In our house, we are constantly using our Instant Pot. This Instant Pot teriyaki chicken recipe with bottle sauce is super simple to pull together and it’s quickly becoming a family favorite.
Not having to sit over the stove and watch everything come together frees up so much time. I feel like I am able to get even more done during dinner time, which is great on those busy weeknights.
Here are more of the Instant Pot recipes that we love to whip up in our house! We love the Instant Pot Chicken Alfredo Penne Pasta recipe, as well as our Instant Pot Cheesy Chicken and Rice, and Instant Pot Creamy Shells and Beef. They are all wonderful and super easy to make.
Everything you need for this teriyaki chicken using store bought sauce:
Instant Pot chicken teriyaki recipe ingredient list:
- Chicken breasts
- Broccoli
- Baby carrots
- Brown rice
- Chicken broth
- Teriyaki sauce
- Green onions
- Sesame seeds
If you want to put your own spin on this recipe, you could even change it up and make your very own homemade teriyaki sauce from Taste & Tell!
Make sure you have these for this family dinner recipe:
- Instant Pot
- Forks or hand mixer (THIS is a great hand mixer)
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Exactly how to make up this easy Instant Pot teriyaki chicken dinner:
You are going to start making this by getting out your Instant Pot and placing the chicken breasts into the bottom of the inner pot.
Then, add in the chopped carrots and rice on top of the chicken breasts. You will want to steam your broccoli separately, because it disintegrates and breaks up easily, so you won’t be able to even see the broccoli if you pressure cook it for that long.
Next, pour the chicken broth over top of the veggies and chicken breasts. Be sure that all the rice is covered with the broth as this will allow the rice to cook properly.
Then, place the lid on top and turn so it locks. Also, make sure that the knob is turned to the “SEALING” position.
Now, press the “MEAT” or “STEW” button and set the timer for 20 minutes.
After the timer goes off you will need to do a quick release. You can do this by turning the valve on top of the lid to the “VENTING” position.
Once all of the pressure has escaped, take the lid off and remove the chicken breast from the pot and shred the chicken with either two forks or to speed things up you can always use a hand or stand mixer!
Then, just add the shredded chicken back to the pot and mix it all together. Add your other vegetables if desired as well.
Now, serve it hot with the green onions and sesame seeds and pour in your desired about of teriyaki sauce and you have your meal ready to go!
What vegetables taste good in a stir fry?
Any vegetable can go into a stir fry. For this recipe, you could even do a steamable bag that you buy in the frozen section at the store, then microwave it and add to the Teriyaki Bowls after they have cooked. Or you could also add:
- Zucchini
- Asparagus
- Water Chestnuts
- Bell Peppers
- Onions
- Green Beans
Watch how to make our Instant pot teriyaki chicken:
Now that you know what all goes into the Instant Pot teriyaki chicken bowls, you can watch exactly how to make it on our YouTube channel.
We will show you how to make the teriyaki chicken bowls from start to finish. They are super simple and of course delicious. You can also find a lot of other great recipes on our YouTube channel as well.
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Instant Pot Teriyaki Chicken Bowls Recipe
Ingredients
- 1½ pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 1 head broccoli, roughly chopped, (or steamable bag of broccoli)
- 1 pound baby carrots, roughly chopped
- 2 cups brown rice, uncooked
- 2½ cups chicken broth
- 1 bottle teriyaki sauce, (any kind will work)
- 3 green onions, diced, optional garnish
- sesame seeds, optional garnish
Equipment
Instructions
- Place chicken breasts in the bottom of the Instant Pot. Add carrots and rice on top. Pour chicken broth on top of everything, making sure the rice is covered in liquid.
- Place lid on top and move valve to "sealing" position.
- Press "MEAT/STEW" or "POULTRY" button and set timer for 20 minutes.
- Steam your broccoli separately.
- When Instant Pot is finished cooking, do a quick release.
- Remove chicken breasts from Instant Pot and shred using 2 forks. Add chicken back to pot and mix well.
- Add in your broccoli.
