{"id":22599,"date":"2017-10-01T06:00:06","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T12:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pressurecookingtoday.com\/?p=22599"},"modified":"2019-02-11T22:05:42","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T05:05:42","slug":"pressure-cooker-kalua-chicken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pressurecookingtoday.com\/pressure-cooker-kalua-chicken\/","title":{"rendered":"Pressure Cooker (Instant Pot) Kalua Chicken"},"content":{"rendered":"

This tender, juicy, flavorful Pressure Cooker Kalua Chicken made with chicken thighs is a great alternative to Kalua Pork. You can have this easy Insta Pot meal on the table in 30 minutes. <\/em><\/p>\n

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Today’s recipe is adapted from a tasty new cookbook, The Easy 5-Ingredient Slow Cooker Cookbook: 100 Delicious No-Fuss Meals for Busy People<\/a>, written by my good friend and fellow food blogger Karen Petersen. Karen blogs at 365 days of Slow Cooking<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Karen loves both slow cooking and pressure cooking. You’ll find both Instant Pot (pressure cooker) recipes and slow cooker recipes on her site.<\/p>\n

Her latest cookbook is filled with family friendly recipes. As I was looking through the cookbook, nearly every recipe in the cookbook I thought would make a great pressure cooker recipe as well. <\/p>\n

So if you have the time and want to slow cook the recipes in your mult-cooker, that’s a great option as well. But if you are in a hurry, feel free to pressure cook the recipe instead.<\/p>\n

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Making Pressure Cooker (Instant Pot) Kalua Chicken<\/h2>\n

An Instant Pot is one of the most popular brands of electric pressure cookers. They are easy to use and your Instant Pot can help you create this Pressure Cooker Kalua Chicken!<\/p>\n

My Kalua Pork recipe<\/a> is super popular. It’s even in the Instant Pot Cookbook that comes with every Instant Pot purchased. I was attracted to this recipe in the cookbook because it’s similar to my Kalua Pork, but uses quicker cooking chicken thighs.<\/p>\n

Chicken thighs are perfect for pressure cooking. Chicken thighs cooked in the pressure cooker (Instant Pot) are so tender and flavorful. The fat melts away from the meat and you’re left with the tender juicy meat.<\/p>\n

Most grocery stores sell boneless, skinless chicken thighs that are recipe ready. I bought a big bag of frozen boneless, skinless chicken thighs from Costco. I used frozen chicken thighs in the recipe, but if your chicken thighs are thawed, use the same cook time.<\/p>\n

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The day I was making this Kalua chicken recipe, I was running short on time, so I decided to pressure cook it instead of slow cooking it. It was easily converted, I add 1\/2 cup of water so it wouldn’t have any trouble coming to pressure. But other than that, the recipe is very similar to the slow cooker version.<\/p>\n

This recipe was a big hit with my family! I’m sure it will be with yours as well. Whether you slow cook it or pressure cook it. Enjoy!<\/p>\n