Instant pot Frozen Chicken Breasts

5 from 1 vote

One of the fastest dinners I've found is an Instant Pot Frozen Chicken Breast. It only takes about 15 minutes to cook and can make many dinners.

Course entree, Main Course

Cuisine American

Prep Time 1

Cook Time 12

Time to pressurize and depressurize 20

Total Time 33

Servings servings

Calories 150kcal

Author Beth Neels

Cost $2

Equipment

Instant pot

Ingredients

2 chicken breasts
salt and pepper to taste
1 cup chicken stock or water

Instructions

Place frozen chicken breasts in your instant pot.
2 chicken breasts
Salt and pepper chicken. Then add one cup of water or chicken broth to pot.
salt and pepper to taste, 1 cup chicken stock or water
Set pot to manual/ pressure cook on high. Set timer for allotted amount of time. (See infograph in notes below.)

Notes

Customize with your favorite herbs and spices.

If cooking chicken from thawed, cook for the same amount of time as from frozen but do a quick release.

Press the quick release button down until it clicks. Wait until the float valve drops back into cooker. Then manually release the remaining pressure and carefully open lid. Refer to your owners manual.

Recommended cooking times by size of chicken breast

Cooking times for frozen chicken breasts according to weight. See details in recipe below.

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