- 1 tbsp avocado oil or cooking oil of your choice
- 2 lbs boneless skinless chicken thigh cubed
- ½ cup tamari or soy sauce or coconut aminos
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- ¼ tsp crushed red pepper flakes
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp ginger powder
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- ½ cup ketchup (choose a low or no sugar option for keto)
- ⅓ cup coconut sugar or granulated sugar (use a sugar substitute for keto)
- 1 cup pineapple chunks or tidbits (omit for keto)
- 1 red bell pepper cut into 1 inch squares
- 1 cup shredded carrot
- 3 green onions cut into 1 inch pieces
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Select Sauté (high or more) and add the oil to the pot.
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When the pot is hot add in the cubed chicken.
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Sauté for about 5 minutes or until the chicken is no longer pink. Press Cancel.
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Stir in the tamari, sesame oil, red pepper flakes, garlic powder, onion powder and black pepper.
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Add the ketchup and the sugar on top of the chicken mixture but do not stir.
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Lock the lid and set the steam release valve is set to the sealing position.
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Select Pressure Cook (high) and set the cook time to 8 minutes.
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When the cook time is complete allow the pressure to come down naturally for 5 minutes and then quick release any remaining pressure.
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Stir in the bell pepper, carrot, pineapple and green onions. Place the lid back on the Instant Pot and allow to sit for 5 minutes on the Keep Warm mode to soften the vegetables.
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Serve hot and enjoy!
To make this recipe in an Instant Pot Mini 3q, just halve all of the ingredients and cook as directed.
This recipe works great as a one-pot meal by cooking rice above the chicken using the pot-in-pot cooking method.
Keto Substitutions:
Use a sugar substitute instead of the coconut sugar
Choose a low or no sugar ketchup
Omit the pineapple chunks
Sugar and tomato products have a tendency to scorch on the bottom of the Instant Pot. To avoid this, in this recipe the sugar and ketchup is added on top of the other ingredients and not stirred into the mixture until after cooking.
The chicken in this recipe will release a lot of liquid while cooking. That plus the tamari and other sauce ingredients will be plenty for the Instant Pot to build up pressure.
I just made this recipe and followed the written instructions and realized after watching the video again that I left out the 1/2 teaspoon of ginger powder because it was not listed on the written instructions. You may want to update your written instructions to include the ginger. It was still very delicious and I will definitely make this recipe again and hopefully remember to use the ginger. Thank you!
Thank you so much! I just fixed it. 🙂