Instant Pot Chicken Recipes - MyRecipes (2024)

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It doesn't get much easier than Instant Pot chicken.The Instant Pot brings new meaning to the saying"winner winner chicken dinner" with its ability to cook this protein at a lightning-fast speed. Transform your favorite weeknight chicken recipes into crazy easymeals or try new dishesdeveloped specifically for your Instant Pot. Go ahead and give yourself a pat on the back because you will be astonished at how quickly you are able to get dinner cooked and served with the help of this pressure cooker.

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Pressure Cooker Chicken Adobo Recipe

Deliciously balanced with savory and sweet, chicken adobo is a great addition to anyone's collection of go-to comfort foods. This dish typically requires a lengthy period of simmering to build up the deep, rich signature flavor, but the pressure cooker helps you achieve the same level of flavorful satisfaction in a fraction of the time. Note, if you don't have fish sauce on hand, you can leave it out—but if you're going by the grocery store anyway, it's definitely worth investing in a bottle. Serve the adobo over rice for a vibrant andhearty entree.

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Instant Pot Peruvian Chicken Recipe

It’s recipes like this one—which requires only 20 minutes of hands-on cooking to create an incredible (seriously, our test kitchen staff was blown away by the flavor this easy chicken dinner packed) whole-bird main course—that remind us exactly why we love the Instant Pot.

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Instant Pot 40-Clove Chicken Recipe

Our take on chicken with 40 cloves of garlic, made for the Instant Pot, puts a fast and easy spin on the classic dish. Enjoy this flavor-packed favorite any night of the week.

Simple Pressure Cooker Whole Chicken

Simple Pressure Cooker Whole Chicken Recipe

This easy pressure cooker recipe yields perfectly cooked, juicy chicken, along with a flavorful broth, that can be served over rice or used in any number of other chicken dishes—such as soups, pastas, casseroles, salads, and more. You can use a traditional pressure cooker here, but this is also a great recipe for the Instant Pot, if that’s your cooker of choice. Typically, cooking a whole chicken in the oven can take close to an hour, but using the pressure cooker, you have a whole bird’s worth of succulent chicken in 40 minutes. This largely hands-off method for chicken is a great meal prep move to make on Sunday to give yourself a healthy supply of lean protein to use in meals throughout the week.

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Instant Pot Chicken Wings Recipe

Make homemade wings in minutes with some help from your Instant Pot. Everyone's favorite pressure cookerget your chicken wings cooked through quickly, while the broiler crisps them up. Serve with crunchy veggie sticks and the sauce of your choosing.

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Instant Pot Butter Chicken Recipe

If you say you don't like Indian food, you've probably never tried butter chicken. This easy dishis mild on spice (unless you don't want it to be) and big on flavor - perfect for a weeknight dinner.

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Instant Pot Chicken Spaghetti Recipe

We adapted our simple and delicious Pressure Cooker Chicken Spaghetti recipe to be a perfect fit for your Instant Pot. It's sure to become a new weeknight favorite.

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Easy Pressure Cooker Chicken Pho Recipe

For pho, it's legitimately all about the intensely deliciousbroth. And thanks to the flavor-concentratingpower of thepressure cooker, we were able to make a robust and dynamic chickenbroth—using shallots, fresh ginger and cilantro, and a fewspices—in a matter of minutes. Thus, this restaurant favorite can now be a comforting, go-to weeknight dinner.

Brunswick Stew; Photographer: Daniel Agee; Food Stylist: Robin Bashinsky; Prop Stylist: Audrey Davis

Pressure Cooker Chicken and Black Pepper Dumplings Recipe

Just a touch of fresh lemon and tarragon add a subtle touch of sophistication to an otherwise classic and wholly comforting pot of chicken and dumplings. Done in just 30 minutes, this dish is perfect for any night of the week. While we went with a super simple drop biscuit for the dumplings, feel free to try using canned biscuit dough or your own favorite dumpling recipe here.

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Pressure Cooker Brunswick Stew Recipe

For our largely hands-off take on the classic comfort food, we create an intensely flavorful base by first pressure cooking a whole chicken on top of a combination of boxed tomatoes, potatoes, onions, and a handful of flavor power player ingredients. While using a whole bird definitely contributes to a slightly lengthier cook time (as compared to using already cut chicken), this cooking technique is a huge part of what makes the rich and delicious backbone of this stew, without adding additional chicken stock or water. With the tomatoes, vinegar, sugar, Worcestershire, and mustard, we hit the flavor notes of making this potluck staple with BBQ sauce (which is a commonly called for component of Brunswick Stew), but the result is infinitely tastier and more dynamic than what you’d get by dumping in a store-bought bottle. In addition to the lima beans and corn called for here, sliced okra would also make a great veggie addition. While hearty in terms of texture, this dish is balanced by an abundance of bright flavors we can’t get enough of.

