Instant Pot Chinese Curry Chicken Thin sliced chicken and bell peppers tossed in a flavorful sauce.
What is Chinese Curry Chicken?
Chinese Curry Chicken is tender, juicy chicken in curry sauce with bell peppers, carrots and onions. Chinese curry is similar to a stew and is typically a mild curry flavor instead of the strong and pungent curry flavor from Indian food.
It’s important when making Chinese dishes at home that you buy true sesame oil. Sometimes when you are purchasing sesame oil from a grocery store they tend to sell imitation sesame oil. You will want to make sure the ingredients on your oil are actually sesame. The sesame flavor is important to make the dish authentic.
Where do I buy coconut milk?
You can buy coconut milk at your local grocery store. In my store it is found on the same aisle that you can find condensed milk. It’s the baking aisle near the flour, sugar and cake mixes.
Coconut milk is a milky-white liquid extracted from the grated pulp of coconuts. The rich taste of coconut milk is due to its high oil content. It has a slight creaminess to it’s texture.
Where do I buy Red Curry paste?
Red Curry paste is available at your local store in the ethnic aisle. In my store I can find it in a small jar near the soy sauce and other Asian foods.
Red curry paste is made from red chili peppers, garlic, lemongrass, ginger, salt, shallots, coriander and a mix of other spices. Red curry paste is flavorful but not overly spicy with the addition of garlic and lemony flavors.
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What is fish sauce?
Fish sauce is made from fish or krill that has been coated in salt and fermented for up to two years. Fish sauce is a liquid that has a salty and fish flavor.
Just like red curry paste you can find fish sauce in your local store in the ethnic food aisle. If your store does not have an ethnic food section check for a local Asian store or a larger supermarket instead of a smaller chain.
Can I use brown rice instead?
Yes you can use brown rice instead of basmati rice. You will just want to prepare your rice as your package states no matter what variety of rice you use. I used basmati in this recipe because that is what my local Chinese restaurant uses.
Chinese Chicken Curry
Equipment
- Instant Pot or Pressure Cooker
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive
- 1 yellow onion diced
- 2 Tbsp. minced garlic
- 2 tbsp red curry paste
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tbsp lime juice
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 can full-fat coconut milk
- 3 chicken thighs thinly sliced
- 1 each red green and yellow bell pepper, sliced
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- 1 tbsp water
- 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
- 1 Package of prepared basmati rice
Instructions
- Add olive oil, onion, garlic, red curry paste, brown sugar, lime
- juice, fish sauce, salt, coconut milk to the Instant Pot.
- Stir to combine
- Add the chicken thighs to Instant Pot toss to coat in the sauce.
- Place the lid on the Instant Pot and set the valve to seal.
- Press the manual button, cook for 3 minutes.
- Prepare the rice as directed.
- Set to the side.
- Add the cornstarch and water in a small bowl.
- Mix to combine.
- Do a quick release of the pressure on the Instant Pot.
- Add in bell peppers and stir.
- Place the lid on the Instant Pot and set the valve to seal.
- Press the manual button, cook for 1 minute.
- Open lid and add in the cornstarch slurry.
- Mix to combine.
- Serve and Enjoy!
Notes
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Please don’t post photos, the chicken curry looks so good I am instantly hungry 😉
A great recipe which I will try. But I am pretty sure it won’t taste as good as yours looks.
That looks amazing! I love curry!
It looks so good, can’t wait to try this. :))
Surely a delicious treat. Could be tried as per recipe given.
Looks really yum! I never tried chicken curry dish before but it is somehow looks similar to the one we have in the Philippines. Looking forward to seeing more of your tasty posts.
Looks delicious. Thanks for sharing
Oh I am so trying this! It looks amazing! Thanks for sharing!
Yummmmmm Sounds and looks amazing!! The details and descriptions are fantastic.
That looks so good. I will give it a try over the weekend.
This looks absolutely amazing! I’ve never tried anything like it, but I want to!
My kids would absolutely love these. This would disappear in no time at our house! This is my kind of weekend treat.
Indian curry and Japanese curry is super popular here in Japan, but never had Chinese curry. I would love to try it.
The photos are mouth-watering. I’m really hungry now!
Wow! I tried this recipe and it was completely authentic. It’s rare you find good recipe that comes out how you intend it to. It was DELICIOUS. Thank you
I’m a really bad cook but I’m gonna show this to my mom. She’d love this.
One of the dishes that I miss to cook. This is the time to try this. Thank for sharing this to us.
This looks amazing! I will try make it this week actually, as I have ran out of ideas!