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Instant Pot: Orange Chicken

Course Main Course
Cuisine Chinese
Keyword orange chicken
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings 6
Calories 500 kcal

Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup cornstarch
  • 3 lbs chicken breast, cubed
  • 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

SAUCE

  • 3 tsp minced garlic
  • 1.5 cup orange juice
  • 1.5 tbsp ginger, peeled and finely chopped
  • 1.5 tbsp rice vinegar
  • 3/4 cup tomato sauce
  • 1/3 cup white sugar
  • 1/3 cup brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup lite soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp sirarcha
  • 1 orange, zested

CORNSTARCH SLURRY

  • 3 tbsp cornstarch
  • 3 tbsp orange juice

SERVE WITH

  • white rice or cauliflower rice
  • green onions

Instructions

  1. toss chicken breast with 1/3 cup cornstarch

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  2. heat 3 tbsp olive oil over medium high heat. add cubed chicken and saute for approximately 7 minutes or until it starts turning golden color. 

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  3. add chicken and all sauce ingredients to Instant Pot. Stir. 

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  4. Set Instant Pot on manual high for 5 minutes. make sure vent is set to sealed. Use 10 minute natural release (let IP go into warm mode and wait 10 minutes. then turn knob to venting release the rest of the air). 

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  5. while Instant Pot is doing its thing, make white rice (or cauliflower rice) and make the cornstarch slurry by whisking the ingredients together. 

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  6. when Instant Pot is done switch function to saute on low. add cornstarch slurry and stir gently for a couple minutes until sauce begins to thicken. 

    orange chicken add cornstarch slurry
  7. serve with white rice, cauliflower rice. Top with green onions and extra orange zest if desired. 

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