Instant Pot Chicken Pineapple Curry
Yield: 4 servings
Active Time: 10 minutes
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
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This Instant Pot Chicken Pineapple Curry is a vibrant, sweet-and-savory dish made with tender chicken, juicy pineapple, and a rich coconut curry sauce. It comes together quickly in the pressure cooker for an easy, flavor-packed weeknight meal.

Ingredients for Single Meal

  • 4 - small boneless chicken breasts
  • 1 - 14 oz. can(s) coconut milk
  • 1 - 15 oz. can(s) coconut cream
  • 1 - cup(s) chicken stock
  • 2 - Tbsp red curry paste
  • 1 - Tbsp curry powder
  • 2 - tsp minced garlic
  • 2 - tsp minced ginger
  • 1 - 20 oz. can(s) pineapple chunks
  • 1 - red bell pepper(s)
  • - Salt and pepper
  • Garnish: - sliced green onions**
  • Side: - rice**
  • Side: - veggies**
  • 1 - gallon-size freezer baggie(s)
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Cooking Directions for Single Meal

  1. Seed and dice the red bell pepper.
  2. Cut the chicken breasts into bite size pieces, about ½-inch in size.
  3. Open the cans of coconut milk and cream, and pineapple chunks. Do not drain.
  4. Place the chicken breast pieces into the pressure cooker insert and add the coconut milk, coconut cream, chicken stock, curry paste, curry powder, minced garlic, minced ginger, red bell pepper pieces and pineapple chunks with their juices. Stir to combine.
  5. Steam valve: Sealing.
  6. Cook on: Manual/High for 15 minutes.
  7. Release: Natural or Quick.
  8. After the curry is cooked, season with salt and pepper to taste.
  9. Cook the rice as directed.
  10. Prepare veggies.
  11. Serve Instant Pot Pineapple Chicken with sliced green onion garnish over rice with veggies.

Freezeasy Meal Prep Directions

  1. Cut the 8 small chicken breasts into bite size pieces, about ½-inch in size.
  2. Seed and dice 2 red bell peppers.
  3. Open 2 cans of coconut milk and 2 cans of coconut cream, and 2 cans of pineapple chunks. Do not drain.

To each gallon-size plastic freezer baggie in a round bowl/dish, add the following ingredients:

  • Half of the chicken pieces
  • 1 can of coconut milk
  • 1 can of coconut cream
  • 1 cup chicken stock
  • 2 Tbsp red curry paste
  • 1 Tbsp curry powder
  • 2 tsp minced garlic
  • 2 tsp minced ginger
  • 1 can of pineapple chunks with juices
  • Half of the diced red bell peppers

Remove as much air as possible and seal. Add label to baggie and freeze.

Freeze & Thaw Instructions

Put baggie in the freezer and freeze up to 6 months in fridge freezer or 12 months in a deep freezer. Thaw in the fridge overnight, or a warm bowl of water for about 20 minutes, before transferring to pressure cooker insert. Pressure cook as directed.

Special notes

Add 5-10 minutes of pressure cooking time, if cooking from completely frozen or partially frozen. Note that preheat time and release time may vary by appliance. See myfreezeasy.com/EPC for more tips and tricks.

Dairy-Free Modifications

Recipe is dairy-free when served with dairy-free sides.

Gluten-Free Modifications

Recipe is gluten-free when served with gluten-free sides.

Printable Label Recipe Title

Instant Pot Chicken Pineapple Curry

Printable Label Instructions

Thaw, add hot water to Instant Pot and then add contents of baggie. Cook on high pressure for 15 minutes with sealed valve; then natural release.
Serve with sliced green onion garnish and rice and veggies.

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