- Divide food between 6 bowls and add desired amount of teriyaki sauce on each serving.
- If desired, top each bowl with green onions and sesame seeds.
Notes
- Zucchini
- Asparagus
- Water Chestnuts
- Bell Peppers
- Onions
- Green Beans
Nutrition
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If you are using white rice (all I could get at the store) how would you adjust the cooking time or settings?
Need to do anything different if using frozen chicken breasts?
You should be fine with frozen chicken breasts.
White rice works great too. Just keep the cook time the same.
This looks delicious! Love making Asian bowls for a quick weeknight meal and this instant pot variation looks great.
If I want to skip the broccoli, but add frozen pepper strips to it, should I add them with the carrots, or should I wait until later so they don’t turn to mush? Thanks much!
If you add them in with the carrots they will be quite soft, but will still taste great. Or you could cook them separately and then add them in right before adding in the sauce. Either way should be fine.
I can’t find instapot cheatsheet on your website?
Dumb question but rice, are you using minute rice or regular uncooked?
Not dumb…i am a first timer and needing to know as well for tonight’s meal!!!
I was just going to ask this…
Not dumb…i am a first timer and needing to know as well for tonight’s meal!!!
I was just going to ask this…
Regular rice.
Does it change your cooking time?
If your chicken is frozen add about 5-7 minutes to your cooking time.
mine came out with too much liquid left in the pot….. what am i doing wrong?
Your recipe says one thing and the video instructs it differently. I made this and it did not turn out. I did the meat setting for 20 minutes used white rice as suggested in the comments and followed the ingredients and directions. The carrots and broccoli were mushy and the broccoli was overcooked bad. The chicken was fine but all the rest was a sticky overcooked mess. The recipe states to steam the broccoli separately, but your video shows you adding the carrots and broccoli all at the same time to the instant pot which is what I did, I followed the video as I was making it. You need to specify that the video does instruct as the recipe states. Especially for people like me that are new to the Instant Pot and follow along with the video.
Kristen has done it both ways and had no problems. The broccoli needs to be cut into bigger chunks if you do cook it in the Instant Pot. But we like to cook it separately on the side. We often do our carrots that way too. It’s really a personal preference, and depending on how much time you have.
Why are you using jarred sauce and not your own?
I made this exactly as written. The veggies were still hard and 1 cup of cheese would’ve been enough.
I hate auto correct. I wanted to know if this recipe can be, frozen then placed in the instapot when I get home? I was thinking I could add everything to the bag except the rice, just add that to the pot when ready to cook.
My instant pot won’t pressurize with this recipe, can you help me troubleshoot! I’m using 4 frozen chicken breasts and no carrots but everything else is the same. I have it set to sealing and manual for 25 minutes. Nothing is clogged and everything is clean. Do I need a new instant pot?
Hopefully this site will help you find an answer on why your instant pot didn’t pressurize. https://www.paintthekitchenred.com/16-reasons-why-instant-pot-not-sealing/#:~:text=The%20pressure%20release%20handle%20needs,Instant%20Pot%20won't%20pressurize.
Yes, you could prepare this and then place in a freezer bag and freeze. Let it thaw slightly and stick in your instant pot when ready.
I rub a little olive or coconut oil on the parts of the chicken that stick out of the broth, or I get the “burn notice” and the pot won’t pressurize. I don’t know why it works, but it does the trick!
I ended up with a very soupy rice/chicken/carrots. At least 1 cup of liquid was left after I pressure cooked for 20 minutes. Did I miss something?
Where is the Nutrition Data ?
Came out great! Thank you for posting!
Is this made with frozen or fresh chicken breasts? Love your recipes 💕
I don’t have an instant but I do have a pressure cooker. Does it matter that I don’t have poultry or meat settings? Would I cook the same amount of time?
We used frozen chicken breasts.
Do you add any teriyaki sauce to the pot while cooking?
Scroll down to the recipe and in the instructions look at #8. That is when you add the teriyaki sauce. Some people may not like as much as others. For myself, I love Teriyaki sauce and like to go heavy on my portion.