Use this shredded chicken in all sorts of applications: sandwiches, stews, salads!

Instant Pot: Shredded Chicken Pressure Cooker

chicken breast*

water broth

salt

black pepper

Add all of the ingredients to the Instant Pot.

Secure the lid, close the pressure valve and cook for 20 minutes at high pressure.

Store the chicken in an air-tight container with the liquid to help keep the meat moist.

I have put my chicken in individual zip freezer bags. Then I wrap them in butcher paper. You can buy the paper at Walmart in the hunting section. The paper prevents freezer burn...OR....get a seal a meal. That machine works wonders. One step...throw it in the freezer.  I live alone with allot of leftovers.  I never buy frozen dinners..they are ready when I am home cooked.

Super easy shredded chicken to use for all kinds of things - thank you!

I've come back to this recipe a bunch of times (you'd think I'd finally remember it) and just now thought to look at the rest of your site - this is BRILLIANT!  I absolutely love how you can select recipes based on checking boxes of food sensitivities!!  I just posted your site to my FB page and will be telling my patients about it too.  

Great idea and great work - thank you!!

Awsome recipes worked out very well love my pressure cooker

Instant Pot recommends +5 minutes for frozen chicken on most of their recipes so I'd say try that.

I made it with 1 1/2lbs of chicken (2 breasts).  I actually used 1 cup water and 1/2 bullion cube instead of chicken broth.  It turned out perfectly.  Hope yours did as well!

Love this - my new go-to recipe for so many dishes, always fast, easy, moist, favorful, and I can use the broth for the next recipe, whatever soup/stew/chili/casserole/pie I'm cooking the shredded chicken for.  Genius recipe!  Many thanks!

Thanks for this recipe!   As a pressure cooker newbie, I was looking for a simple (1 ingredient) recipe on how to cook a couple of plain drumsticks so that I can shred it into a salad.

Interestingly, some recipes with many ingredients, don't add water, which seems kind of strange.  I've read InstantPot recommends at least 1 cup, but from what I've seen many use as little as half a cup, and as much as 3 cups!

I will try 2 small drumsticks with a 1/2 cup water, and set for 20 minutes.  Also what happens if set for too long, for example what could happen if set for 35 minutes, instead of 25 or 20?

Hi! Thanks for all the info. I tried the recipe and my chicken breast came out very chewy even though it was online 15 mins cooking. 

What am I doing wrong?
Thank you!

thanks for this recipe! 5 lbs of shredded chicken made super fast for a party! i used a cup of broth to ensure the chicken breasts didn't dry out.

The 2016 instant pot defaults to 40 minutes for poultry, so I had to adjust mine down to 20 minutes, not up 5.

Also, if you're lazy like me, an old fashioned betty crocker hand mixer with the interlocking blades (the kind u baked with--er, licked--as a child). Works like a charm and super fast shredding action.

Thank you! I have been frustrated with my new Instant Pot as I haven't had chicken turn out very well. I used your recipe and added about 1/4 cup of BBQ sauce. It's some of the most flavorful chicken I've had. Thanks so much!

Awesome- thank you for posting this! Seems super simple but so necessary.

I've used hand mixer and immersion blender. Both are super fast compared to fork-shredding and don't over-process the chicken the way it might seem.

Wonderful quick start to endless variety of chicken meals!

This recipe ROCKS!!!! I had three huge frozen chicken breasts, I defrosted them for about 5 min in the microwave then thru them on the pressure cooker with the full recipe ingredients. Cooked for 20 min then let it release naturally for about 5-7 min and it came out super juicy &amp; shredded like a dream!!  Thanks for sharing!!!

I followed this recipe exactly and got super tough chicken. Other receipes I have seen puts cooking time at 10 minutes. I'm going to try that next time. But now I have to figure out what to do with 4lbs of dry chicken. 
:(

Added 1 cup of water, but followed recipe exactly otherwise. Worked great! I cooked brown rice in the left over liquid and it made a fantastic meal.

It would be nice if this recipe indicated a few more things for the chicken.

Thawed or Frozen
Whole or cubed

instant pot: shredded chicken pressure cooker

Author : Ashley Thomas

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