Instant Pot Sweet and Sour Chicken and Chicken Adobo (Pot in Pot)

      

Sweet and Sour Chicken

Chicken Adobo

Most chicken packages you buy in the grocery come in family sizes or 8 pieces.  When you are down to two in your household, our tendency is to cook a big batch of a certain chicken dish then freeze what we do not finish.  However there have been times when I have not been organized and forget or too lazy to freeze the leftovers or promise to eat the rest but do  not and I end up getting tired of eating the same thing. The result one plastic container of forgotten dish I am sometimes afraid to eat after being in the fridge for two weeks getting ditched.  Instant Pot to the rescue!   I decided to use the pot in pot method and cook one dish, sweet and sour chicken, at the bottom of the pot and the other dish, chicken adobo,  in another container positioned on a trivet above it. 

Instant Pot Sweet and Sour Chicken and Chicken Adobo (Pot in Pot)

Sweet Sour Chicken Ingredients

4-6 pcs chicken thighs
1 cup catsup
1 cup water
1/2 cup vinegar
1/2 cup sugar or sweetener
2 tsp garlic powder
1 tbsp onion flakes
1/2 tsp ginger powder
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 cup crushed pineapple with juice
1 tbsp. cornstarch


Chicken Adobo Ingredients

4-6 pieces chicken thighs
6 tbsp soy sauce
6 tbsp white vinegar
6 cloves whole garlic
2 bay leaves


Directions

1.  Place all the ingredients of the sweet sour chicken EXCEPT the crushed pineapple and cornstarch at the bottom of the instant pot. Place a trivet on top.

2.  Place all the ingredients of the chicken adobo in an oven safe container and position it at the top of a trivet.

3.  Set the valve to the sealing position.  Press Manual/Pressure and cook both dishes at the same time at high pressure for 15 minutes.   Then allow the instant pot to sit for 10 minutes for the pressure to release naturally.  Set the valve in the venting position to quick release the rest of the pressure.

4. Remove the container with the adobo and the trivet.  Add the crushed pineapple and cornstarch to the sweet sour chicken at the bottom of the pot and press the saute button and stir the mixture till the sauce thickens.