Encouraging Moms at Home

Tips, Tricks and Tools for the #MomWin

  • Home
  • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Brand Inquiries
    • Full Disclosure
    • Our Writing Team
  • Homemaking
    • Cleaning
    • Essential Oils
    • Recipes
      • Instant Pot
      • Gluten Free Dairy Free
      • Using Produce
      • Cooking with Pumpkin
    • Nutrition
    • Food Preservation
  • Homeschooling
    • Homeschool Resources
    • Homeschool Encouragement
    • Homeschool High School
    • Special Needs
    • Homeschooling Art
    • Homeschool STEM
    • Charlotte Mason
    • Homeschool Technology
    • Teen and Tween Writers
    • Homeschool Notebooking
  • Teaching Ideas
    • Free Printables
    • MInecraft
    • LEGO
    • Fine Motor Skills
  • Family Life
    • Gift Guides
    • Kid’s Activities
    • Summer Fun
    • Hiking
    • Moving
    • Christian Life
      • Christian Family Activities
      • Scripture Memory
      • Poetry
      • Creation
      • Advent and Christmas
      • Thanksgiving
  • Moms
    • Encouragement
    • Budget And Finances
    • Mom Fashion
    • Date Your Spouse
    • Work At Home
  • Shop
    • My Account

Six Ways to Use This Instant Pot Chicken Recipe for Easy Meals

by Amy Blevins 2 Comments

Posts contain affiliate links. This means, if you choose to make a purchase, I will make a commission at no extra cost to you. For more information please see our full disclosure.
201shares
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

I love Instant Pot chicken. It’s one of the first things I learned to make in my Instant Pot and it continues to be the one thing I make more often than any other.

The reason is simple. I use the Instant Pot to make chicken ahead of time which can then be used in a huge variety of meals over the next few days if refrigerated, or weeks if frozen. Today I’m sharing my Instant Pot Chicken Recipe and all of our favorite ways to use it.

Chicken Enchiladas Using this Instant Pot Chicken Recipe

I use shredded Instant Pot Chicken and this Frontera Enchilada Sauce from Thrive Market (which is 60% cheaper than my grocery store price for the same sauce) to make quick and easy chicken enchiladas my whole family loves. I layer the chicken and cheese inside tortillas, roll each tortilla into the baking dish, pour sauce and more shredded cheese on top and bake for 20-30 minutes on 400º until the cheese and sauce are bubbly. Easy-peasy.

Is your family ready for a little variety in the way you fix chicken cooked in the Instant Pot? Try these six ways to use the chicken that will have everyone asking for more.

Chicken Soup Using this Instant Pot Chicken Recipe

I use chopped or shredded Instant Pot Chicken and the broth (each recipe makes about four cups of broth) to make a delicious chicken soup. I start by sautéing an onion with any other uncooked vegetables I want to use. This totally depends on what I have on hand and might include celery, carrots, parsnips, turnips, zucchini, or yellow squash. Once the onions are translucent, I add the broth, chicken, any frozen vegetables I want to use (corn, peas, or mixed vegetables work well) and a little salt and pepper.

If I don’t have enough broth for the amount of soup I need, I might add store bought broth or frozen broth or even water at this point as well. If I want to make Chicken and Rice soup I add a cup of rice. If I want to make Chicken and Noodle soup, I wait till the soup is boiling and add noodles. Once the rice (20 minutes for Jasmine rice) or noodles (about five minutes) are cooked, I may or may not turn it into a cream soup by removing the soup from the heat and adding 1-2 cups of heavy cream. My kids will ask for this soup!

Is your family ready for a little variety in the way you fix chicken cooked in the Instant Pot? Try these six ways to use the chicken that will have everyone asking for more.

Chicken Salad from my Instant Pot Chicken Recipe

I love to use our Instant Pot Chicken to make our favorite chicken salad. This salad is a big hit with my kids and is most loved when served on croissants from the grocery bakery. Chicken salad can also be served on a bed of greens or any bread you like.

Chicken Quesadillas using the Instant Pot Chicken Recipe

Chicken quesadillas are super easy using shredded Instant Pot Chicken. Just place a pat of butter in the skillet. Add one tortilla, open. Sprinkle on shredded chicken on one half and top with Mexican cheese. Fold the tortilla in half. Now you can add another tortilla to the other half of the skillet and cook two at once. My eldest often makes this quick and easy dish when my husband and I enjoy date night.

You can also add this chicken taco sauce to the cooked chicken, heat it through, and use it for tacos.

Chicken Sandwiches from Instant Pot Chicken Recipe

Shredded chicken makes a great barbecue sandwich when mixed with barbecue sauce and served on a bun. Chop the chicken to use it in Philly-style chicken sandwiches instead. Just sauté some green or red peppers and onions and even mushrooms if you want with salt, pepper, and garlic first and set aside. Then heat up the chicken in a skillet and melt provolone on top. Layer chicken and veggies on a sub bun with mayonnaise and serve hot! This is an all-time family favorite.

Chicken Casserole Dishes made with Instant Pot Chicken

One of my daughter’s favorite ways to use Instant Pot Chicken is in any variety of chicken casseroles (comfort food). You can simply mix the pre-cooked chicken with pre-cooked rice, sour cream, a can of cream of chicken soup or cream of mushroom soup, frozen veggies, sautéed or canned mushrooms, canned pimentos, or whatever you like in a casserole and bake. If you don’t like rice – use noodles! Equally yummy and delicious meals result either way.

