This chicken recipe is a quick and tasty entrée. Chopped chicken is coated in a batter made of flour, corn starch, baking powder, salt, and water. Then the chicken is cooked in an Instant Pot in oil on the sauté function. The chicken is removed from the pot and drained on paper towels. Next a sauce is made with ketchup, sugar, honey, soy sauce and water. After whisking the sauce together, the sauce is placed in the Instant Pot with the chicken and pressure cooked for four minutes.
Course
Entree
Prep Time20minutes
Cook Time15minutes
Servings4people
Ingredients
Chicken breast tenders6 to 7 sliced
¼cupsesame oil
Batter
½cupflour
½cupcorn starch
1tspbaking powder
¼tspsalt
¼cupwater
Sauce
½cuptomato ketchup
2tbspsugar
3tbsphoney
1tbspsoy sauce
2tbspwater
Instructions
Cut chicken in bite size pieces. Set aside.
In a small bowl add all of the sauce ingredients, mix to combine. Set aside.
In another bowl, add all of the batter ingredients except the water to a bowl, whisk to combine. Slowly add the water to make a semi thick batter.
Dip each chicken piece in batter and then place on a parchment lined baking sheet.
Place the oil in the Instant Pot and set to sauté. Place the chicken in the oil once bubbling hot.
Cook the chicken in a single layer. Turn the chicken over to cook evenly. Cook the chicken until golden brown.
Remove the chicken and place on a paper towel covered plate and set aside.
Wipe clean the insert on the Instant Pot.
Add the sauce into the Instant Pot and add the chicken.