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Roasted Orange Chicken in Your Pressure Cooker

This pressure cooker orange chicken is packed with sweet citrus, fresh ginger, savory soy, and a hint of cayenne for a fast, flavor-loaded dinner.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings 4 servings
Calories 520 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 Pressure cooker

Ingredients
  

Main Ingredients

  • 5 Tangerines or clementines fresh, small
  • 0.5 cup Dark brown sugar packed
  • 0.25 cup Soy sauce
  • 1.5 teaspoons Rice vinegar or distilled white vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon Ground cayenne or hot red chile powder
  • 1 Whole chicken about 4 pounds
  • Salt and black pepper to taste
  • 8 slices Fresh ginger peeled

Instructions
 

Instructions

  • Pat the chicken dry. Season the cavity with salt and pepper. Stuff with ginger slices and tangerine rounds.
  • Tie the legs with kitchen twine and tuck the wings under. Helps even cooking.
  • Mix juice from 3 tangerines with brown sugar, soy sauce, vinegar, and cayenne until sugar dissolves.
  • Brush sauce over chicken. Place chicken in pressure cooker and seal.
  • Cook on high pressure for 25 minutes.
  • Let pressure release naturally for 10–15 minutes to retain juices.
  • Open lid, baste chicken with leftover sauce. Broil or sear if desired. Rest 10 minutes before carving.
  • Serve and spoon sauce over sliced chicken.

Notes

Resting the chicken before slicing keeps juices intact. Sauce can be reused for stir-fry or soup base.