Honey Garlic Instant Pot Pork Chops

 

Ingredients

1/3 C honey

1/3 C low sodium soy sauce

2 tbsp. tomato paste (or ketchup)

1 tbsp. apple cider vinegar

2 tsp. sweet chili sauce (optional) 

1 tbsp olive oil

4 boneless pork chops (1 to 1 1/2 in thick) 

black pepper

4 cloves garlic (minced) 

1 tbsp. cornstarch

1 tbsp water

Directions

1) Combine honey, soy sauce, tomato paste, apple cider vinegar and sweet chili sauce in a small bowl and set aside.

2) Heat the olive oil in the Instant Pot using the saute mode until the pot is hot. 

3) Season the pork chops with pepper and add them to the hot pot. Brown the pork chops 1-2 minutes per side and no more. Transfer pork to a clean plate. 

4) Add the minced garlic to the pot, press "cancel" to turn off saute mode, and cook, stirring, for 30 seconds. 

5) Pour the honey soy sauce mixture from the bowl into the pot and stir, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pot.

6) Add the pork chops and any juices released back to the Instant Pot. Close the Instant Pot lid and turn the steam release valve to the sealing position. 

7) Set the pressure cook time to 1 minute on high pressure/manual. The Instant Pot will take about 10 minutes to reach pressure and then the cook time will start. When the cook time ends allow the pressure to release naturally for 5 minutes by leaving the Instant Pot alone. Then quick release any remaining pressure by turning the steam release valve to the venting position. 

8) When the pin has dropped down, open the Instant Pot lid. Use an instant read thermometer to check that the internal temp of the pork has reached at least 145 degrees. Remove the pork chops to a clean plate. Press "cancel" to turn the warm setting off. 

9) Combine the 1 tbsp cornstarch and 1 tbsp water in a small bowl. Turn saute mode on and stir the cornstarch mixture into the Instant Pot. Cook, stirring, until the sauce thickens. This should only take 1-2 minutes. Press "cancel" to turn off the Instant Pot and remove the inner pot from the Instant Pot base to immediately stop the cooking process. 

10) Serve pork chops with honey garlic sauce. 

Prep: 15 minutes

Cook: 1 minute

total: 30 minutes

Serves: 4 

If the pork chops are very thick , you may want to increase the cook time to 2-3 minutes plus the 5 minute natural release. If your using a bone-in pork chop you will need to add 2 minutes to the pressure cook time. To cook frozen pork chops skip the step of browning the meat. Saute the garlic in the olive oil and then add the remaining sauce ingredients and pork chops. Pressure cook for 3 minutes followed by a 10 minute natural pressure release. Make sure to always check the the internal temp is 145 degrees.