Easy Instant Pot® Honey-Garlic Chicken

Instant Pot® honey-garlic chicken is a quick and easy weeknight meal when you serve the succulent chicken pieces and savory sauce over rice, noodles, or cauliflower rice.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 40 mins
• Calories: 571 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup hot water
• 1 tablespoon butter
• ⅓ cup honey
• 1 tablespoon avocado oil
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic, or more to taste
• 2 tablespoons teriyaki marinade (such as Kikkoman®)
• 3 (6 ounce) bone-in chicken thighs, with skin
• 3 (4 ounce) bone-in chicken drumsticks, with skin

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Melt chicken soup base in hot water.

Step 2

Turn on a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot®) and select Saute function. Add avocado oil and butter; heat until butter melts. Add chicken pieces, skin-sides down, and brown for 2 to 3 minutes. Flip chicken and brown the other side.

Step 3

Turn off pot and remove chicken to a plate. Pour 1/2 of the prepared soup base into the pot, scraping the browned bits off the bottom with a spatula.

Step 4

Add honey, teriyaki marinade, and garlic to the remaining prepared soup base, stirring until well mixed.

Step 5

Place the trivet inside the pot. Add chicken in a single layer. Pour honey mixture over chicken. Close and lock the lid. Select high pressure according to manufacturer's instructions; set timer for 12 minutes. Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.

Step 6

Release pressure using the natural-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, 10 minutes. Switch to the quick-release method to release remaining pressure, about 5 minutes. Unlock and remove the lid. Enjoy!