Freezer Meal Instant Pot Shredded Chicken
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Freezer Meal Instant Pot Shredded Chicken, did I get enough SEO friendly key words into that title! This easy time saving recipe is a new weekly meal plan favorite!
This was my first foray into the Instant Pot world and I honestly couldn’t have planned a better way to work my way into the ‘pot head’ world!
I had serious reservations about spending more money on a kitchen appliance, that took up room, wasn’t used every single day and I had to find room to store! But if I never use it for more than prepping meat for easy week night meals, it will earn it’s keep! And in all honesty I had to borrow one from a friend before I made the commitment!
My Grandma loved her pressure cooker so I had been around that and I wasn’t overly nervous about blowing my house up or anything – I did once when I was little have to watch my Grandma clean applesauce off the ceiling of her kitchen from a pressure cooker – so I was a tad concerned with what to do should food end up all over my kitchen!
But the few minutes of worry was so worth the end product! I’m not a huge fan of boiled chicken which is really the quickest way to get shredded chicken for recipes – short of buying a roastierre chicken at the grocery store! This chicken came out perfectly – tender, moist, flavorful but not boiled! And quick, so freaking quick! Bonus – I ended up with a quart jar full of chicken broth for recipes as well!
The first thing we did was make quesadillas for lunch – a quick easy to personalize meal! Than I immediately started looking for more easy shredded chicken recipes for the week! I found tons -this will make busy season come this spring so much easier – between school, 4-H, softball for the kids and planting, livestock for Chris and I – meal time can get late and hurried!
Check out my favorites I can’t wait to make:
Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Rice Casserole from Farmwife Cooks
Low Carb Chicken Cordon Bleu Soup from Beyer Beware
And perfect for my Chicken Pot Pie!
Freezer Meal Instant Pot Shredded Chicken
Freezer Meal Instant Pot Shredded Chicken
Ingredients
- 5-6 large frozen solid chicken breasts
- 1 1/2 cups chicken stock
- Salt and Pepper
- Garlic powder
- Onion powder
Instructions
- Warm the Instant Pot up with the saute mode.
- Pour in your chicken broth
- Place rack in the pot
- Season each chicken breast with salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder
- Layer/stack frozen chicken breasts on the rack
- Put lid on, valve to seal and cook for 15 minutes - can do quick release if in a hurry, I just let it release naturally.
Nutrition values are estimates, for exact values consult a nutritionist.
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Chicken-Bone in or boneless or doesn’t matter?
I used boneless – I would think you could use bone in, might cook just a touch longer!