Orange Chicken - Instant Pot

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Eric @piegasm

The chickens story is over, with a delicious ending. Just make it, it's good.

Orange Chicken - Instant Pot

The chickens story is over, with a delicious ending. Just make it, it's good.

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Ingredients

1hr
~6 servings
  1. 2 lbschicken breast cut into 1-2 inch pieces
  2. 2 Tbspoil
  3. 1/4 corange juice
  4. 1/3White or yellow onion chopped large
  5. sauce
  6. 3/4 corange juice
  7. 1tbps hot sauce or taco sauce
  8. 1tbps white wine
  9. 1/3-1/2 ctomato sauce
  10. 1/4 csoy sauce
  11. 1 tbspcurry and ginger powder mixed as you see fit
  12. 1/4 csugar
  13. 1/4 cbrown sugar
  14. Orange zest
  15. thickener
  16. 2-3 tbspcornstarch
  17. 2 Tbsporange juice
  18. garnish
  19. 1/2 ccashews
  20. Green onion - chopped
  21. Orange zest
  22. rice
  23. Make some white rice or brown rice or a rice packet
  24. Enough rice to be happy

Cooking Instructions

1hr
  1. 1

    Dry chicken breasts with paper towels, make them dry. Don't skip this. Chop chicken into 1-2in chunks.

  2. 2

    Turn instant pot to saute on high (more). When it is at Hot, add the oil, chopped onion and chopped chicken. Stir constantly until chicken is just browned on all sides.

  3. 3

    Add the 1/4c orange juice and deglaze the pot with a wooden spoon. When done, cancel the instant pot.

  4. 4

    Add the sauce ingredients to sauteed chicken. Add everything under sauce section and stir until combined and over all chicken pieces.

  5. 5

    Manual pressure cook for 6 minutes. Natural release 10-12 minutes. While your waiting, make the thickener... Mix the cornstarch and orange juice until all clumps are gone. More cornstarch equals thicker sauce.

  6. 6

    Release the pressure and turn back on saute mode (low or normal now). Add the cashews from garnish section. Slowly mix in thickener slurry and stir while cooking for 2-3 minutes until sauce is thick.

  7. 7

    Turn off instant pot. Let sit for 5-7 minutes.

  8. 8

    Spoon over there rice and add green onion and zest as final garnish when serving. Enjoy it inside your face.

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