Instant Pot Chicken Breasts Recipe

Super juicy chicken breasts are just minutes away thanks to the pressure cooking power of the Instant Pot! Use this easy recipe to cook fresh or frozen chicken breasts in the same amount of time.

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword instant pot chicken

Prep Time 3

Cook Time 10

Total Time 13

Servings cups chicken

Calories 129kcal

Ingredients

3 boneless skinless chicken breasts (fresh or frozen)*
1 cup water
¼ teaspoon kosher salt
5-6 whole peppercorns

Instructions

Place the chicken and the water in the insert of a 6-quart Instant Pot or pressure cooker and sprinkle with the kosher salt and peppercorns.
Select High Pressure and set the timer for 10 minutes. When the timer sounds, use the Natural Pressure release, and allow the valve to drop and carefully remove the lid.
Remove the chicken from the Instant Pot and shred, dice, or slice. Serve hot or chill to use for later.

Notes

Like any pressure cooker recipe, allow extra time for the pressure cooker to come up to temperature. This typically takes about 5 to 7 minutes, but depending on the thickness of your chicken breasts and how many you stack in the insert, it could take longer. I don't have the exact time for this since each of you are different, so you will have to play with it.

*If using frozen chicken: You do NOT have to defrost frozen chicken breasts because the Instant Pot will do the work for you. However, frozen chicken cooks best if it’s not frozen into one big clump.

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