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Step 1
Make the sauce by combining ginger, garlic, 1/2 cup water, soy sauce, brown sugar, rice vinegar, and red pepper flakes.
Step 2
Combine sauce and chicken in the bowl of an Instant Pot. (Note: If you don't want to add the pot-in-pot rice, skip ahead to Step #5.)
Step 3
Top it with a rack that is approved for use in the Instant Pot.
Step 4
Combine rice and 1 cup of water in a bowl that is approved for use in the pressure cooker. Place the bowl with rice on top of rack.
Step 5
Close and lock the lid. Set steam valve to Sealing.
Step 6
Cook on manual / high pressure for 4 minutes.
Step 7
When chicken and rice are done cooking, leave pressure on natural release for 10 minutes and then manually release any remaining pressure.
Step 8
Carefully remove the bowl of rice and rack, leaving chicken in the bowl.
Step 9
Turn on the pressure cooker’s saute function to normal / medium.
Step 10
Meanwhile, whisk cornstarch and 2 Tbsp water together until smooth. Add cornstarch mixture, Hoisin sauce, and toasted sesame oil to chicken.
Step 11
Simmer for 1 to 2 minutes until the sauce thickens. (Be careful not to cook any longer than a minute or two so that the chicken doesn’t overcook.)
Step 12
Serve chicken and sauce over rice. Top with peanuts and chopped green onions.