Making chicken thighs in the Instant Pot is everything. This recipe has a super yummy sauce made with ingredients you probably already have. Yes people, YES💃
These Instant Pot Sweet and Spicy Chicken Thighs are going to be your next favourite weeknight meal.
Serve it with some GREENS like this recipe for roasted broccolini or a salad like this butter lettuce salad with pomegranates and pistachios🥗
This is one of those recipes I ate growing up - my mom would make it in the oven though - no Instant Pot back then!
🔪Instructions
Select "Saute" on your Instant Pot. Add the olive oil. Mix the ingredients of the sticky sauce in a bowl.
Sear the chicken thighs, about 3 minutes each side. Remove from the pot.
Deglaze the Instant Pot with a little chicken broth.
Add the chicken back into the Instant Pot. Coat the chicken with the sticky sauce. Set the Instant Pot to 7 minutes.
Once the 7 minutes is up, give the chicken a 5 min NPR then release the remaining steam.
Serve hot over rice.
🙅♀️Where gluten could sneak in
Not all chicken broth is gluten free! Check the label of the one you buy - and know what to look for when it comes to finding gluten-free chicken broth.
🥡Make it a Meal Prep
Place the chicken in meal prep containers with cooked basmati rice and a veg, like these Roasted Carrots with Garlic and Parmesan Cheese🥕
Enjoy!
~April
📖 Recipe
Instant Pot Chicken Thighs with Sweet and Spicy Sauce
Equipment
- 6 - Quart Instant Pot
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon Olive oil
- 0.8-1 kg boneless, skinless chicken thighs About 6-8 medium thighs
- 1 cup no salt chicken broth
Sticky Sauce
- ½ cup ketchup
- ½ cup salsa
- ¼ cup honey
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- ½ teaspoon cumin
Instructions
- Select "Saute" on your Instant Pot. Add the olive oil. While the oil is warming up, mix-up the ingredients of the sticky sauce in a bowl.
- Once the Instant Pot reads "Hot", sear the chicken thighs. Add them to the pot one at a time and sear on all sides, turning a few times for 5 minutes. Remove from the pot.
- Add the chicken broth to the pot and scrape any chicken bits from the bottom of the pot up with a wooden spoon.
- Add the chicken back into the pot, right into the broth. Coat the chicken with the sticky sauce.
- Secure the lid on the Instant Pot, making sure the steam valve is closed. Press "Cancel" on the Instant Pot. Set to "Pressure Cook" for 7 minutes.
- Once the 7 minutes is up, give the chicken a 5 min NPR then release the remaining steam. Be careful not to burn yourself!
- Portion the chicken thighs over basmati rice and using a large serving spoon. Add more of the sauce over top the chicken and rice. Serve hot.
Notes
- If you don't have the boneless chicken thighs, you could sub-in cubed chicken breasts or drumsticks. Still give whatever cut of chicken you're using a good sear in the Instant Pot, k? Remember: sear = flavor town
- Leftovers are good for 3 days in the fridge.
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