4 Ingredient Instant Pot Salsa Chicken

This Instant Pot salsa chicken is so easy to make and you only need 4 ingredients! Really healthy pressure cooker recipe that we make into shredded chicken tacos loaded with flavor and lots of vegetables. Quick and easy lunch or dinner our whole family loves.

They are full of flavor and packed with vegetables too. The perfect quick lunch or dinner your whole family will surely love.

It got two thumbs up by all 5 of us today so we thought we’d share. You can make it an easy Ninja Foodi recipe too. Any pot works.

I had small flour tortillas, shredded cheese and a few avocados at home so I whipped this up.

Chicken breasts and homemade salsa was really all I needed. If I had sour cream on hand I would’ve added that too.

I don’t always cook healthy meals, I love comfort food too but when I can create a low fat dinner that is full of flavor like our Instant Pot chicken cacciatore I’m thrilled!

Another goal is creating a meal for under $10 that feeds all 5 of us…this fits both bills.

• I used 2 large boneless chicken chicken breasts because that is all I had and there were only 4 of us at home but you could easily add up to 4-5 depending on their size and it would work the same.
• If you’re using frozen chicken breasts follow the guidelines on how to cook frozen chicken in the Instant Pot.

After cooking your frozen chicken just shred it. Then add your salsa and veggies and put it back into your pressure cooker on low for 5 minutes (high for 2). 

This will allow your veggies to soften to the texture you want. If not soft enough put the lid back on and let it sit in the steam.

Pressure cooker salsa chicken 

1. Boneless skinless chicken breasts
   1. could use chicken thighs
2. Salsa – I really like at least a cup of salsa that’s chunky. You can find it in fridge section of store but keep these on hand too for just in case throw together meals
3. Water or chicken broth – use if your salsa doesn’t have much juice, you only need a bit

1 packet or 2 tbsp. of this taco seasoning gives you all the flavor you need.

Salsa Chicken Instant Pot

Once you’re done with the high pressure cycle and quick release I like to remove the chicken and really shred it well in a bowl.

You can even use your stand mixer to break it up fast! It will be so tender though that 2 forks will surely do the trick.

Add ins if you’re making this Instant Pot recipe for shredded chicken tacos

• Bell pepper
• Onion
• Avocado
• Shredded cheese – I love pepper jack or Mexican blend
• Sour cream
• Taco sauce – spicy or I like this green taco sauce

You can serve it over Instant Pot white rice too like we did above, both ways are good.

• We’ve made this salsa chicken crockpot recipe in our slow cooker too.

After you’ve made these try some other easy Instant Pot chicken recipes here

• Instant Pot chicken noodle soup
  • Crack chicken pasta in the pressure cooker rocks
• 4 different types of Instant Pot tacos
• Simple and tender Instant Pot teriyaki chicken
• Pressure cooker beer can chicken
  • This crockpot salsa beef is on our list to try next!

Note: Some people have been apprehensive because they say you need at least 1.5 cups of water or cooking liquid to cook anything or you’ll get the burn notice. This is not true.

First off the chicken will produce chicken broth once it’s cooked. The salsa has at least 1/2 cup of juices and liquids in the jar/can so not to worry my friends.