I have had my pot a few months now, and have pretty much gotten the hang of things. I am learning to think outside the box for meals for my family. Today I made this Instant Pot Thai Peanut Chicken and oh it was amazing.
Instant Pot Thai Peanut Chicken
I thought I may have some issues as far as the sauce thickening, but nope I added some cornstarch and my Instant Pot Thai Peanut Chicken came out to perfection. A few months ago, I would have never thought I could make a meal like this in my instant pot.
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Instant Pot Thai Peanut Chicken
I have had my pot a few months now, and have pretty much gotten the hang of things. I am learning to think outside the box for meals for my family. Today I made this Instant Pot Thai Peanut Chicken and oh it was amazing.
Ingredients
- 1-2 tbs sesame oil
- 2 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken thighs cut into strips
- 1 cup chicken broth
- ½ cup peanut butter
- ½ cup soy sauce
- juice from 1 lime
- pinch of red pepper flakes
- 2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2 tablespoon corn starch
- 2 tablespoons of whey from Easy Instant Pot Yogurt
- ¼ cup chopped peanuts
- 12 ounces frozen vegetable mix, red, orange, green peppers and onions
- 1 ½ cup broccoli flowerets
Instructions
- Add oil to the inner pot and select saute
- Add chicken and cook, stirring occasionally for about 3 minutes
- Remove chicken and set aside
- Add pepper mix and saute about 3 minutes, remove and set aside
- Turn off pot, add broth and deglaze
- Add peanut butter and soy sauce and allow peanut butter to melt
- Add chicken back in, nutmeg, red pepper flakes, lime juice, whey, and broccoli.
- Press manual high pressure for 8 minutes, when done allow to natural release for 10 minutes then QR remaining pressure.
- Stir in peppers and starch then let sit 5 minutes to thicken.
- Serve over rice and garnish with crushed peanuts.
Kathy Thompson
This looks like heaven! I will make it this weekend. Is 2 teaspoons of nutmeg a correct measurement?
Pink
Yes it is correct
Laura
There's 2 listings for chicken broth but only mentioned once in deglazing, and not sure where to add starch? Thanks 🙂
Pink
I have updated the recipe, there should only be 1 listing for chicken broth.
Karen
Sounds so yummy! Question: does the pepper mix that gets sauteed and set aside in step 4 get added back in with the other stuff in step 6?
Karen
Whoops, that should read: does the pepper mix that gets sauteed and set aside in step 4 get added back in with the other stuff in step 7? I have sloppy fingers this morning. ?
Jamela Porter
I just fixed the post. You add it when you add the starch. Sorry about that.
Karen
That was fast! Thank you! I can’t wait to try this.
Jamela Porter
Come back and let me know how it goes...
DIANNE MONTOYA
This is so tasty and easy! I used a bag of frozen leaf spinach instead of the pepper onion mix, so it would be more like Thai restaurant take out, and used crunchy peanut butter instead of smooth peanut butter with chopped peanuts. The spinach thickened the sauce without having to add cornstarch. My youngest son’s fave IP meal.