Instant Pot Coconut Chicken Curry (Only 5 Ingredients!)
Healthy and delicious Instant Pot coconut chicken curry made with only 5 key ingredients. This pressure cooker chicken recipe is great for a quick and easy dinner, while travelling with the Instant Pot, if you're on a budget. It's mild so is kid-friendly and great for the whole family.
Course Main
Cuisine Asian
Keyword Chicken, Coconut, Curry, Instant Pot
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 25 minutesminutes
Total Time 35 minutesminutes
Servings 6servings
Calories 346kcal
Ingredients
1.5tablespoonsolive oil or coconut oil
4clovesgarlicchopped finely (about 2 tbsp)
2tablespoonschopped gingerthumb-size knob
2lbs.chicken breasts900 g, diced into large cubes
4teaspoonsmild curry powder
1teaspoonsalt
½teaspoonsugaroptional
⅔cupwater or chicken stock
1cupcoconut creamthickened part of coconut milk
For extra thickening: 2 teaspoons flour or gluten-free flour/corn flour
Garnish: fresh cilantro
Sides: rice and broccoli
Instructions
Prep. Cut chicken into 1 to 2-inch pieces and finely chop the ginger and garlic.
Saute. Saute garlic and ginger in a little oil on Saute setting for a minute, then add the chicken and stir for 30 seconds. Add salt, sugar and curry powder and stir. Cancel the Saute setting.
Add about a cup of water (we added ⅔ cup as we knew that chicken would release quite a bit of juice while cooking). Stir through.
Pressure cook. Set to Pressure Cook on High pressure for 15 minutes, with natural pressure release.
Finish the curry. Open the lid and stir the curry. Stir in the coconut cream and taste for salt and sweetness. You can add a little more sugar or salt to balance the flavors.
How to thicken the curry sauce if it seems a little thin:
Option 1: You can scoop out half a cup of broth to reduce the liquid.
Option 2: You can thicken the broth with a little flour. If you want to have more sauce, do the flour trick. Combine 2 teaspoons of all-purpose flour with 4 tablespoons of water or broth from the pot in a separate bowl and whisk until smooth. Stir this slurry mixture into the hot curry and see the liquid magically thicken.