Instant Pot General Tso Chicken

Sauté Garlic and Ginger: Heat up your pressure cooker (Instant Pot: press Sauté button). While the pressure cooker is heating, pour in 1 tbsp (15ml) peanut oil. Add 10 dried Chinese red chili, minced garlic, white part of green onions, and chopped ginger in the pressure cooker, then allow them to slowly release their fragrance. Sauté for roughly 3 minutes.

Pressure Cook Chicken: Add General Tso Sauce mixture and chicken in Instant Pot. Close lid and pressure cook at High Pressure for 12 minutes + 12 minutes Natural Release. Release the remaining pressure, then open the lid carefully.

Shred Chicken: Place chicken in a large mixing bowl. Remove chicken skin if desired. Shred chicken with a fork. Remove the bones.

Thicken General Tso Sauce: Remove the Chinese red chili. Heat up your pressure cooker (Instant Pot: press Sauté button), and bring the sauce back to a boil. Taste the sauce and add in roughly 1 tbsp (15ml) of honey to sweeten the sauce if desired. Mix 2 tbsp of cornstarch with 2 tbsp of water and stir the mixture into the sauce one third at a time until desired thickness. Place the shredded chicken back in the sauce and mix well.

Serve: Place shredded chicken on lettuce. Garnish with finely chopped green onions. You may also serve this Instant Pot General Tso Chicken Lettuce Wrap with Hoisin Sauce on the side. Enjoy~ 🙂

First, mince the garlic, and roughly chop the ginger.

Chop green onions: green part finely chopped for garnish, white part cut into 1.5-inch pieces (as shown below).

Wash and break the lettuce leaves into individual pieces.

Sauté Garlic and Ginger

First, heat up your pressure cooker (Instant Pot: press Sauté button).

While the pressure cooker is heating, pour in 1 tbsp (15ml) peanut oil.

Add 10 dried Chinese red chili, minced garlic, white part of green onions, and chopped ginger in Instant Pot. Then, allow them to slowly release their fragrance. Sauté for roughly 3 minutes.

Pressure Cook Chicken

Add General Tso Sauce mixture and chicken in Instant Pot.

Shred General Tso Chicken

Place chicken in a large mixing bowl.

Remove the chicken skin if desired. Remove the meat from the bones, and shred with a fork.

Thicken General Tso Sauce

Remove the Chinese red chili.

Heat up your pressure cooker (Instant Pot: press Sauté button), and bring the sauce back to a boil.

Taste the General Tso Sauce, then add in roughly 1 tbsp (15ml) of honey to sweeten the sauce if desired.

Mix 2 tbsp of cornstarch with 2 tbsp of water and stir the mixture into the sauce one third at a time until desired thickness.

Place the shredded chicken back in the sauce and mix well.

Serve Instant Pot General Tso Chicken

Place shredded General Tso Chicken on lettuce.

Garnish with finely chopped green onions.