Name: Instant Pot Orange Chicken Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 6 min
Total time: 16 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 3 pounds Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast (cut into 1″ cubes {fresh or thawed}); 20.75 ounces Panda Express Orange Sauce {1 bottle}; 1/3 cup Water; Optional: ⅛ teaspoon Red Pepper Flakes

Enjoy your favorite orange chicken right from home when you make this easy Instant Pot Orange Chicken Recipe!

It’s time to make your favorite orange chicken Instant Pot easy! There’s no need to hassle with heading out to Panda Express for takeout when you can make your own copycat Orange Chicken right in your own kitchen.

All you need is 3 ingredients to make this Instant Pot Orange Chicken Recipe. It really doesn’t much easier than 3 ingredients in an Instant Pot!

Are you ready for another Easy Instant Pot Recipe?? Here’s what you’ll do…

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Instant Pot Orange Chicken Recipe

Skip the takeout, and enjoy this easy Instant Pot Orange Chicken Recipe at home tonight!

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time6 mins

Total Time16 mins

Course: Entree

Cuisine: Asian

Servings: 4

Author: The Frugal Girls

Ingredients

3 pounds Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast cut into 1″ cubes {fresh or thawed}
20.75 ounces Panda Express Orange Sauce {1 bottle}
1/3 cup Water
Optional: ⅛ teaspoon Red Pepper Flakes

Instructions

Pour 1/2 cup of Orange Sauce into measuring cup, stir in Red Pepper Flakes, and set aside to drizzle on chicken after it has finished cooking.
Mix remaining sauce and 1/3 cup water in medium mixing bowl.
Placed cubed Chicken into Instant Pot, and pour sauce mixture from bowl over chicken, then stir together.
Secure lid on Instant Pot, select “Meat/Stew” setting, select “High Pressure,” and change cooking time to 6 minutes.
Preheat will start 10 seconds after settings are selected.
Once Chicken is done, Quick Release pressure before removing lid.
Remove Chicken from Instant Pot and discard excess liquid.
Serve Chicken over a bed of rice, and drizzle with remaining 1/2 cup of sauce you had set aside.

Notes

*In addition to cook time, it will take approx. 15 minutes to initially reach pressure before cook time begins.
*If using a Crock Pot Pressure Cooker, select the "Beans/Chili" setting to manually override cook time and pressure settings.