{"id":3025,"date":"2020-12-26T23:05:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-27T06:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pressurecookingtoday.com\/?p=3025"},"modified":"2021-02-07T10:10:56","modified_gmt":"2021-02-07T17:10:56","slug":"marinara-chicken-with-melted-mozzarella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pressurecookingtoday.com\/marinara-chicken-with-melted-mozzarella\/","title":{"rendered":"Instant Pot Chicken Marinara with Mozzarella"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Instant Pot Marinara Chicken<\/strong> is a quick, cheesy dinner recipe smothered in easy, garlicky homemade<\/em><\/em> tomato sauce with tender chicken breasts and melted mozzarella. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My family loves a kid-friendly, easy weeknight recipe. And this one checks all of the boxes: it\u2019s packed with protein from lean chicken breasts. It\u2019s served with comforting pasta. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has rich flavors from the quick and easy homemade tomato sauce. And, of course, it\u2019s topped with gooey, melted cheese!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If your mouth is watering, then you need to add this Instant Pot Chicken Mozzarella<\/strong> dinner recipe to your menu this week. We make this easy chicken marinara for dinner all year round, and you\u2019ll want to do the same after you give it a try!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Update:<\/strong> This is such a crowd-pleasing Instant Pot dinner recipe, we decided to update our post with new photos and air fryer lid instructions for perfect chicken marinara every time. Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How to Make Instant Pot Marinara Chicken<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This Instant Pot Marinara Chicken<\/strong> recipe will work in any brand of electric pressure cooker, including the Instant Pot<\/a>, Ninja Foodi<\/a>, or Power Pressure Cooker XL<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The great part about this recipe is that you get all the flavor of homemade marinara sauce, without any of the work or long simmering time. The garlicky, herb sauce cooks at the same time as the chicken breasts, and all it takes is a 5 minute cook time at High Pressure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udccf Tip: <\/strong>The most important thing to ensure that the chicken cooks all the way through is to use evenly sized chicken pieces. 

If your chicken breasts that are very thick on one end and thin on the other, gently pound them to a uniform thickness before pressure cooking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I\u2019m making this for my family, I cook the pasta on the stove while the chicken cooks in the pressure cooker. <\/strong>That way, I can have more control over portion sizes. (And so I can accommodate different sauce preferences among the little ones.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Can I Make Marinara Chicken with an Air Fryer Lid?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Yes. If you have an air fryer lid, you can use it to melt and brown the cheese instead of the oven. (Note that the result will be a bit saucier.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lock the air fryer lid in place. Select Air Fry and set the temperature to 400\u00baF and set time to 5 minutes. Select Start to begin. Check halfway through to make sure it\u2019s not browning too quickly.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Big-Batch Marinara Chicken<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You can easily add to this recipe to feed more. Add 6 or more chicken breasts (if your Instant Pot is large) without any changes to the cook time. Just make sure not to fill your pot more than two-thirds full. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More Easy Instant Pot Dinner Recipes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Tender, juicy chicken is one of the best proteins to make in a pressure cooker. Here are some of our other favorite fast weeknight Instant Pot chicken recipes<\/a> to try next:<\/p>\n\n\n\n