Instant Pot Jalapeno Honey Chicken w/Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Instant Pot Jalapeno Honey Chicken w/Garlic Mashed Potatoes, is bursting with picked jalapenos and honey glaze and sits atop garlic mashed potatoes.

Juicy and tender Chicken bursting with picked Jalapenos and Honey Glaze sits atop a bed of Garlic Mashed Potatoes. Super easy ONE POT RECIPE!

It is a perfect freezer meal and an easy make a head “dump” meal. It is so easy to make in your Instant Pot, Ninja Foodi or Pressure Cooker any night of the week.

Ingredients to Instant Pot Jalapeno Honey Chicken

• Lots of Jalapeño Peppers
• Distilled Vinegar
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• White Sugar
• Kosher Salt
• Black Pepper
• Oregano
• Lots of Garlic
• Honey

Pro Tip: It’s easy to pickle your own jalapeno peppers, so no need to purchased jars!

 

Grab a good whisk and vigorously mix up the marinade.

Perfect Freezer Meal

Another Freezer Meal alert for this recipe!

• If chicken is on sale, buy a bunch and divide them into dinner portions.
• Divide the marinade among all the packages and store them raw in the freezer.
• Use a FoodSaver Vacuum Sealing System and when you feel like Jalapeno Honey Chicken, take out a pouch the night before.

 

Essentially, what is happening is that the jalapeños are pickling themselves in the Instant Pot, Ninja Foodi or Pressure Cooker, during the time the chicken cooks. At the same time, the Garlic Mashed Potatoes are also in the one pot and cooking.

Of course, if you just want pickled jalpanos to store in the refrigerator to eat and use with other food, here is how to make a batch.

How to Make Pickled Jalapeños

• Whisk together ingredients for pickling.
• Add the dressing to a pan with sliced jalapeños.
• Boil it on the stove top and then cool down.

Store in jars and chill, until ready to use.

 

How Long to Marinate Chicken

• The longer the chicken marinates, the better.
• I recommend this Cuisinart Marinating Container as it allows for chicken to be in a single layer and since it is shallow, there is no wasted marinade or space.

Pro Tip: While the chicken is marinating in the jalapeno mix, it’s a good time to soak the potatoes.

 

What is a Dump and Push Recipe?

• A dump and push recipe is a process of adding all the ingredients to the Instant Pot, Ninja Foodi or Pressure Cooker and then setting the time.

There still may be some simmering after the cook time is up.

Dump and Push recipes are often good to package up for Freezer Meals.

More Dump and Push Recipes to Make

• Pressure Cooker Balsamic Ginger Chicken
• Slow Cooker / Pressure Cooker Russian Chicken {Instant Pot}
• Pressure Cooker Friday Night Shabbos Brisket
• Pressure Cooker Salsa Lime Chicken Cilantro Lime Rice
• Pressure Cooker Italian Drip Beef French Dip
• Pressure Cooker Creamy Baked Ziti

 

If making potatoes at the same time, you will need to use a tall trivet. I recommend this excellent HapWay Stainless Steel Steamer Basket with Trivet  for steaming the potatoes above the chicken and jalapeno sauce! Plus, it comes with the tall trivet, so you don’t need to buy two items!

Why Soak Potatoes

• If you soak the potatoes for at least 30 minutes, much of the starch will rinse away.
• The potatoes will be much fluffier and tastier.

About Potatoes

• See my Pressure Cooker Mashed Potatoes recipe for how to mash potatoes, so they are not gummy.
• Did you know that Yukon Gold potatoes do okay boiled in water, but Russet potatoes tend to break a part and shouldn’t be boiled?
• That being said, BOTH types of potatoes are perfect for steaming, like in this Instant Pot Jalapeno Honey Chicken w/Garlic Mashed Potatoes recipe.

 

The honey will thicken the glaze and become a bit sticky.

You many want a sweeter glaze and if so, just add more honey.

 

The chicken will finish cooking once it returns to the pot and simmers with the honey.

Add more diced jalapeño if you like!

It will add a bit of crunch.

 

If you are watching carbs, try my Pressure Cooker Mashed Turmeric Cauliflower instead of potatoes. For jalapeno lovers, try my Air Fryer Bacon Wrapped Chicken Jalapeño Poppers.

I hope you enjoy this recipe!

More Delicious Jalapeno Recipes to Make:

• Pressure Cooker Armenian Lentil Soup
• Instant Pot Chili Con Carne [Award Winning]
• Air Fryer Bacon Wrapped Chicken Jalapeño Poppers
• Instant Pot Jalapeño Macaroni Ham and Cheese

Kitchen Equipment and Essentials

• Instant Pot, Ninja Foodi or Pressure Cooker
• J.A. Henckels Classic 8 inch Chef’s Knife
• Amco Advanced Performance 18/10 Stainless Steel Measuring Spoons
• Culina Stackable (Dry) Stainless Steel Measuring Cups
• Anchor Hocking Glass (Liquid) Measuring Cups
• Rösle Stainless Steel Flat Whisk– a MUST have, probably my most used utensil
• di Oro Living Silicone Spatulas Set
• Rachael Ray Stoneware EVOO Oil Dispensing Bottle
• Alton Brown Salt Box
• Gravity Electric Salt and Pepper Grinder
• HapWay Stainless Steel Steamer Basket
• FoodSaver Vacuum Sealing System
• Cuisinart Marinating Container

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