Instant Pot Sweet and Sour Chicken

Make your favorite take-out food at home with this Instant Pot Sweet and Sour Chicken. Quick, easy, and the perfect meal for any day of the week!

This Instant Pot Sweet and Sour Chicken is an easy and amazing dish to make, it will quickly become a weeknight dinner favorite for you and your family.

The chicken is cooked to perfection, smothered in gooey sweet n sour sauce, and served over steamed rice. I would say that this is 100% happiness in a bowl.

When I go and get take-out Sweet and Sour Chicken is one of the recipes that I get most often. There is something about it that just draws me in.

What I love about our version is that we make it in the instant pot! It is such a quick and easy way to make this that once you try it you’ll want to make it this way each time!

Why spend money going out when you can make your favorite dishes at home? I love recreating my favorite restaurant dishes so we don’t have to spend money on them.

I feel like that is one of the best things I have ever done. Because take-out can be expensive and cooking at home saves you so much money in the end.

That is why I highly recommend trying this Instant Pot Sweet and Sour Chicken recipe ASAP! I might be biased, but you will fall in love.

Some of our other favorite copycat recipes we have on our site include: Beef and Broccoli, Panera Broccoli Cheddar Soup and Alice Springs Chicken!

Why this recipe works:

• Minimal ingredients help this dish come together quickly.
• Working with an instant pot cuts down on a lot of steps.
• It can be served many different ways, over rice, in wraps, on a salad, etc.

INGREDIENTS NEEDED (FULL RECIPE BELOW):

Chicken breasts
Kosher salt
Pepper
Egg
Milk
Cornstarch
Unsalted butter
Sweet and sour sauce
White rice

HOW TO MAKE INSTANT POT SWEET AND SOUR CHICKEN:

1. Cube chicken and place in a plastic bag, sprinkle salt and pepper over chicken.
2. Crack an egg in a bowl and whisk, place milk in a bowl with the egg, and set aside.
3. Take another bowl and place cornstarch in that bowl. Dip chicken in the egg mixture and then dip in cornstarch, coating evenly over chicken then place chicken on a plate and set aside. Repeat until you have coated all of your cubed chicken.
4. Tap the saute setting on your instant pot and melt 1 tablespoon of butter, add chicken and saute until the edges are crunchy.
5. Remove chicken from instant pot and place it in a steamer pan. Pour sweet n sour sauce over chicken and put the lid on top.
6. In the second steamer pan and the rice, 2 tablespoons of water, and 1 tablespoon of butter in pan and close lid.
7. Place the rice pan on top of the chicken pan, put both pans in the sling, and set aside.
8. Wipe out the bottom of the instant pot and add trivet, 1/4 cup of water, and place pans in the instant pot. Seal the lid, and set the seal, then turn on manual for 20 minutes and let the instant pot release the steam, do not do a quick release.
9. After your IP is finished cooking, remove pans, fluff rice, and serve chicken and sauce over rice. 

WHAT IS INSTANT POT SWEET AND SOUR CHICKEN?

I think we have probably all tried this dish at one point in our lives or another. However, what is it exactly? This dish usually includes chicken breasts, rice, and your favorite brand of sweet and sour sauce.

Mixing this all together, you have something amazing that you can enjoy right at home! If you’re eating low carb, you can go without the rice though and that will help get rid of some of the carbs. 

WHAT CAN I SERVE WITH THIS?

If you’re going to make this meal, you may be wondering what you can make with it. You may not feel like making anything else with this dish and that is okay.

However, sometimes I like to make a four-course meal when I make oriental food. Here are some dishes I have made in the past that will go well with this one!

1. Vegetable Lo Mein 
2. Asian Marinated Grilled Shrimp Skewers
3. Tempura Veggies 

HOW TO STORE:

After you’ve made this chicken, you may be wondering how to store it. First of all, this dish will make plenty of leftovers, which is a huge plus.

As long as you store it in an airtight container, you can easily keep it in the refrigerator where it will keep for 3-4 days. 

TIPS AND TRICKS:

• You can use chicken breast or chicken tenders for this recipe as long as you have the amount called for in the recipe itself.
• We use bottled sweet and sour sauce, but if you want to make your own you can use that as well.
• This makes a bunch and storing is easy, look above for my tips on how to store.
• This can be served on more things than rice, you can make it into a wrap or a salad as well, options are limitless.

Whether it’s the weekend or a busy weeknight, you can’t go wrong making this Instant Pot Sweet and Sour Chicken. I know you’ll love it just as much as my family does! 

If you like this recipe you might also like:

• Cauliflower Chicken Fried Rice
• The Best Sweet and Sour Chicken
• Chicken Lettuce Wraps

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