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April 6, 2021 By Kaitlin 5 Comments

Pressure Cooker Chicken Adobo

I can’t tell you how many times my InstantPot has saved me for dinner. All too often, I’ll look up from my computer at 7pm and realize I haven’t even thought about what we are going to eat! This recipe for Pressure Cooker Chicken Adobo is one of those time-saver meals – it takes about 45 minutes to make. (For comparison, my Pork Belly Adobo recipe takes about 2 hours to make, not including time to let the meat marinate!)

Pressure Cooker Chicken Adobo

This recipe comes together quickly but tastes like it’s been cooking all day. Ah, the magic of the InstantPot!

Pressure Cooker Chicken Adobo

Ingredients:

  • 4 drumsticks
  • 4 chicken thighs
  • ground pepper, to taste
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 6 garlic cloves, minced or pressed
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 2/3 cup low sodium soy sauce (or coconut aminos to make gluten free)
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup white vinegar
  • 2 bay leaves
  • cooked rice, for serving

Kitchen Tools Used:

  • cutting board
  • santuko knife
  • InstantPot
  • garlic press (optional, can mince garlic)
  • measuring beakers
  • measuring cups
  • Carthage Dasdi dinner plate in basalt

Instructions:

Season your chicken with pepper (omit salt; there is plenty of salt in the soy sauce). Turn on your multi cooker to saute and add in the oil. Add the drumsticks and cook, browning on all sides, about 8 minutes.

Remove the drumsticks and repeat with the chicken thighs.

Remove the chicken thighs and add in the garlic and onion, stirring constantly for 2 minutes.

Turn off the saute function. Add in the soy sauce, brown sugar, vinegar, and bay leaves, stirring with a wooden spoon to scrape at the bottom to remove any browned bits.

Add back in the chicken thighs and drumsticks.

Close the lid of the multi cooker and ensure the vent valve is closed. Set to pressure cook on high for 8 minutes.

It will take a bit for the unit to get to ideal pressure before it begins counting down the 8 minutes (~10 minutes). After the 8 minutes of cook time, carefully quick release the vent and allow all steam to escape. When the valve has dropped down, carefully remove the lid.

Cancel the pressure cook function and turn it back to saute. Bring the sauce to a boil and cook until thickened, about 10 minutes. Remove and discard the bay leaves. Spoon out the chicken and sauce over rice and serve.

Pressure Cooker Chicken Adobo

Chicken adobo is such a comforting dish. Definitely spoon some of that yummy sauce over the rice before digging in!

Pressure Cooker Chicken Adobo

I strongly suggest using low sodium soy sauce for this recipe; normal soy sauce would make this pretty salty overall.

Pressure Cooker Chicken Adobo

 

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Pressure Cooker Chicken Adobo

Total Time: 45 minutes

Yield: 4 servings

Pressure Cooker Chicken Adobo

Ingredients

  • 4 drumsticks
  • 4 chicken thighs
  • ground pepper, to taste
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 6 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 2/3 cup low sodium soy sauce (or coconut aminos to make gluten free)
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup white vinegar
  • 2 bay leaves
  • cooked rice, for serving

Instructions

  1. Season your chicken with pepper (omit salt; there is plenty of salt in the soy sauce). Turn on your multi cooker to saute and add in the oil. Add the drumsticks and cook, browning on all sides, about 8 minutes.
  2. Remove the drumsticks and repeat with the chicken thighs.
  3. Remove the chicken thighs and add in the garlic and onion, stirring constantly for 2 minutes.
  4. Turn off the saute function. Add in the soy sauce, brown sugar, vinegar, and bay leaves, stirring with a wooden spoon to scrape at the bottom to remove any browned bits.
  5. Add back in the chicken thighs and drumsticks.
  6. Close the lid of the multi cooker and ensure the vent valve is closed. Set to pressure cook on high for 8 minutes.
  7. It will take a bit for the unit to get to ideal pressure before it begins counting down the 8 minutes (~10 minutes). After the 8 minutes of cook time, carefully quick release the vent and allow all steam to escape. When the valve has dropped down, carefully remove the lid.
  8. Cancel the pressure cook function and turn it back to saute. Bring the sauce to a boil and cook until thickened, about 10 minutes. Remove and discard the bay leaves. Spoon out the chicken and sauce over rice and serve.
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Filed Under: 10 Ingredient Meals, Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Main Dish, Make Ahead, Nut Free, Poultry, Pressure Cooker, Southeast Asia, Weeknight Meal Tagged With: Adobo, Bay Leaf, Brown Sugar, Chicken, Chicken Thighs. Garlic, Dairy Free, Drumsticks, Gluten Free, I Can Cook That, InstantPot, low sodium soy sauce, Onion, Poultry, Pressure Cooker, Recipe, Rice, Soy Sauce, White Vinegar

Comments

  1. DiligentChef says

    April 22, 2021 at 4:53 pm

    I made this a few days ago and it was absolutely delicious! All my family loved this! My mother in law is new to the InstantPot, and I used this recipe to get her using it. We used thighs with the skin on and bones in. No timing adjustments were necessary since chicken is left in during the boiling process. I will likely use skinless next time (but bone in was VERY tender!). Thank you, Kaitlin for this wonderful recipe! Pinned!
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    • Kaitlin @ I Can Cook That says

      April 23, 2021 at 1:10 am

      Glad you liked it!

      Reply
  2. Bryan says

    May 2, 2021 at 4:30 pm

    Great writing!! The methods you have shown are really easy and effective. Keep sharing the good stuff. Wish you all the best.
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  3. Erila says

    June 16, 2021 at 11:35 pm

    This is so easy to cook chicken in pressure cooker. Very helpful and amazing reading for me. I really love it. Thank you for sharing this wonderful article.
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  4. Buck says

    July 16, 2021 at 7:19 pm

    You’ve made cooking chicken so much easy with this article of yours. Thanks for sharing this article

    Reply

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