Instant General Tso Chicken

A white bowl filled with glazed, crispy General Tso Chicken pieces garnished with sesame seeds and chopped green onions, placed on a red and white cloth.

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Instant Pot General Tso Chicken ready in 20 min: pressure-cook 10 min, no frying, tender, and made with simple ingredients your family will love.

Prep Time10

Cook Time15

Total Time25

Course: Dinner

Cuisine: Chinese

Servings: Servings

Calories: 365kcal

Author: Wendy

Equipment

Instant Pot/Pressure Cooker

Ingredients

1 ½ pounds boneless chicken thighs, cut into chunks
2-3 eggs beaten
1 cup all purpose flour
1 cup corn flour
¼ cup vegetable oil
1 tablespoon minced ginger
1 tablespoon minced garlic
½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
6 tablespoons rice vinegar
6 tablespoons soy sauce
6 teaspoon hoisin sauce
⅓ cup water
3 tablespoons brown sugar

Cornstarch Slurry

2 tablespoons cornstarch
3 tablespoons water

Instructions

Start by cutting the chicken into 3-4 inch chunks.
In a small bowl add your flour and corn flour mix to combine
In another small bowl add your beaten eggs.
Take your chicken 5-6 pieces at a time, dip them in the egg mixture first then into the flour mixture.
Place on a baking pan top with parchment paper and set to the side.
Repeat steps until all chicken has been coated.
Press Sauté on your Instant Pot-> click on high.
Wait for the Instant Pot to read HOT.
Add the oil to the Instant Pot, wait one minute for the oil to heat up and add the chicken.
Sauté for 2-3 minutes, turn your chicken over to ensure even cooking.
Do this for a few times.
Continue to cook the chicken until it just starts to get golden.
Add the rest of the ingredients to the Instant pot: ginger, garlic, red pepper flakes, hoisin sauce, soy sauce, rice vinegar, brown sugar and water.
Stir well to combine.
Close lid, select the Poultry function and adjust the time to 5 minutes.
Then use a 10 minute Natural Release.
Turn off the heat.
Open the lid.
Gently stir to combine.
Select Saute’ on the Instant Pot
In a small bowl combine the cornstarch with the water, whisk until all
combined with no lumps.
Add your cornstarch slurry to the Instant Pot.
Cook for 5 minutes.
Turn your Instant pot off, let the General Tso Chicken stand for 5-7 minutes
Serve

Notes

You can make this in your skillet if you don't have an Instant Pot.

To make this in a skillet, simply heat the oil in the skillet and cook the chicken until it is cooked through. Remove the chicken, clean the skillet, and then add the sauce ingredients, and the chicken back. Add the cornstarch slurry and cook until the sauce reaches your desired thickness.

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