Cooking Chicken for the Week in 22 minutes
Cooking chicken for the week in a pressure cooker will save you time and money! By using this method, you will be able to cook large portions of chicken in any electric pressure cooker, such as an Instant Pot, quickly and easily.
Today I’m featuring a pressure cooker recipe from Created by Diane. Diane has been pressure cooking for over 14 years and loves her 6 quart stove top Presto Pressure Cooker. Diane recently posted Cooking Chicken for the Week in 22 minutes with her time saving tips for making quick dinners.
Cooking Chicken for the Week in an Instant Pot
Diane cooks 6 lbs. of chicken breasts in her pressure cooker for 12 minutes (it takes 10 minutes for her pressure cooker to come up to pressure.) When the chicken has finished cooking, she tosses it into her Kitchen Aid mixer, turns it on high for about 30 seconds, and it’s shredded and ready to use in meals throughout the week.
In addition to complete directions on pressure cooking chicken breasts and shredding it in your mixer, in her post Diane has links to lots of wonderful quick recipes to use your shredded chicken in throughout the week.
You can use cooked shredded chicken in recipes such as burritos, tacos, soups, and casseroles.
Thanks Diane for sharing you great time saving ideas!
More delicious pressure cooker recipes from Created by Diane:
Asian Beef Short Ribs
Pork Carnitas the Easy Way
Corned Beef and Cabbage Soup
Any liquid or just chicken in the instant pot ?
Hi Keri – yes, Diane uses 4 cups of chicken broth so she can use the broth in recipes throughout the week as well.
This is really easy. I make a lot of foods in large quantities and freeze them in smaller portions for using in all sorts of recipes. I’m going to do this with chicken as well as beef and pork! Thanks for the tip!
It really is a time saver. Thanks!
lol.. nevermind. i clicked one of the links.. sorry! i just double the time for frozen correct
thank you again
jay
Jay, you do not need to double the time for cooking frozen chicken breasts. As Barbara notes, your cook time should not change when using frozen chicken breasts, but it will take longer to come to pressure.
dumb question! i received my first cooker over the holidays.. do i need to put chicken broth or water in the bottom.. and my chicken is frozen, is this ok. Chicken is one of the reasons we got one.. thanks
jay
Hi Jay – yes, you always need to use liquid when cooking in the pressure cooker. Diane used 4 cups of water in this recipe because she wanted chicken broth to use in recipes too. She cooked the chicken on the rack/trivet that comes with the pressure cooker. If you just want to cook the chicken and not use the broth, you can use just one cup of water. Your cook time should not change when using frozen chicken breasts, but it will take longer to come to pressure.
what about cooking a whole chicken in my presure cooker
You can cook a whole chicken as long as it fits in the pressure cooker. I’d cook it on a rack for about 6 minutes per pound.
What kind of a pressure release should be used? TIA
Hi Laura – I usually do a quick pressure release with chicken.
I love the shredding with the kitchen aid!!! so awesome and saves so much time.
Thanks so much Barbara for having me 🙂
Thanks Diane and Barbara-that’s the model pressure cooker I have! I love this idea.
We’re taking a short break from poultry after eating so much turkey last week, but I’ll definitely be using this time saver.
Thanks Carol! Fun that you have the same pressure cooker.