Instant Pot Chicken Recipe

Overhead view of Instant Pot Chicken shredded in an instant pot

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Instant Pot Chicken Recipe

This Instant Pot Chicken is such an easy and delicious way to make shredded chicken for all sorts of different meals. With only about five minutes of prep time and 20 minutes in the Instant Pot, this Instant Pot chicken breast recipe is perfect.

Prep Time5

Cook Time20

Total Time25

Servings: servings

Calories: 140kcal

Author: Lisa Longley

Ingredients

1/2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
kosher salt
black pepper
1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts see note (453.6 grams)
1 cup water

Instructions

Rub the chicken breasts with olive oil. Season with salt and pepper.
1/2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil, kosher salt, black pepper, 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts
Add the water to the bottom of the Instant Pot.
1 cup water
Add the trivet (the wire rack) that came with your Instant Pot. Place the chicken breasts on top of it.
Put on the Instant Pot lid and make sure that the pressure release valve is set to sealing. Set the Instant Pot to manual, high pressure, and the timer to 8 minutes. For frozen chicken breasts, set the time to 15 minutes.
The Instant Pot will take about 8 minutes to come to pressure, then it will count down the 8 minutes cook time.
After the timer ends, turn the pressure release valve to venting. This quick release (rather than a natural release) will prevent the chicken from over cooking. Allow the float valve to fall. Once it has, open your Instant Pot, remove your chicken. Chicken is fully cooked when it reads 165 degrees Fahrenheit with an instant read thermometer. Shred the chicken and use it in your favorite recipes.

Notes

These cooking instructions are based on chicken breasts that weigh 7 to 9 ounces. If you have larger chicken breasts, you will want to increase the cooking time by 2 to 4 minutes.

One pound of raw chicken will result in approximately 3 cups of shredded cooked chicken.

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