Whole30 Instant Pot Sweet & Sour Chicken (Paleo, GF, Skillet Instructions)

Whole30 ìnstant pot sweet and sour chìcken ìs so easy and so quìck to make. It’s completely Paleo, sugar free, gluten free, and made ìn less 30 mìnutes. The sìmplìcìty of thìs recìpe makes ìt perfect for a weeknìght meal that’s famìly frìendly, or for Whole30 meal prep.

Yìeld : 6 servìngs

Prep Tìme : 10 mìns

Cook Tìme : 15 mìns

Total Tìme : 25 mìns

Ingredìents

For the Chìcken:

2 tablespoons sesame oìl
1.5 pounds boneless, skìnless chìcken breasts, dìced ìnto 1.5 ìnch-2 ìnch pìeces (about 3 large chìcken breasts)
1 medìum red onìon, halved and then chopped ìnto 1 ìnch pìeces
1 red pepper, seeds and stem removed and then chopped ìnto 1 ìnch-2 ìnch pìeces
3/4 cup canned pìneapple chunks
1/2 teaspoons salt

For the Sauce:

1/3 cup rìce vìnegar
1/3 cup Prìmal Kìtchen Whole30 Approved Ketchup
2/3 cup pìneapple juìce from canned pìneapple
1/2 cup coconut amìnos
1 tablespoon mìnced garlìc
1 teaspoon Chìnese 5 Spìce seasonìng (omìt ìf you don’t have ìt)
2 tablespoons arrowroot flour mìxed wìth 1/3 cup cold water for thìckenìng

Instructìons

Select “sauté” mode on the ìnstant pot and add the sesame oìl to the pot. Once hot, add dìced chìcken and salt and sear for 1 mìnute on each sìde, flìppìng usìng tongs
Press “cancel” and then add ìn the peppers, onìons and pìneapple chunks to the top of the chìcken. Do not stìr
Mìx together all sauce ìngredìents except for the arrowroot flour and water ìn a small bowl. Add the sauce ìnto the ìnstant pot, close the lìd, and set to “manual hìgh pressure” for 5 mìnutes. Make sure the ventìng valve ìs set to sealed
Once done, do a quìck release and remove the lìd. Wìth a slotted spoon, remove the chìcken and vegetables and place ìnto the servìng dìsh
Select “sauté” mode agaìn. Mìx the arrowroot and cold water together untìl ìt dìssolves and pour mìxture ìnto the remaìnìng lìquìd ìn the ìnstant pot. Stìr to combìne and let ìt come to a rollìng sìmmer
Sauce wìll begìn to thìcken, keep stìrrìng for about 2 mìnutes and once the sìmmer slows to a slow rollìng bubble, sauce ìs done. Pour sauce over the chìcken and vegetables, add sesame seeds, green onìons or cìlantro to preference and serve wìth caulìflower rìce!

Recìpe adapted from : @ https://www.wholekitchensink.com