Instant Pot Shredded Chicken

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Instant Pot Shredded Chicken

Easy 3 ingredient Instant Pot shredded chicken bbq recipe to make soft tacos! Ninja foodi pressure cooker dump recipe that's healthy and so cheap that it feeds all 5 of us for under $10.00.

Prep Time10

Cook Time5

Total Time15

Course: Entree, Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: barbecue, chicken, instant pot, pressure cooker, shredded

Servings:

Author: Justine

Equipment

1 pressure cooker

Ingredients

1 jar barbecue sauce 20 oz. or so, not honey style or one with a lot of sugar in it
3 chicken breasts cut in half or thirds for large pieces, boneless / skinless
3/4 c water or use chicken broth
1 c chunk pineapple optional for sweetness
1 onion sliced, optional

Instructions

Empty 1/2 jar of barbecue sauce on bottom of Instant Pot. (do not use honey variety as that will burn)
Put chicken breasts on top of your sauce. Make sure they are cut in half or thirds so they cook through. Then squeeze the other half of jar on top of the chicken.
Pour 3/4 c water or broth inside your bbq sauce jar. Put lid on and shake, pour this on top of chicken followed by chunks of pineapple and onions (if you choose to add those). Gently stir so chicken is well coated.
Close Instant Pot and make sure steam valve is closed. Set to poultry setting, high for 15 minutes (automatically sets to this time when you hit the poultry function, very thick breasts may take longer to become very tender to shred).
When it beeps allow to naturally release for 5 minutes then do a quick release, lift lid.
Use 2 forks to shred chicken right in the pot. Add some to small tortillas to make soft tacos with some cheese and avocado, or leave chicken whole and serve on top of rice.

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Notes

Ninja Foodi BBQ Shredded Chicken

You will follow the same directions but use the lid that is not attached with the pressure cook button. Set to high pressure for 15 minutes on the screen.

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