Okay, I am going to be really honest. I jumped into messing around with this meal with no real idea of where it was going to go. I had never really cooked with bok choy before or Korean flavors, but I love ordering it at restaurants. So I decided this past week, I would experiment & then the next week or so & hopefully have something incredible to share with you. Little did I know the first time I made this it would now be a “family favorite!” We had to make ourselves stop eating it & I am mad I didn’t double it, because now we hardly have any for leftovers! So seriously make this now, savor every minute of it & enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!
Easy Instant Pot Korean BBQ
This is an Instant Pot recipe that you could sit on your counter and just eat the meat out of the pot. I am warning you…. you will not want to share this Korean BBQ chicken with anyone 🙂
Servings: 6
Calories: 659kcal
Ingredients
- 8 chicken thighs
- 1 mango diced
- 2 bunches of baby bok choy
- 1 bunch of asparagus
- 3 cups dried white long grain rice
- 12 oz green beans
- 1 cup Seoul Authentic Bulgogi Sauce OR of We Rub You's Korean BBQ sauce linked here to see & found in local grocers
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 3 tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp sesame seed oil
- 1 tsp garlic powder plus more to taste
- 1 tsp garlic salt plus more to taste
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger plus more to taste
- 1/2 tsp paprika plus more to taste
- 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper plus more to taste
- 2 tbsp olive oil + drizzle for bok choy
Instructions
Rice
- I do the rice first & then clean out the pot before cooking the chicken
- Pour 3 cups of the uncooked white rice into the Insta pot
- Chop up the 2 tbsp of butter into pieces and place over the rice
- Pour in 3 cups of water– stir & then pressure cook for 4 minutes & natural release for 10 minutes
Chicken: ( After I put chicken in pressure cooker I start on the veggies, which is in the section below)
- In medium bowl whisk together Korean BBQ sauce,1 tbsp sesame seed oil & 1 tbsp melted butter
- Place chicken thighs into the Insta Pot & pour the sauce from above over the chicken thighs
- Pressure cook at 11 minutes & then let naturally release for 4 minutes then quick release
- With two forks, shred the chicken & stir the chicken in the remaining sauce. Then turn on sauté & continue stirring until the chicken absorbs almost all of the sauce
Veggies:
- In a medium sized bowl add green beans & asparagus bunch cut into fourths ( I hold the whole bunch in one hand & in the other hand the knife & go up the bunch & cut into fourths that way). Add 1 tbsp of olive oil & garlic powder, garlic salt, ground ginger, paprika & cayenne pepper. Toss throughly.
- In a medium/large frying pan on medium high heat add the minced garlic & remaining olive oil. Let it begin to simmer, then add in the veggie mixture. The veggies will be cooking around the time the chicken is done. Keep cooking them down until they start to brown & are cooked through (about 15 minutes) During this time, add in the last of the sesame seed oil & continue to season to taste with the seasoning
- While the green beans & asparagus are cooking, peel off the bok choy leaves & cut the very end of the white stem– not all of it, but just the very tip that was connected to the root. When green beans & asparagus are done, transfer to another bowl.
- Drizzle a tiny bit of olive oil into the same pan & add in the bok choy leaves on medium heat. Then sprinkle with garlic salt & drizzle olive oil on top of them, then set kitchen timer for 2 minutes. Once the two minutes are up take tongs & toss around the pan for about 30 seconds & then set aside. They will get a little crispy, but you don’t want to burn them.
Once Rice, Chicken & Veggies are Done
- After rice, chicken & veggies, you can start building your bowl!! Put rice down first then build on it with chopped mango, green bean & asparagus stir fry, bok choy & sesame seeds! ENJOY!!
Nutrition
Calories: 659kcal | Carbohydrates: 42g | Protein: 35g | Fat: 41g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Cholesterol: 163mg | Sodium: 1332mg | Potassium: 563mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 2526IU | Vitamin C: 24mg | Calcium: 102mg | Iron: 3mg
Hi! New follower here. Love that I found you!! Your recipes are amazing!
so with this recipe… do you use boneless chicken thighs? or just discard the bones? I never cook with chicken thighs or don’t ever buy them so I am sort of confused… lol sorry for dumb question..
Not a stupid question at all!! Thank you so much for you kind words 🙂 I use boneless skinless— I will go back and make that note, I am so sorry, I thought it did have that! I LOVE using boneless skinless chicken thighs, adds a lot of flavor, you will love cooking with them. Outside of this recipe just as a note they do take a bit longer to cook than regular chicken breasts. Thanks so much!!