Caramelized Chicken (Gà Kho)
Simple recipe to make caramelized chicken using the instant pot.
Servings: 3
Equipment
- 1 Ninja Foodi 10-in-1 instant pot
Ingredients
Ingredients for the chicken marinade:
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 3 tbsp grown sugar
- 2 pounds chicken thighs
Ingredients for the caramel sauce:
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- ⅓ cup apple cider vinegar
- 4 cloves chopped garlic
- 3 tbsp dried ginger or freshly grated ginger
- ⅓ cup hot water
- ¼ cup honey
Ingredients to thicken the caramel sauce:
- 1 tsp cornstarch
- 2 tsp water
Instructions
Instructions to cook the chicken thighs:
- Sprinkle some salt on the chicken drumsticks then rinse the salt off using warm water. Pat the chicken drumsticks dry using paper towel.
- Add the fish sauce and brown sugar in a bowl to make a marinade.
- Pour the marinade over the chicken drumsticks and let it marinade for 15 minutes.
- When the 15 minutes is up, place the air crisp rack in the Ninja Foodi 10-in-1 pressure cooker and add ½ cup of water to the bottom of the air crisp rack.
- Then place the chicken drumsticks on the air crisp rack in the Ninja Foodi 10-in-1 pressure cooker.
- Using the pressure cooker lid to close the pot. Set it to "pressure cook" on "Hi" for 6 minutes.
- After the 6 minutes, carefully vent then open the lid. Replace the pressure cooker lid with the air frying lid and set the Ninja Foodi 10-in-1 pot to "air crisp" at 390F for 25 minutes. Half way through the cooking time, carefully open the lid and turn the drumsticks over. This will help them brown evenly.
Instructions to make the caramel sauce:
- Add all the ingredients to make the sauce in a saucepan and turn the heat to medium while whisking the ingredients together. Let it come to a gentle boil.
- In a separate bowl, add the water and cornstarch to make a slurry.
- Add the water and cornstarch slurry to the saucepan and turn off the heat.
- When the caramel sauce thickens, drizzle a generous amount over the chicken drumsticks and serve.