This Instant Pot Thai Red Curry with Chicken is just delightful! It makes a perfect meal when paired with Jasmine Rice, and it comes together so quickly in the Instant Pot. To make it a real one-pot meal, cook rice and Thai red curry together using the Pot in Pot method! Perfect for a busy weeknight meal.



Thai cuisine is one of my all-time favorite cuisines. For the longest time, we just went to restaurants to get our Thai fix. And if I ever did attempt to make Thai food, the flavor was not even close to what my favorite restaurants served, and so I just didn’t bother.

Finally, I found out that the secret to making great tasting Thai curries is to use the right kind of curry paste. The kind I had been using is the one commonly found in most American grocery stores. Changing brands made a BIG difference to the taste of the curries.

There are two brands of Thai curry pastes that I really like: Maesri (which I like best) and Mae Ploy

To take this Instant Pot Thai Red Curry to the next level, do try and find either of these curry pastes at an Asian grocery store near where you live and if you can’t, of course, there’s always amazon.com. Please note that Mae Ploy is a bit spicier than Maesri.

There are two more ingredients you should try and get when you visit your Asian grocery store: Lime leaves (also known as k-lime, makrut and sometimes kaffir lime) and Thai basil . They add unsurpassed and unique flavors to this Instant Pot Thai Red Curry.

One other thing I discovered about Thai food is that Thai curries taste best with Jasmine rice . There’s something about Jasmine rice that soaks up the curry and just enhances the flavors.

Regular white rice, basmati rice, and brown rice just don’t taste the same. Here’s my recipe for Instant Pot Jasmine Rice

For the coconut milk in this Instant Pot Thai Red Curry, I use the regular fat content, and don’t opt for the light variety – again, there’s a taste difference.

Thai food purists would say that Thai food shouldn’t be pressure cooked. I’m guessing you’re here because you just want to make a Thai curry in your Instant Pot and don’t care about rules! And pssst, guess what?! This curry is just wonderful cooked in the Instant Pot. I’m not kidding – it’s really tasty.

It comes together so quickly, and it’s my go-to dish on really busy days. I always keep coconut milk and curry paste in my pantry and I use whatever meat and veggies I have on hand. I hope you give it a try.

Oh, and to make life really easy, check out my easy-to-understand, step-by-step article on Pot-in-Pot cooking – it shows you how to make this curry and rice together. At the same time!

Click below to see all my Thai recipes!

If you’re new to the Instant Pot and aren’t familiar with how to use it, please read the Instant Pot DUO Beginner’s Quick Start Guide or the Instant Pot ULTRA Beginner’s Quick Start Guide first and then come back here to learn how to make Instant Pot Thai Red Curry with Chicken.

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Instant Pot Thai Red Curry with Chicken – Ingredients

Instant Pot Thai Red Curry with Chicken – Step by Step Instructions

Press ‘Saute’.

Stir together red curry paste and 1/2 can of coconut milk and saute until mixture is bubbly, a minute or two. *

* Use a splatter screen if necessary, to guard against splatters from the coconut milk.

Press ‘Cancel’ to turn off Instant Pot.

Stir in chicken, remaining coconut milk, and chicken broth.

Close Instant Pot lid, and make sure steam release handle is in the ‘Sealing’ position.

Press ‘Manual’ (or ‘Pressure Cook’) and ‘+’ or ‘-‘ until display reads ‘4’ (4 minutes) *

* Note: if your chicken pieces are bigger, then you’ll need to add on a few minutes of cooking time.

Instant Pot display will change to ‘On’.

Once the Instant Pot is pressurized, the float valve will go up.

The display will count down from 4 to 0; it will then switch to ‘Keep Warm’ mode and display ‘L0:00’.

To open the Instant Pot, first move the steam release handle to ‘Venting’. I like to place a folded towel over the steam release handle and move it to the venting position. Remove the towel after turning the handle.

When your Instant Pot is depressurized, the float valve will be in the down position.

Press ‘Cancel’ and open the Instant Pot.

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