Instant Pot Chicken Curry Recipes

Steps:

• Melt ghee in a 6-quart multicooker set to the high "Sauté" setting. Add onion and season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring often, until soft and golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Add ginger, garlic, tomato paste, cumin, coriander, paprika, chili powder, and cinnamon stick; cook, stirring, until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in broth.
• Toss chicken with 1 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper; add to pot. Secure lid of multicooker; adjust vent to seal. Cook on high "Pressure Cook" setting for 4 minutes. Once time is complete, turn off machine and manually release pressure; carefully remove lid. Serve curry over steamed rice with warmed flatbread, yogurt, cilantro leaves, and lime wedges on the side.

Steps:

• Turn on a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot®) and select Saute function. Melt butter and cook onion until soft and translucent, about 3 minutes. Add garlic and ginger; cook until tender, about 1 minute. Add chicken; cook until golden, about 5 minutes. Add tomato sauce, coriander, chili powder, salt, garam masala, turmeric, pepper, cumin, and bay leaf. Close and lock the lid. Select poultry according to manufacturer's instructions; set timer for 15 minutes. Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.
• Release pressure using the natural-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, 10 to 40 minutes.

Steps:

• Turn on a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot®) and select Saute function. Add coconut oil; when hot, add onion and cook for 1 minute. Add 2 tablespoons curry powder and garlic. Mix well and cook for 2 minutes. Turn off Saute function. Stir in diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, chicken broth, and sugar.
• Poke holes into each chicken breast using a fork. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and remaining curry powder. Add seasoned chicken to the pot. Close and lock the lid. Select high pressure according to manufacturer's instructions; set timer for 10 minutes. Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.
• Release pressure using the natural-release method according to manufacturer's instructions for 10 minutes. Release remaining pressure carefully using the quick-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, about 5 minutes. Unlock and remove the lid.
• Remove chicken; use 2 forks to shred the meat and return it to the pot. Turn on Saute function; cook and stir until liquid is lightly boiling, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Turn pressure cooker to Keep Warm. Add coconut milk and stir well; cook for 10 minutes more to allow flavors to come together.

Steps:

• In your instant pot, saute curry paste with spices for 30 seconds, until fragrant.
• Add onion and saute a couple of minutes.
• And coconut milk, chicken, broth, fish sauce, and lime juice. Seal cooker, bring to pressure, and cook 4 minutes.
• Do a quick release. Add bell pepper, zucchini, green beans, and bamboo shoots. Saute for about 5 minutes or until veggies reach your desired level of tenderness.
• Add lime leaves and basil and serve with rice.

Steps:

• Select saute or browning setting on a 6-qt. electric pressure cooker. Adjust for medium heat; add 1 tablespoon oil. When oil is hot, brown chicken. Remove. Add remaining 1 tablespoon oil to pan. Add onion, curry, turmeric and cumin. Cook and stir until onion is tender, 3-5 minutes. Add broth, stirring to loosen browned bits from pan. Stir in tomatoes, tomato paste, ginger, garlic, sugar, chicken and salt. Press cancel. , Lock lid; close pressure-release valve. Adjust to pressure-cook on high for 5 minutes. Let pressure release naturally. Press cancel. Select saute setting and adjust for medium heat. In a small bowl, whisk together cornstarch and 1 tablespoon of water. Add cornstarch mixture to pot and let simmer, uncovered for 5 minutes. , Serve in shallow bowls with rice or naan. Sprinkle with cilantro.

Steps:

• Set the instant pot to sauté for the most minutes possible.
• When it reads "hot," add ghee.
• Salt and pepper one side of the chicken thighs.
• Place 2 or three thighs in the pot salt and peppered side down, salt and pepper the top sides.
• Brown for 2:30 on each side.
• Remove to a plate.
• Repeat for each batch of thighs.
• Add time to the instant pot if necessary.
• Add onions and garlic and sauté for 2 minutes.
• Add curry, chili pepper and tomato paste and stir for another minute.
• Turn of the sauté (usually a "cancel" button).
• Add chicken stock and deglaze the pot.
• Stir in soy sauce.
• Sink chicken into the sauce and pour in any rendered juices.
• Drop in the carrots and potatoes, no need to stir.
• Place the lid on the instant pot and set the vent to pressurize.
• Pressure cook for 4 minutes (5 minutes if using bone in thighs).
• Turn off "keep warm" if necessary.
• After it's done cooking (probably 25 minutes to come to pressure plus the 4 minutes cooking), let it naturally depressurize for 10 minutes and hit the vent to force release.
• Remove all or most of the chicken and vegetables to a plate.
• Put the corn starch in a small bowl, add 3 tablespoons of the sauce and mix into a pastes.
• Stir the paste into the remaining sauce in the pot.
• Return the meat and vegetables and any juices to the pot.
• Stir in the panir and peas.
• Serve over rice or wrapped in chapati or roti.