Instant Pot Mongolian Chicken

Mongolian chicken is a dish served in Chinese restaurants with a tangy sauce and rice. Usually, steak is the protein of choice but since steak is high in points on WW, I subbed in chicken to help lower the points. The result was just as delicious! Steak is fine to use if your daily points limit allows for it. Just adjust the recipe in your recipe builder. 

The recipe below uses an instant pot but this can easily be made on a stove top.cSee my instructions and tips below above the recipe to make this dish on a stove. 

Green Onions are the choice of vegetables but feel free to add in other veggies like yellow onions or bell peppers. 

Rice

Make some rice ahead of time in your Instant Pot for this dish.  The recipe for Instant Pot rice is equal parts white rice and water. Stir the rice in the water so that it is all submerged in there and set the timer to 5 minutes with a quick release at the end of cooking. 

How to make Mongolian Chicken

For Chicken: Cut chicken into thin slices. Cut longer slices in half so that they are bite-sized.


Place chicken slices in a medium bowl and add cornstarch. Stir until evenly coated. Let sit 10 minutes.


For the sauce: In a medium bowl, stir together soy sauce, brown sugar, water, vinegar, garlic, ginger, and crushed red pepper flakes. Set aside. 


Turn your Instant Pot on to “Saute" mode. Add 1 tablespoon of oil and when hot, sear flank steak until browned on both sides. Add more oil if needed. Push the “Cancel" button on the Instant Pot.


 Pour sauce over steak. Place lid on and set to Manual (High Pressure) for 10 minutes. Be sure the valve is in sealing position.


When time is up, do a quick pressure release.


Stir in green onions. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and serve with rice.

Stove top instructions 

Here are the stove top instructions for those of you that would like to make this that do not have an Instant Pot. Same ingredients as listed below. 

Coat the chicken in cornstarch. 

Mix ingredients for sauce in a bowl. 

Heat a pan over medium heat. Once the pan is hot enough add the oil, and then add the chicken. Cook the chicken 3 to 4 minutes per side or until the chicken is golden brown. 

Add sauce to the pan with the chicken and let the sauce come to a simmer until it has thickened. If the sauce hasn’t thickened, you might need to add a couple of tablespoons of cornstarch. 

Other Instant Pot Recipes  

Mint Chip Cheesecake 

Hamburger Helper 

Zuppa Toscana 

Weight Watchers Broccoli Cheddar Soup 

Turkey Breast with Gravy 

French Onion Soup 

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