Easy Instant Pot Honey-Garlic Chicken
Discover the best easy Instant Pot Honey-Garlic Chicken recipe. Fall-off-the-bone chicken in a sweet and savory sauce, ready in just 55 minutes!
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon chicken soup base such as Better than Bouillon® Roasted Chicken Base
- 1 cup hot water
- 1 tablespoon avocado oil
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 3 6 ounce bone-in chicken thighs, with skin
- 3 4 ounce bone-in chicken drumsticks, with skin
- ⅓ cup honey
- 2 tablespoons teriyaki marinade such as Kikkoman®
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic or more to taste
Instructions
- Melt chicken soup base in hot water.
- 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.
- 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.
- Add honey, teriyaki marinade, and garlic to the remaining prepared soup base, stirring until well mixed.
- 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.
- 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!