{"id":42144,"date":"2021-05-22T16:48:45","date_gmt":"2021-05-22T22:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pressurecookingtoday.com\/?p=42144"},"modified":"2022-08-27T22:07:43","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T04:07:43","slug":"instant-pot-make-ahead-bbq-chicken-legs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pressurecookingtoday.com\/instant-pot-make-ahead-bbq-chicken-legs\/","title":{"rendered":"Instant Pot Make-Ahead BBQ Chicken Legs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Instant Pot BBQ Chicken Legs<\/strong> make a fast and delicious appetizer or light dinner for a crowd, flavored with spices and your favorite barbecue sauce. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2764\ufe0f Why You\u2019ll Love This Recipe<\/strong>: With only seven simple ingredients, you can make a satisfying family-friendly dinner. Best of all, you can pressure cook it in advance and warm and finish it on the grill at dinnertime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nothing says summer like sticky, sweet and just-spicy-enough BBQ chicken. However, no one likes to be stuck at the grill during a get-together\u2014especially in the heat of the summer! <\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s why we decided to make sticky and spicy BBQ chicken legs in the Instant Pot! Cook them early inside, then take them out to the open flames to warm and finish them when you’re ready to eat. (And, of course, we have oven instructions for those of you who don’t have a grill.)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n If you love Instant Pot chicken recipes<\/a>, you\u2019re going to want to make this quick chicken leg dish all the time. No matter when you make it, it will always remind you of summer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n This BBQ Chicken Legs recipe will work in any brand of electric pressure cooker<\/strong>, including the Instant Pot<\/a>, Ninja Foodi<\/a>, or Power Pressure Cooker XL<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This simple recipe calls for just seven simple ingredients. Garlic powder, chili powder, and red pepper flakes add a bit of heat to the legs before cooking. To finish off the dish, coat the cooked chicken in your favorite barbecue sauce to coat the chicken legs. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n To get the sticky, caramelized coating on your chicken legs after pressure cooking, finish the legs on a grill. You can also do this in the oven under the broiler. If you use a broiler, be sure to keep a close eye on the chicken and turn the legs frequently to prevent burning. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n You can use this recipe to cook other pieces of chicken, such as thighs or breasts. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n For BBQ chicken thighs in the Instant Pot, cook for 9 minutes at high pressure and finish with a quick pressure release. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For chicken breasts, cook at high pressure for 6 minutes, then finish with a quick pressure release. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n You can round out your smoky barbecued chicken legs with other summery side dishes like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are more of our favorite weeknight chicken dishes to make in a pressure cooker:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Do you LOVE this recipe? <\/strong><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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