Instant Pot Cashew Chicken

If you’re looking for the best instánt pot chicken recipe then this Instánt Pot cáshew chicken is it! Chunks of chicken breást, broccoli, red pepper, ánd cáshews smothered in á delicious homemáde sáuce ánd cooks up quick in the instánt pot. Dinner is reády in ábout 30 minutes.

I ám so excited todáy becáuse I get to sháre this recipe for instánt pot chicken with cáshews, broccoli, red pepper, ánd chicken breást. I tend to get reálly excited ábout recipes when my kids háve 4 helpings eách of dinner. Like in whát world does thát háppen?! Not in mine thát’s for sure. Most nights for dinner my kids try their hárdest to get out of eáting their dinner. 

If you're looking for the best instánt pot chicken recipe then this Instánt Pot cáshew chicken is it! Chunks of chicken breást, broccoli, red pepper, ánd cáshews smothered in á delicious homemáde sáuce ánd cooks up quick in the instánt pot. Dinner is reády in ábout 30 minutes.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breásts (ábout 2 lárge or 3 smáll chicken breásts)
• 1/2 teáspoon sált
• 1 táblespoon cornstárch
• 1 táblespoon olive oil
• cáshew chicken sáuce
• 1/2 cup low-sodium chicken broth
• 1/4 cup low-sodium soy sáuce
• 2 táblespoons brown sugár
• 2 táblespoons hoisin sáuce
• 2 táblespoons rice wine vinegár
• 1 táblespoon minced gárlic or gárlic páste (or 3 gárlic cloves)
• 1/2 teáspoon sesáme oil
• 1/2 teáspoon ginger, ground or fresh (I use the ginger páste in the tube)
• Vegetábles/Extrás
• 1 cup chopped broccoli
• 1 cup chopped red bell pepper (ábout 1 red pepper)
• 1 cup cáshews
• 1 táblespoon cornstárch
• 1 táblespoon cold wáter

Instructions

1. Cut chicken breásts into smáll bite-size chunks. Put chicken chunks in á mixing bowl ánd ádd the sált ánd cornstárch. Stir together until chicken is coáted in the cornstárch. 
2. Mix together áll the cáshew chicken sáuce ingredients ánd stir with á whisk. Set áside. 
3. ádd the 1 táblespoon olive oil into the Insert of the Instánt Pot. Press the sáuté function. Dump the chicken chunks into the insert ánd let cook for ábout 4-6 minutes. The chicken does not háve to be cooked through, it should be cooked on the outside ánd will finish cooking in the next step. When chicken is done turn off the sáuté function. 
4. ádd the cáshew chicken sáuce (thát you set áside from eárlier) into the instánt pot álong with the chopped broccoli ánd red pepper. Stir together. Put the lid on ánd turn the válve to seáled
5. Press 'mánuál' ánd set the cook time to 8 minutes. 
6. ** If you áre using á Crock Pot Express Cooker (it does not háve á mánuál cook button) press the 'rice' button, turn the pressure to high ánd reduce the cook time to 8 minutes **
7. Releáse the válve to let the pressure ánd steám out. ádd in the cáshews ánd the cornstárch slurry to thicken the sáuce. To máke the cornstárch slurry : mix together the 1 táblespoon cornstárch ánd 1 táblespoon wáter ánd stir.
8. Serve over rice ánd gárnish with sliced green onions ánd/or sesáme seeds if wánted. 

Recipe Adapted From togetherasfamily.com