Instant Pot Chicken Thighs is a fabulous recipe for any quick week-night dinner. The pot cooks fast, so you can focus on the rest of life.
Prep Time30 minutesmins
Cook Time25 minutesmins
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: chicken, chicken thighs, dinner, family dinner, Instant Pot, weeknight
Servings: 4people
Calories: 508kcal
Equipment
1 Instant Pot
Ingredients
2tbspbutter
4chicken thighbone in, skin on
3clovesgarlic
1onionyellow, diced
1.5poundsbaby potatoes
1cupchicken stock
2tbsphoney
2teaspoonoreganodry
1teaspoonthymedry
1tspsalt
1/4tspblack pepperground
1tbspcornstarch
1/2tspparsleyfresh, chopped
Instructions
Peel (optional to peel) and chop baby potatoes into 1 inch pieces.
Mix honey, Dijon mustard, dry oregano, dry thyme, salt, and ground black pepper in a bowl. Set aside.
Turn on the Instant Pot into sauté mode. Add 1 tbsp of butter and sauté the sliced onion until translucent. Then add minced garlic and stir for a minute. Remove onion and garlic from the Instant Pot and set it aside.
Add 1 tbsp of butter and sear each chicken thigh, skin down for a few minutes in the Instant Pot until the skin looks golden. Remove them from the skillet and remove excess grease as well.
Brush chicken pieces with the honey-mustard mixture and set them aside.
Add the sautéed onion, the cornstarch slurry (chicken stock mixed with 1 tbsp of cornstarch), and chopped potatoes to the bottom of the pot. Place the trivet on top.
Add chicken thighs on top of the trivet, skin side facing up.
Place the valve into the sealing. Then set the pot into pressure cooking mode, high and cook for 10 minutes. Once the time is up, gently release pressure for about ten minutes,
Serve with chopped fresh parsley on top.
Tips
If you have larger potatoes, cut them into 1 inch pieces so they cook through in the same amount of time as the chicken.
After removing the chicken, use the remaining butter and juices to deglaze the pot. This means scraping any browned bits from the bottom of the pot, which will add flavor to the sauce.
The cornstarch slurry helps thicken the sauce. Make sure to mix it well with the chicken broth before adding it to the pot to avoid lumps.
Use skin-on, bone-in chicken thighs to add richness of flavor. For regular thighs, reduce cooking time by a few minutes.