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Instant Pot Honey Sriracha Chicken

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By: Rachel GurkPosted: 01/15/2021Updated: 07/25/2022

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With a garlicky sweet and spicy sauce, Instant Pot Honey Sriracha chicken is ready to eat in less than 30 minutes. You won’t believe how good it is!

Recipe Overview

Why you’ll love it: It’s so flavorful and easy to make.

How long it takes: 30 minutes
Equipment you’ll need: pressure cooker/Instant Pot
Servings: 6

Close up view of pulled chicken with a honey sriracha sauce, served with rice and broccoli.
Table of Contents
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  • 1 Recipe Overview
  • 2 About this Chicken
  • 3 What’s in this powerhouse sauce?
  • 4 How To Make This Recipe
  • 5 Make It Your Own
  • 6 Storage and Reheating Tips
  • 7 Make-Ahead Idea
  • 8 Leftover Love
  • 9 Instant Pot chicken recipes
  • 10 Get the Recipe: Instant Pot Honey Sriracha Chicken

The sauce for this honey Sriracha chicken is so, so good. Garlicky, sweet, salty, tangy with lots of warm heat from Sriracha sauce.

If you’re not familiar with Sriracha, it’s a popular red chili pepper sauce, moderately spicy, produced in California. Have you ever had Sriracha mayonnaise on a burger or as a dip for sweet potato fries? Simply stir a spoonful of Sriracha into regular mayonnaise. Try a few drops in your next Bloody Mary. Sprinkle it on scrambled eggs, or shrimp tacos. Make chicken lettuce wraps. 

Cooked chicken, rice, and broccoli, with a bottle of sriracha in the background.

Honey Sriracha chicken is just the most flavorful chicken! Do they serve this stuff in restaurants? I don’t know but it’s so good! It seems like every restaurant would want this on their menu. 

But you can easily make it at home. And in less than 30 minutes. Really, seriously. So why go out?

Chicken, rice, and broccoli on a plate with sriracha in the background.

About this Chicken

It’s all about the sauce in this recipe. With such flavorful ingredients, this sauce will knock your socks off! Do people still say that? It kind of sounds like something my grandpa would say. But you know what I mean. 

The honey/Sriracha combination may remind you a bit of hot honey. If you haven’t tried hot honey yet, you really should! Sweet and spicy, it’s good on everything from pizza to ice cream. We really love it on roasted vegetables or pan-seared salmon bites.

I’ll run through the recipe here to get you started. Look for extra tips and information.

Keep reading for the printable recipe card with complete instructions, measurements, and nutrition information.

Two plates of glazed chicken, rice, and broccoli, with an instant pot in the background.

What’s in this powerhouse sauce?

  • Honey: Sticky, sweet, and wonderful, honey is the base of the sauce. You’ll need a half cup.
  • Chicken Broth: Look for unsalted or low-sodium broth.
  • Sriracha: Adjust the amount according to how spicy you like your food. Not a fan of Sriracha? Use your favorite hot sauce instead.
  • Rice Wine Vinegar: Vinegar gives the sauce tanginess and balances out the sweet and salty components.
  • Soy Sauce: Again, look for low-sodium soy sauce.
  • Garlic (four cloves!): Yup, lots of garlic! Add more if you dare.
  • Chicken: Okay, you’ll probably want to just spoon the sauce into your mouth but it really goes great with chicken. Use boneless skinless breasts or thighs.

How To Make This Recipe

Stir the sauce together, add it to the chicken in your Instant Pot, and set the timer for just seven minutes. Quick release the pressure, and remove the chicken. Shred the chicken lightly. You want the chicken to be a little chunky. 

Thicken the sauce by making a slurry of cornstarch and additional broth. With your Instant Pot on Sauté, stir the cornstarch mixture into the sauce and cook briefly until the sauce is bubbly. Add the chicken back to the pot and you’re ready to eat. 

Oh, by the way, did you get rice cooking? Honey Sriracha chicken is so good on jasmine rice with steamed broccoli. There’s just something perfect about that combination. The sauce is really, really good with broccoli. I could almost skip the chicken and just eat honey Sriracha broccoli and rice.

(Did you know that your Instant Pot makes a great rice cooker? Make Instant Pot jasmine rice, Instant Pot white rice, or Instant Pot brown rice. It’s super easy and turns out perfectly every time.)

Another great go along with rice and broccoli is spicy garlic shrimp – perfect if you don’t happen to have chicken thawed out. Frozen shrimp thaws really quickly under running water.

Overhead view of honey sriracha chicken in an instant pot.

Make It Your Own

  • Use boneless skinless chicken thighs if you prefer.
  • Increase/decrease the heat by adjusting the amount of Sriracha you add.
  • Make this on the stovetop in a large covered skillet. Cook until the chicken is tender and sauce has thickened.
  • Looking for a healthy stir fry with vegetables? Try Sriracha Honey Cashew Chicken Stir Fry by Barefeet in the Kitchen.
  • Try it in your slow cooker. Combine the sauce ingredients, mix it with the chicken, cook for 3 hours on low, add the cornstarch slurry, and cook for another hour.  If you prefer the flavor of teriyaki, try crockpot teriyaki chicken.
  • Looking for a recipe you can make in your oven? Try baked honey mustard chicken. It’s always a hit and perfect when you’re having guests.
Honey sriracha chicken served over rice with a side of broccoli.

