This easy Instant Pot recipe has delicious veggies, tender chicken, and salty cashews. A Chinese take out favorite!
Course
Main Course
Cuisine
Chinese
Keyword
Instant Pot Cashew Chicken
Prep Time15minutes
Cook Time22minutes
Servings4
AuthorAmanda @ Old House to New Home
Ingredients
Sauce:
· 3 tablespoons of hoisin sauce
· 1/3 cup of soy sauce
· 2 tablespoons of minced garlic
· ½ tablespoon of white wine vinegar
· 2 tablespoons of olive oildivided
Cashew Chicken:
· 2 chicken breast2” pieces
· 1/2 tablespoon of chili powder
· 1 teaspoon of salt
· 1 teaspoon of pepper
· 1 cup of whole roasted cashews
· 1 large bunch of broccoli
· 8-10 mini sweet peppers
Instructions
In a bowl, combine hoisin, soy sauce, garlic, vinegar, and 2 teaspoons of oil. Set aside.
Set the instant pot to sauté and add the rest of the oil. Once oil is hot, add the chicken and spices. Stir to coat the chicken with the spices. Cook chicken for 3 minutes to brown the outside.
Add the sauce and 1/3 cup of water. Close the instant pot lid and pressure valve, set to pressure cook on high for 5 minutes.
While chicken cooks, chop the broccoli and peppers in bite size pieces. Remove the seeds from the peppers.
Release pressure valve and remove lid. Remove chicken from sauce to let it rest and prevent chicken from breaking apart.
Add the cashews, broccoli and peppers and let the vegetables cook for 4 minutes, just from the residual heat.