Quickly and easily cook fresh or frozen chicken breasts in an Instant Pot for a simple way to yield shredded chicken for various recipes.
How many times have you (like me) forgotten to thaw out meat for dinner? Or maybe you had no plans for dinner and need to come up with something? If you have an Instant Pot or pressure cooker, you are in luck!
This easy recipe for cooking chicken breasts in an Instant Pot is hands off, and can use fresh or FROZEN chicken. That means if you forgot to thaw, you are still in luck. Even better is you can cook a large batch of chicken breasts this way for shredded chicken to use in many different recipes.
How to Cook Chicken Breasts in an Instant Pot
You’ll need an Instant Pot. I have a 6qt. Instant Pot 7 in 1 Duo. You’ll also need a trivet. I highly recommend using a trivet as it helps the chicken cook more from the steam, instead of in the liquid. In multiple tests the chicken stayed moist when cooked on the trivet compared to no trivet.
Season the chicken liberally on
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