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Pressure Cooker Chicken Spaghetti Recipe

This comforting and delicious Chicken Spaghetti is satisfying meal the entire family can get behind, and can be made with just a quick (and inexpensive) stop by the grocery store on your way home. Thanks to the pressure cooker, thisrecipe yields the flavor of a rich, long-simmered sauce in only 25 minutes. While browning the chicken and onions does help build flavor, it's OK to skip this step. Just add about 5 minutes to your cook time and discard theskin before adding your chicken to the pressure cooker. This dish is also easily adapted for your Instant Pot, click HERE for detailed instructions.

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Pressure Cooker Chicken Tikka Masala Recipe

This speedy take on chicken tikka masala is one of thosebig flavor, low effort meals you'll want to put on repeat week after week. In fact, this recipe exemplifies just about every reason we love the pressure cooker—it's efficient, it's easy to use, and it produces huge flavor in a matter of minutes. If you do a little bit of prepping ahead (say, cooking your rice and chopping aromatics the night before or in the morning), this rich and saucy supper can be on your dinner table in 10 minutes.

Potato, Corn, and Chicken Stew

Potato, Corn, and Chicken Stew Recipe

This chunky, creamysoup recipe is made simple with the pressure cooking power of your Instant Pot. Add this to your list of weeknight chicken recipes.

Mexican Chicken Stew

Mexican Chicken Stew Recipe

Ground guajillo chile powder found in Mexican markets is quite different from regular chili powder.This spicy chicken soup recipe is made simple with the pressure cooking power of your Instant Pot.

Spicy Asian Chicken Thighs

Spicy Asian Chicken Thighs Recipe

Serve these saucy chicken thighs over cooked noodles with a side of steamed broccoli for a well-rounded meal. Thanks to the Instant Pot, this meal comes together in under 40 minutes.

Chicken and Sweet Potatoes with Raspberry-Balsamic Reduction

Chicken and Sweet Potatoes with Raspberry-Balsamic Reduction Recipe

Perfect for any weeknight, these succulent chicken pieces take about 30 minutes to prepare (thanks to the Instant Pot). The sweet and sticky sauce makes this dish taste like you spent all day making it.

Chicken with Rich Lemon-Herb Sauce

Chicken with Rich Lemon-Herb Sauce Recipe

The secret's definitely in the sauce...so is the flavor. Don't skip the last step—it brings this Instant Pot Chicken recipeall together.

Braised Chicken with Honey-Lemon Leeks

Braised Chicken with Honey-Lemon Leeks Recipe

Lemon is a bright partner for the caramelized leeks, which cook twice: They are sautéed, then roasted to meld with the honey and lemon.

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Instant Pot Chicken Soup Recipe

This chicken noodle soup may be simple, but nothing's wrong with that. Your Instant Pot or pressure cooker of choice makes thiscomforting and savory classic in just an hour.

Mediterranean Chicken and Quinoa Stew

Instant Pot Mediterranean Chicken and Quinoa Stew Recipe

Look for bags of cubed butternut squash in the produce section to save you the trouble of peeling and dicing a whole squash. Find Castelvetrano olives either jarred in the olive and pickle section or fresh at most specialty market antipasti bars. If you can’t find them, use any green olive you like. Want to make it in a slow cooker? Get the recipe here.

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Instant Pot Keto Chicken Fajita Bowls Recipe

This keto-approved take on fajitas is a super satisfying low-carb meal. The chicken shreds off the bone easily, while the veggies have a slight crunch and the broth is light and flavorful. It feels indulgent, but you’re not breaking any rules.

Tex-Mex Chicken and Black Bean Soup

Instant Pot Tex-Mex Chicken and Black Bean Soup Recipe

This filling and flavorful soup is ideal for a chilly evening. Freeze leftover chipotle chiles and adobe sauce in a flattened Ziploc bag for future use. Want to make this soup in your slow cooker? Click here for the recipe.

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Instant Pot Khao Soi Recipe

What gives this easy Khao Soi its incredible flavor backbone is the homemade curry paste. It’s easier to whip up in the food processor than you might think and we’d strongly recommend giving it a try. However, if you find yourself pinched for time, you can substitute 3-4 tablespoons of store-bought curry paste. Lemongrass is easily sourced at specialty or Asian markets; however, if you have trouble finding it fresh, you can find a super convenient lemongrass paste in the produce section of many conventional grocery stores.