Pressure Cooker Poached Chicken Breasts

Name: Pressure Cooker Poached Chicken Breasts
Total time: 11 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 4 (6 ounce) boneless, skinless chicken breasts; ½ teaspoon salt; 1 cup water

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Get perfectly poached chicken breasts in just a few minutes using your pressure cooker. This recipe provides a great healthy protein for adding to soups, salads, or to really any dish calling for cooked chicken. Try using shredded poached chicken in a tortilla as a building block for tacos. Or maybe cube the chicken and stuff it with vegetables and tzatziki sauce inside a pita pocket. The possibilities are endless! Make a batch of pressure cooker poached chicken breasts at the beginning of the week and you will have a versatile ingredient ready to go for meals.

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Servings: 4

Ready in: 11min PT11M
Prep time: 5min
Cook time: 6min

Ingredients

4 (6 ounce) boneless, skinless chicken breasts
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup water

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Directions

Season chicken with salt; lay in the pot of a pressure cooker. Pour water around the chicken.
Seal lid on pressure cooker, turn steam vent to Sealing, and cook on High Pressure for 6 minutes. Allow pressure to release naturally for 10 minutes before turning steam vent to Venting to Quick Release remaining pressure.

Mealthy tip:

Add your favorite aromatic herbs to the liquid in the MultiPot to infuse a wide variety of flavors into the poached chicken. You can also substitute chicken broth for the water in this recipe for an additional flavor boost.

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Dinner Weeknight Quick And Easy Ready In 30 Chicken Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breast Pressure Cooker Gluten-free Dairy-free Paleo Multipot Whole 30 Keto Low Fodmap

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Randall Hauk says:

I did this for soup over the weekend. The meat shreds perfectly, which is pretty much my standard for poached chicken. Would work well in a chicken salad or on wraps or whatever sandwich you like. Definitely a good standard for your kitchen work.

Caro Hodgin says:

I love poached chicken for recipes where I just need really bland chicken. This chicken shredded perfectly, so it's great for this Vietnamese chicken salad I make where I wouldn't want the olive oil, salt, and pepper needed to roast chicken to overpower the flavors. Really good, moist, perfectly cooked.

Katie Hason says:

I use this method of cooking all the time, but this was my first time using a pressure cooker! It cuts the cooking time down drastically. Love how easy this is.

Laura Griffin says:

I poach chicken breasts regularly at my house, but this pressure cooker version is by far my favorite method. It's so easy and the quick cooking time is phenomenal.

McKenzie C says:

When I discovered poaching it changed my life! I added a little onion and dry white wine to this recipe, it makes tender, delicious meat!

Robin Butler says:

This is a fantastic method...I tweaked a bit to add tons of flavor. Here's what I do: sprinkle chicken with kosher salt. Coat bottom of pot with avocado oil or olive oil. Using saute function, brown the meat nicely. Add a splash of white wine, season the chicken well with whatever spices you like and cover with 1 cup water. For chicken tenders I cook only about 4 minutes, 10 minutes for regular breasts. Enjoy!

Shari Cox says:

All chicken breasts are not created equal. I’ve seen some that weigh over a pound. It would be nice if you would include a chart showing how long to cook different sizes/weights of breasts.

Shawnta Bynum says:

So this was absolutely delicious. Instead of using plain water I mixed some of my favorite seasonings with the recommended amount of water. The chicken was juicy tender and delicious. It soaked up the seasonings. The cook time was perfect. I didn't measure the chicken per individual size, so I guess I got lucky. Super delicious!

Tauni Dawson says:

I didn’t use chicken but turkey tenderloins. They came out juicy and tender and easy to shred!! I’m loving my pressure cooker! It has amazed me on 3 dishes I made in one night.