Honey Garlic Chicken & Carrots (IP)
Ingredients
- 1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- fresh ground pepper
- garlic powder
- ½ C honey
- ½ C soy sauce
- ½ C water
- ¼ C ketchup
- 5 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 TBSP fresh basil, chopped
- ⅓ lb baby carrots
- 1 TBSP cornstarch
- 2 TBSP cold water
Optional Rice:
- 1½ C white rice
- 1½ C water
Directions
- Set Instant Pot to Saute and let it heat up for a few minutes.
- Add 1 TBSP olive oil to Instant Pot when hot
- Sprinkle breasts with fresh pepper and garlic powder.
- Put into hot Instant Pot and brown on both sides which will only take a minute or two per side.
- Meanwhile, in a small bowl, whisk together honey, soy sauce, water, ketchup, garlic, basil and red pepper flakes.
- Add carrots on top of the browned chicken.
- Pour sauce over the carrots and chicken.
If doing rice
- Put trivet in, straddling chicken & carrots, and place rice dish on top of trivet
- Put rice & water into rice dish
Directions Continued
- Set Instant Pot to Manual / High Pressure for 5 minutes then Quick Release (QR).
- Using a slotted spoon, remove chicken and carrots and set on a plate covered with foil to keep hot.
- In a small bowl, mix up the cornstarch with cold water using a fork or whisk.
- Add cornstarch mixture to the sauce in the Instant Pot and whisk together. Set the Instant Pot to Saute again & let it boil while whisking for a minute or two until the sauce thickens.
- Spoon sauce over chicken and carrots and serve.
Note
- This recipe makes more sauce than you will use, you can add in more chicken if desired. This is perfect to serve with rice.