Instant Pot Soy Sauce Chicken
This flavorful and easy to make Soy Sauce Chicken is made in the Instant Pot and ready in less than 30 minutes.
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 346kcal
Ingredients
Chicken Batter
- 1 lb chicken breasts cut into bite-sized pieces
- 1 egg
- 3 tablespoon cornstarch
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- 3 tablespoon soy sauce
- 2 tablespoon oil for sauteing
Garnishments
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds toasted
- green onions diced, for garnish
Sauce
- ¼ cup soy sauce
- 2 tablespoon sesame oil
- 2 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 1 ½ teaspoon ginger
- 1 garlic clove
- ¼ cup water
Instructions
- Crack 1 egg into a large bowl and beat.
- Stir the chicken into the bowl with the egg and add in the 3 tablespoon of cornstarch, ½ tsp pepper, and 3 tablespoon soy sauce. Coat well.
- Set Instant Pot to SAUTE and wait for it to read, "HOT."
- Pour in the 2 tablespoon of oil and add in bite-sized chicken pieces and mixture. (Complete this in 2 batches.)
- Brown all sides of the chicken.
- Press Cancel.
- Deglaze pot by scraping the bottom of the pot until nothing is stuck to it.
- Add in the Sauce Ingredients: ¼ cup of soy sauce, 2 tablespoon of sesame oil, 2 tablespoon of brown sugar, 1 tablespoon of rice vinegar, 1 ½ tsp ginger, 1 garlic clove, and the ¼ cup of water.
- Close the lid on the Instant Pot and set it to MANUAL for 4 minutes.
- Do a quick release (QR) and stir.
- Sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds and garnish with green onions.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 346kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 29g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 0.04g | Cholesterol: 113mg | Sodium: 1715mg | Potassium: 521mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 95IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 45mg | Iron: 2mg