Storage and Reheating Tips

Honey Sriracha chicken is really good leftover. Cover it well, and it can be stored for up to 3 days in the fridge, or three months in the freezer. Thaw overnight in the fridge for best results.

Reheat gently on the stovetop in a skillet or in the microwave.

Make-Ahead Idea

Make double batch of Sriracha chicken and freeze the extra for meals in the future. So convenient and delicious!

Leftover Love

Want to do something a little different with the leftovers? Make a spicy Sriracha pizza! Simply spread honey Sriracha chicken on a pizza crust, sprinkle with cheese, and bake. Garnish with sliced green onions. 

Instant Pot chicken recipes

Your Instant Pot is a shortcut to tasty chicken dishes. Here’s more recipes you’ll want to try:

  • Instant Pot Chicken and Rice Soup
  • Instant Pot Chicken and Dumplings
  • Instant Pot Buffalo Chicken Pasta
  • Instant Pot Chicken Noodle Soup
  • Instant Pot Crack Chicken Pasta – cheesy ranch perfection
  • Instant Pot Chicken Marsala
  • Instant Pot White Chicken Chili
  • Healthy Chicken Piccata in the Instant Pot
  • Southwestern Instant Pot Chicken and Quinoa

Did you make this? Be sure to leave a review below and tag me @rachelcooksblog on Facebook, Instagram, or Pinterest!

Honey and sriracha glazed shredded chicken over rice, served with steamed broccoli.
Recipe

Get the Recipe: Instant Pot Honey Sriracha Chicken

5 from 6 votes
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 10 mins
Additional Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 30 mins
6 servings
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With a garlicky sweet and spicy sauce, Instant Pot honey Sriracha chicken is ready to eat in less than 30 minutes. You won't believe how good it is!

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ lb. boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • ½ cup honey
  • 1 cup low-sodium chicken broth, divided
  • ¼ cup Sriracha sauce
  • 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon minced garlic (about 4 cloves)
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
  • 3 tablespoons cornstarch
  • Cooked rice and broccoli, for serving

Instructions

  • Add honey, ¾ cup chicken broth, Sriracha, rice wine vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, and salt to Instant Pot. Whisk until blended. Add chicken to sauce, turn to coat.
  • Place the lid on the Instant Pot and set for High pressure for 7 minutes. When timer goes off, turn vent to quick release pressure.
  • Remove chicken to plate or cutting board; cool slightly and shred. Turn Instant Pot to sauté. Whisk cornstarch into remaining ¼ cup broth. Stir mixture into sauce and cook until thickened, about 1 to 2 minutes.
  • Add chicken back to pot and stir until coated.
  • Serve with cooked rice and broccoli, if desired.
  • Nutrition information is based on one 4 oz. portion of chicken with sauce and does not include rice and broccoli.

Notes

  • Use boneless skinless chicken thighs if you prefer.
  • Increase/decrease the heat by adjusting the amount of Sriracha you add.
  • Make this on the stovetop in a large covered skillet. Cook until the chicken is tender and sauce has thickened.
  • Try it in your slow cooker. Combine the sauce ingredients, mix it with the chicken, cook for 3 hours on low, add the cornstarch slurry, and cook for another hour. 

Nutrition Information

Calories: 244kcal, Carbohydrates: 28g, Protein: 25g, Fat: 3g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 1g, Trans Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 73mg, Sodium: 781mg, Potassium: 498mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 23g, Vitamin A: 50IU, Vitamin C: 9mg, Calcium: 14mg, Iron: 1mg

This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.

© Author: Rachel Gurk

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  1. Shannon says

    December 7, 2022 at 10:30 pm

    5 stars
    This was so easy and delicious! Thank you for the recipe!

    Reply
    • Rachel Gurk says

      December 12, 2022 at 8:03 am

      So glad you enjoyed it!

      Reply
  2. Eric Tima says

    January 23, 2022 at 11:45 am

    Awesome recipe. Only slight difference was I did not use low sodium ingredients. Also prefer to use Braggs Liquid Aminos instead of soy sauce. Everyone loved it and will definitely be making this very often.

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    • Rachel Gurk says

      January 23, 2022 at 9:38 pm

      So glad you liked it! This is one of our favorites too!

      Reply
  3. Crystal says

    February 19, 2021 at 9:34 pm

    Made this for dinner tonight and it was great! So tasty and full of flavor. I made some adjustments because I  didn’t use as much chicken so I just played with the flavor until I got it right but this recipe is awesome! Thanks for sharing, this will definitely be a weekday dinner for me since it’s so easy

    Reply
    • Rachel Gurk says

      February 21, 2021 at 7:59 am

      So glad to hear you liked this one. I love how easy it is too. Thanks for taking the time to leave a review!

      Reply
  4. Long says

    January 17, 2021 at 10:14 pm

    Made this last night. It was a hit!. Yep, it was that good! Thank you so much.

    Reply
    • Rachel Gurk says

      January 21, 2021 at 1:37 pm

      I’m so happy you liked it! Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment!

      Reply
  5. denise says

    January 15, 2021 at 11:55 pm

    sounds fantastic

    Reply
    • Rachel Gurk says

      January 16, 2021 at 8:42 am

      It’s so yummy, Denise!

      Reply

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