic Chicken in the Instant Pot

    • You can also skip dicing up the chicken and cooking it whole instead. After cooking, you can shred the chicken breasts and put it back in the sauce to coat.
    • To make this Instant Pot honey garlic chicken recipe into a meal prep: I added rice to this to bring it to work with me. You can also toss some vegetables into the sauce, before thickening and cook under pressure for 0-1 minute to steam the veggies in the sauce! I stored my meal prep in these airtight containers.
    • Make this into a dump and go freezer meal: in a freezer bag, add your chicken and sauce. Once ready to make, either thaw it overnight in the fridge or cook it straight from frozen in the Instant Pot. It shouldn’t require much adjustment in the time other than it will take longer to come up to pressure if cooking from frozen. 
    • There’s going to be extra sauce leftover, I love drizzling it over my rice to use it up.
    • This recipe was only tested in the Instant Pot Duo 9-in-1 6QT.
    • I consider this a healthy honey garlic chicken instant pot recipe because there are no added preservatives and we are sure that the honey that is being used is 100% real honey with no fillers! Make sure to double check your honey source!

    pressure cooker spicy instant pot honey garlic chicken breast meal prep

    Skip the take out and make this Instant Pot Spicy Honey Garlic Chicken at home!

    Spicy Instant Pot Honey Garlic Chicken

    Want to make this take out favourite at home? Well now you can! Skip the take out and make this Spicy Honey Garlic Chicken in the Instant Pot at home!
    5 from 3 votes
    Print Rate
    Prep Time: 10 mins
    Cook Time: 10 mins
    Total Time: 20 mins
    Servings: 4 servings

    Ingredients

    • 3-4 chicken breast
    • 1/3 cup honey
    • 1/3 cup soy sauce
    • 5-6 tbsp sriracha
    • 2/3 cup chicken stock
    • 1 tbsp olive oil
    • 1 pinch salt & pepper
    • 6 cloves garlic
    • 1 tbsp cornstarch
    • chili flakes
    • rice or grain of choice to serve with

    Instructions

    • Dice your chicken into cubes and set aside.
    • In a measuring cup or large bowl, mix together your honey, soy sauce, sriracha, and chicken stock. Set aside.
    • On sauté mode (medium or high is fine), add some olive oil to your Instant Pot and add your chicken cubes into the pot.
    • Add salt & pepper to taste to your chicken and let the chicken brown slightly. This helps to seal in the moisture. If you are in a hurry, you can skip this step.
    • Add in crush garlic cloves then add in the spicy honey garlic mixture. Put the lid on your Instant Pot, set the valve to sealing, and then pressure cook for 6 minutes.
    • Once done, quick release your Instant Pot, remove the chicken, and add a cornstarch slurry (1:1 cornstarch to liquid ratio), and set it to sauté (low) to thicken up your sauce. Return the chicken to the pot once thicken to coat the meat.
    • When ready to serve, sprinkle on some chili pepper flakes to add a little bit more spice to the dish. Top with green onions as garnish if you wish.
    Tried this recipe?Did you make this recipe? I'm always so happy to hear about it! I'd love to see how it turned out. Tag me at @CarmysHungry on Instagram so I can see it! If you enjoyed the recipe, I'd really appreciate a comment with a 5 star rating! ♥
    Author: Carmy
    Course: Main Course
    Cuisine: Instant Pot, Meal Prep

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    1. Alix

      February 25, 2019 at 9:12 am

      5 stars
      I made this yesterday for the week and it is so good. Thanks for sharing!

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    2. Jo

      March 01, 2019 at 4:12 pm

      5 stars
      Had a chance to make this tonight and it was amazing! The sauce is so good.

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