Easy Instant Pot Orange Chicken
This Instant Pot orange chicken is super easy with crispy chicken and the most delicious sauce you have ever had!
Servings 4
Calories 406kcal
Ingredients
- 1 lb chicken breast cut into cubes
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- salt and pepper
- 1 can 8 oz tomato sauce
- 1 cup orange juice
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch dissolved in 3 tablespoons cold water
- orange zest
- green onions sliced thin
- cooked rice for serving
Instructions
- Place chicken, oil and garlic into the instant pot. Turn onto sautee and cook until chicken is brown. Season with salt and pepper.
- Add tomato sauce, orange juice, brown sugar and soy sauce and mix well.
- Close instant pot lid and quick release valve. Set instant pot to manual, high pressure for 7 minutes. When cooking is complete, quick release steam and open lid.
- Pour cornstarch dissolved in water into Instant Pot and stir well until sauce thickens.
- Serve orange chicken on a bed of rice with sliced green onions and orange zest.
Notes
Slow Cooker Method: Mix garlic, tomato sauce, orange juice, soy sauce and brown sugar together in a medium mixing bowl. Pour half into your greased slow cooker, add chicken and pour remaining sauce over. Set on low for 4 hours. Once the 4 hours is up, pour cornstarch dissolved in water into your slow cooker and cook another 1 hour on high. Enjoy!
Note: Cooking time does not reflect time it takes for the pressure cooker to come to pressure.