Orange Chicken - Instant Pot

Name: Orange Chicken - Instant Pot
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: ~6 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 lbs chicken breast cut into 1-2 inch pieces; 2 Tbsp oil; 1/4 c orange juice; 1/3 White or yellow onion chopped large; 3/4 c orange juice; 1 tbps hot sauce or taco sauce; 1 tbps white wine; 1/3-1/2 c tomato sauce; 1/4 c soy sauce; 1 tbsp curry and ginger powder mixed as you see fit; 1/4 c sugar; 1/4 c brown sugar; Orange zest; 2-3 tbsp cornstarch; 2 Tbsp orange juice; 1/2 c cashews; Green onion - chopped; Orange zest; Make some white rice or brown rice or a rice packet; Enough rice to be happy

Eric @piegasm

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

Eric @piegasm

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

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Ingredients

1hr

~6 servings

2 lbschicken breast cut into 1-2 inch pieces
2 Tbspoil
1/4 corange juice
1/3White or yellow onion chopped large
sauce
3/4 corange juice
1tbps hot sauce or taco sauce
1tbps white wine
1/3-1/2 ctomato sauce
1/4 csoy sauce
1 tbspcurry and ginger powder mixed as you see fit
1/4 csugar
1/4 cbrown sugar
Orange zest
thickener
2-3 tbspcornstarch
2 Tbsporange juice
garnish
1/2 ccashews
Green onion - chopped
Orange zest
rice
Make some white rice or brown rice or a rice packet
Enough rice to be happy

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Steps

1hr

1

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

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

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

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

Turn off instant pot. Let sit for 5-7 minutes.
8

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