Creamy no fuss and no stir pesto risotto with tender bites of chicken made quickly in your electric pressure cooker. 

Instant Pot Pesto Chicken Risotto

Tbsp butter

onion,

garlic cloves,

arborio rice

chicken broth, divided

pesto

chicken breasts, cut in half lenghtwise

Salt and pepper

Turn your Instant Pot to saute. When the display says HOT add in the butter. Once butter is melted add in the onions and saute for 3 minutes. Add in the garlic and the rice. Stir for 1 minute. Then add in 1 cup of the broth and stir for 2 more minutes. Then add in the rest of the broth, the pesto and the chicken.

Cover the pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to &#8220;sealing.&#8221; Set the manual/pressure cook button to 10 minutes. When the time is up let the pot sit there for another 10 minutes. Move the valve to venting. Open the pot and stir the rice. Use a spoon to break up the chicken.

Salt and pepper the risotto and chicken to taste and then serve.

When I saw this recipe I knew that my family and I would love it. And I was right. It was a great meal to make in my instant pot. It made more than I expected, but we will all be happy to eat the leftovers. I think next time I will add celery with the onions.

I had 1/3 cup to use up, too.  I only use stock, now.  So much richer.  Subbed 2/3 with white wine...not sure if it made a difference.  Delicious!  We have leftovers!

Just saw this recipe yesterday and had to give a try today.  Delicious!  So easy, too.  Used boneless chicken thighs (what I had handy).  Started at a little after 3:00 pm making a cheesecake in the IP and as soon as that finished, in went the Pesto Chicken.  Eating dinner at 5:30 - this never happens at this house!  Thanks for the great recipe!

I have a friend coming to visit who is allergic to nuts so thank you for the link to the Parmesan risotto without  pesto. I will make it &amp; add chicken.

This recipe is a great starting point to be sure. I followed it to a "T." There was quite a bit of liquid left after cooking. I'm currently cooking on saute and stiring the rice to have it give up some starch. Coming from making risotto the traditional way for so long the recipe needs to be tweaked to get the desired result, but this is so much better than making it the traditional way.

LOVED this and so easy. I also almost doubled the pesto just because I had so much. So simple and absolutely impressed our neighbor who has spent hours trying to perfect risotto. This is perfect; thank you so much for sharing!

This was delicious and so easy to make!  I doubled the ingredients, but I think I'd add extra pesto next time.  So yummy!

Just made this - SO GOOD. I used about a pound and a third of thighs, not breasts, and an entire 7 oz container of pesto. The third thing I've made in my new instant pot and the absolute best so far, thank you!

This was such an easy recipe. I raised the amount of pesto to 1/2 and added fresh Parmesan cheese at the end.  Delicious!!!

This was my first attempt ever at risotto and I followed the recipe exactly except I added mushrooms because why not... absolutely delicious!! Can’t wait to make it again!!

This is amazing!  Risotto is so cumbersome to make!  I have homemade peste from the garden that I used ( regular, avocado,  and jalapeno pesto).  I added white wine.  And when finished topped with fresh tomatoes and basil from the garden.  So good!

This was so good!  The only thing I did differently was I added more pesto to get more of that flavor, but, other than that, I followed the recipe exactly, and it turned out fantastic!  The is the second recipe of yours that I have tried (the first was your King Ranch Chicken), and I will definitely be back for more!

Found your recipe and made it tonight.  Wow! It was so fast, easy and tasted amazing!  It also made a lot for my family of three, so, yay leftovers!  I only had Uncle Bens rice and it still came out creamy and delicious.

instant pot pesto chicken risotto

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total: 25 minutes

Servings: 6

Author : Karen

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