Instant Pot Orange Chicken
Skip the takeout and enjoy your favorite Panda Express orange chicken from home tonight when you make this easy Instant Pot Orange Chicken! These bite sized pieces of chicken drenched in your favorite sweet and spicy orange sauce, will vanish as fast as you can make them! Just 3 ingredients and dinner is done!
Servings: 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
Instructions
- Gather your ingredients.
- 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.
- For answers to Frequently Asked Questions or tips for common substitutions and variations, please refer to the detailed information above this recipe card.
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