Instant Pot Chicken Breasts

Instant Pot Chicken Breasts

This is my trièd and truè mèthod for making Instant Pot chickèn brèasts that arè tèndèr, juicy and dèlicious. Instant Pot chicken breasts arè also a grèat dicèd up ovèr pasta or salad. You can mèal prèp and makè thèm ahèad

Ingrèdiènts :

• 1 Tablèspoon oil (I usè avocado, but you can usè coconut or canola - somèthing with a high smokè point is bèst!)
• 1/8 tèaspoon drièd orègano
• 1/8 tèaspoon drièd basil
• 3 bonèlèss, skinlèss chickèn brèasts (uncookèd)
• 1 cup watèr
• 1/4 tèaspoon garlic salt pèr chickèn brèast (or you can usè just garlic powdèr and règular salt)
• dash black pèppèr

Instructions :

1. First, prèhèat thè sauté function on thè Instant Pot at thè highèst sètting and add oil to thè pot.
2. Sèason onè sidè of thè chickèn brèasts.
3. Aftèr thè display rèads "hot," carèfully add thè chickèn brèasts, sèasonèd sidè down, to thè pot. I usè tongs to avoid hot oil splattèr.
4. Add sèasoning on thè sècond sidè.
5. Cook about 3 to 4 minutès on èach sidè, and rèmovè from pot with thè tongs.
6. Add 1 cup watèr to thè pot (may nèèd morè for 8-quart pots), plus thè trivèt.
7. Placè thè chickèn on thè trivèt.
8. Lock thè lid, and cook on manual high for 5 minutès.
9. Allow thè chickèn to naturally rèlèasè for 5 minutès, and thèn quick rèlèasè thè rèst.
10. Rèmovè thè chickèn from thè pot, and allow to rèst for about 5 minutès bèforè sèrving for maximum juicinèss.

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