This list just scratches the surface of the things that you can make with this simple Instant Pot chicken recipe. Anything you could make with pre-cooked chicken you can make with this recipe.

Here it is: The Instant Pot Chicken Recipe I Use for all this Magic

Place the trivet (a small metal tray that comes with your IP) in the bottom of your Instant Pot. Add 4-5 pounds of chicken breasts or thighs. Sprinkle with coarse Kosher salt and coarse ground pepper. Add 1-2 tablespoons of minced garlic from a jar or a few cloves of minced fresh garlic. Pour two cups of water over the chicken. Seal the Instant Pot and use the manual setting to pressure cook this chicken for 30 minutes. Release the pressure immediately. Remove the chicken to a large mixing bowl to shred with a hand mixer or pull the chicken out carefully to a cutting board to chop. Save the broth and either freeze or refrigerate it right away if you aren’t using it.

Hint: Make a richer broth by adding an onion and a couple stalks of celery to the Instant Pot before you add the chicken.

How do you use your Instant Pot?

201shares
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Disclosure

2 Comments
Homemaking, Instant Pot, Recipes

About Amy Blevins

Amy lives with her husband and six beautiful children in Northern Virginia. Besides blogging, Amy enjoys homeschooling, hiking, reading, singing, teaching, and serving Jesus above all. Welcome.

Comments

    Leave a Reply Cancel reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

  1. Gail says

    July 11, 2017 at 11:01 PM

    Would love to try an instant pot

    Reply

Trackbacks

  1. Easy Instant Pot Recipes with Chicken says:
    February 8, 2018 at 5:40 PM

    […] pot and go about our evening and come back 30 minutes later to a complete meal. That’s why my Instant Pot Chicken Recipe is so […]

    Reply

Search

Keep In Touch

  • Shop
  • Contact Us
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • About Encouraging Moms at Home
  • Brand Inquiries
  • Full Disclosure with Privacy Policy
  • Our Writing Team

Kids Can Learn with LEGO Bricks

Our Latest Shenanigans

Of the new oils I got in this fun box recently, th Of the new oils I got in this fun box recently, this is by far my favorite. I put it on my sleeves at the shoulder level so I can smell it all day long. How do you use your oils? Check out the link in my profile to get this oil and be sure to check out the clearance! @rockymountainoils #oilymom #essentialoils #eos #linkinprofile #linkinbio #momsrock #momwins #momlife #motherhood #joyfulmomemts #internationalwomensday
Today I’ve been sorting through some heavy stuff Today I’ve been sorting through some heavy stuff, especially the unmasking of pedophilia and it’s prominence in the US and in our backyards. This horrifies and frightens me. I am so grateful to know that God will prevail. In the end, He wins. Everything seems so dark here in the US and it’s because of the spiritual forces of evil — but I know God will prevail. His love never fails. I’m putting my hope in this truth. #loveneverfails #godwins #godisgreater #momlife #momfierce
Guess what showed up on my doorstep this morning? Guess what showed up on my doorstep this morning? Chicken for my freezer! I’ve been struggling to find meat at reasonable prices, so I was very glad to find this. If you want chicken Use code Farmer10 to get 10% off too. Use my #linkinprofile to support my #ladyboss business! #homelife #familylife #momlife #chicken #linkinbio
This is such a tough time for so many. Our hearts This is such a tough time for so many. Our hearts and prayers are with you if you are struggling today. Reach out if you have a need. You are loved. 💕
There are so many things I need to tell you about There are so many things I need to tell you about this picture. First #sheisloved campaign with @mercyhouseglobal and sheispriceless.org - check that out it’s important. Second - that cute bracelet came from @mercyhouseglobal about a month ago and *didn’t fit*. Today it’s loose enough to twist. I haven’t lost a lot of pounds according to the scale — I kinda stalled out three or four weeks ago at 17 pounds lost — but apparently I’m losing fat. That’s a victory. Third, my hands look like my moms and will some day look like my grandmas. I consider that a blessing.  Finally, it’s been a beautiful day😍 but I’m kinda sad it took me this long to find a red marker and share the love. If you have one handy, it’s not too late to jump on board with @wearethatfamily and be a world-changer! #worldchanger #momfierce #prayformoms #especiallyteenmomsinkenya #mymomrocks
How was Mother’s Day for you. It can be an incre How was Mother’s Day for you. It can be an incredible blessing or bring incredible pain. In whatever your circumstance, I will pray that you rest in God’s presence today. #mom #momlife #momwins #momfierce #momsofinstagram #2020mom
I could not love box day more. 😊 We both get 2 I could not love box day more. 😊  We both get 25% off if you use my code. 
COOKWME-OD0BCM 
All organic produce boxes are currently  shipping to Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Maine, Ohio, West Virginia, Washington, D.C., Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Tennessee.
When every day might be your last with the ones yo When every day might be your last with the ones you love this side of heaven. ⁣
⁣
I have had a keen awareness of this for a while because of health issues, but doesn’t this current crisis bring it into focus? ⁣
⁣
We need to love our people well. ⁣
⁣
#momlife #momfierce #momwins #momtruth ⁣
⁣
She decided to come sit next to me on the porch sw She decided to come sit next to me on the porch swing and eventually turned around so she could snuggle in. She hates the porch swing. She loves me more. #goldendoodle #dogsofinstagram
Follow on Instagram
Copyright ©2021, Encouraging Moms at Home. All Rights Reserved. Custom design by Pixel Me Designs