Dump and Start Instant Pot African Cinnamon Peanut Butter Chicken

a bowl filled with Peanut Butter Chicken and a spoon

Dump and Start Instant Pot African Cinnamon Peanut Butter Chicken

This is a quick and easy way to serve up a flavorful and traditional African dish.

Course Dinner, Main

Cuisine African, Western

Diet Gluten Free

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 6

Servings

Calories 323kcal

Author Bintu Hardy

Equipment

Ingredients

Instant Pot Peanut Sauce Chicken Ingredients:

1 1/2 lb skinless chicken breast cut into bite-sized pieces
1 cup (200ml) coconut milk liquid and cream divided
1 cup (200ml) tomatoes finely chopped
1 tablespoon tomato paste or tomato purée
2 green onions spring onions, sliced
1 teaspoon ground coriander
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
lime juice, to taste or tamari soya
salt
6-7 tablespoons smooth peanut butter
optional sweetener of choice i.e. honey, brown sugar, or keto sweetener

Instructions

Instant Pot Peanut Butter Chicken Recipe Instructions:

Add the chicken to the Instant Pot insert.
Pour in the liquid of the coconut milk first, and then add the coconut cream on top of the chicken.
Next, layer the tomatoes, tomato paste, onions and spices on top of the coconut cream.
Put the peanut butter in last (on the very top) and DO NOT MIX IN.
Put the lid on the Instant Pot, and turn valve to the sealing position.
Set to manual/pressure cook on high pressure for 6 mins.
please note: cook time does not include time to come up to pressure or for pressure to release.
When cook time is done, allow for a complete natural pressure release.
Open the lid. The peanut butter will still be on top. Stir until all ingredients are combined and sauce is thickened.
Adjust the seasonings in your peanut butter chicken, to taste.
Serve and enjoy.

Notes

You can vary the spices you add to this peanut butter chicken to suit your taste. For example, freshly grated ginger adds a lovely note. Add ginger with the spices.
If you prefer to make peanut sauce chicken with thigh meat, you will need to increase the cooking time.
This Instant Pot peanut butter chicken is an oil-free recipe.
To avoid a burn notice, DO NOT MIX in the peanut butter prior to cooking. Make sure it is on the very top and not touching the bottom or sides of the Instant Pot insert.

What Do You Mean By Coconut Milk And Coconut Cream?

A lovely ready asked me to clarify this portion of the recipe......

When you open a tin of coconut milk, you usually have a thick creamy solid bit at the top (that is wha tI refer to as the coconut cream) and a waterish thin bit at the bottom (that is the coconut milk I refer to).

So pour the waterish liquid from the tin in and add the thick cream from the top of the tin on top of the chicken.

There are 8 Blue Plan SmartPoints in a serving of this.

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