Honey Garlic Chicken Thighs Pressure Cooker Recipe
This honey garlic chicken thigh pressure cooker recipe delivers fall-apart tender bites packed with sweet, salty flavor in under an hour. It's a quick dinner with huge payoff.
Equipment
- 1 Skillet or Pressure Cooker (with sauté function) for browning and cooking
Ingredients
Main Ingredients
- 8 Boneless chicken thighs about 5 ounces each
- Salt to taste
- Ground black pepper to taste
- 2 tablespoon Olive oil or other oil
- ½ Medium onion finely chopped
- 7 cloves Garlic chopped fine
- 1 cup Honey
- ½ cup Soy sauce
- Pinch Onion powder
- Pinch Garlic powder
- ¼ cup Fresh cilantro chopped, for garnish
Instructions
Instructions
- Season chicken thighs with salt and pepper on both sides.
- Heat olive oil in skillet over medium-high heat. Brown chicken 4–5 minutes per side.
- Remove chicken and set aside. Add chopped onion to skillet, cook 3–4 minutes until soft.
- Add garlic and cook for 1–2 minutes more until fragrant.
- Reduce heat to medium. Stir in honey, soy sauce, onion powder, and garlic powder until combined.
- Return chicken to skillet, coat with sauce. Cover and simmer on low 15–20 minutes.
- Uncover and cook 5 more minutes to slightly thicken the sauce.
- Sprinkle cilantro on top before serving.
Notes
If you'd like a thicker sauce, mix in a cornstarch slurry at the end. Store leftovers in the fridge for 3–4 days or freeze for up to 3 months.