Instant Pot Chicken

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The longest experiment of all times: Instant Pot Chicken. How long to pressure cook a whole chicken, chicken legs, chicken thighs, chicken drumsticks, chicken wings AND chicken breasts. I've got chicken coming out of my ears now!

Course Main Course

Cuisine International

Keyword Instant Pot Chicken

Prep Time 1

Cook Time 25

Total Time 26

Servings people

Calories 225kcal

Ingredients

1 whole chicken
1 chicken leg
1 chicken thigh
1 chicken drumstick
1 chicken breast
1 chicken wing

Instructions

Add trivet into instant pot, add 1 cup water, add whole chicken or 1-2 chicken legs (in one layer), 2-4 chicken thighs (in one layer), 2-6 chicken drumsticks (in one layer), 1-4 chicken breasts (in one layer), 2-12 chicken wings in one layer.
Here are minimum and maximum times for juicy, tender, fall-off-the-bone chicken parts, for more information read through the blog post:
WHOLE CHICKEN: 20 MINUTES + 1 MINUTE PER LBS HIGH PRESSURE + FULL NATURAL PRESSURE RELEASE.
CHICKEN LEGS: 22-30 MINUTES HIGH PRESSURE + 5 MINUTES OR MORE NATURAL PRESSURE RELEASE
CHICKEN THIGHS: 15-30 MINUTES HIGH PRESSURE + 5 MINUTES OR MORE NATURAL PRESSURE RELEASE
CHICKEN DRUMSTICKS: 15-30 MINUTES HIGH PRESSURE + 5 MINUTES OR MORE NATURAL PRESSURE RELEASE
CHICKEN BREAST:
UNDER 1/2 inch THICK = 0 minutes High Pressure + 5 minutes NPR
OVER 1/2 inch but UNDER 1.2 inches THICK = 4 minutes High Pressure + 5 minutes NPR
OVER 1.2 inches but UNDER 1.5 inches THICK = 6 minutes High Pressure + 5 minutes NPR
CHICKEN WINGS: 10-25 MINUTES + 5 MINUTES OR MORE NATURAL PRESSURE RELEASE

Nutrition

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