A simple and flavorful dinner dish featuring tender chicken thighs cooked in a sweet and savory honey sesame sauce. This dish is perfect for a family meal, easy to prepare with an Instant Pot, and great for entertaining.
1: In a bowl, whisk together the coconut aminos, garlic, honey, tomato paste, lime juice, sriracha, salt, and red pepper flakes.
2: Season the chicken thighs with salt and pepper.
3: Turn your Instant Pot on to sauté; once preheated add the sesame oil and sear your chicken thighs for 2 minutes per side. Turn sauté function off.
4: Pour your sauce into the Instant Pot, gently stir everything, then lock the lid into place and set to pressure cook on HIGH for 15 minutes.
5: When done cooking, allow steam to release naturally for 5 minutes, then turn off the Instant Pot and manually release the rest of the pressure.
6: Use tongs to remove the thighs onto a plate.
7: Turn Instant Pot back to the sauté function with the sauce still in the pot, then stir in the tapioca starch.
8: Allow to simmer for about 5 minutes to thicken.
9: Pour the sauce over your chicken thighs, garnish with green onion and sesame seeds, and serve!
