Instant Pot Honey Garlic Chicken

Name: Instant Pot Honey Garlic Chicken
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1.5 lb chicken thighs (about 4); 0.5 tsp salt; 0.25 tsp ground black pepper; 1.5 tbsp cooking oil; 4 clove garlic, minced; 1 tbsp parsley, chopped; 3 tbsp honey; 1 tsp sugar (or brown sugar); 2 tbsp soy sauce; 3 tbsp water (or chicken broth); 3 dash cayenne pepper

A 20-minute Instant Pot honey garlic chicken — juicy boneless chicken thighs seared in the pot and smothered in a sticky honey garlic sauce that tastes just like Chinese takeout.

20 min 4 servingsRasa Malaysia Source

Extracted by chinwei271Extracted 1 Jul 2026

Nutrition· per serving · estimated

484

Calories

29g

Protein

16g

Carbs

34g

Fat

Scale recipe

4 servings

Original recipe

Ingredients11 items

Produce

🧄garlic, minced4 clove

🌿parsley, chopped1 tbsp

Meat

🍗chicken thighs (about 4)1½ lb

Pantry

🛢️cooking oil1½ tbsp

🍯honey3 tbsp

🍬sugar (or brown sugar)1 tsp

🫙soy sauce2 tbsp

Spices

🧂salt½ tsp

🧂ground black pepper¼ tsp

🌶️cayenne pepper3 dash

Other

💧water (or chicken broth)3 tbsp

Instructions

1
Season the chicken thighs all over with salt and ground black pepper, then set aside.
2
Make the honey garlic sauce: combine the honey, sugar, soy sauce, water, and cayenne pepper in a bowl.
3
Stir the sauce well, making sure the honey and sugar are completely dissolved, then set aside.
4
Turn on the Saute mode on your Instant Pot. As soon as the pot is heated, add 1 tablespoon of the cooking oil.
5
Pan-sear the chicken thighs, skin side down first, until both sides turn nicely browned.
6
Leave the chicken in the pot, add the remaining 1/2 tablespoon of oil and the minced garlic, and saute the garlic briefly.
7
Pour in the honey garlic sauce and use a wooden spoon to scrape up the browned bits from the bottom — this adds flavor and prevents a Burn error.
8
Cover with the lid, select Manual, and set to High pressure for 10 minutes.
10:00 timer
9
When it beeps, turn the valve to Quick Release. Once the valve drops, carefully remove the lid.
10
Stir in the chopped parsley and serve the chicken with the honey garlic sauce immediately. If the sauce is too sweet, balance it with a splash of rice vinegar or a squeeze of lemon juice.

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CuisineChinese