Instant Pot BBQ Chicken

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  • Time icon
    Total Time
    30mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    6
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    544
based on 11 ratings

Instant Pot BBQ Chicken! Sweet, fall-apart tender and perfect for sandwiches, salads, BBQ plates and more! This Instant Pot BBQ Chicken makes an easy, weeknight meal you can use in so many ways! I like serving it on gluten-free buns or over rice.

Inspired by: https://meaningfuleats.com/instant-pot-bbq-chicken/

recipe updated Nov 17, 2021

Ingredients

  • Onion icon
    Onion
    80 g
  • Chicken stock icon
    Chicken stock
    240 ml
  • Chicken thigh icon
    Chicken thigh
    910 g
  • Chicken breast icon
    Chicken breast
    455 g
  • Onion powder icon
    Onion powder
    ½ teaspoon
  • Garlic powder icon
    Garlic powder
    ½ teaspoon
  • Sweet paprika icon
    Sweet paprika
    ½ teaspoon
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    ½ teaspoon
  • Barbecue sauce icon
    Barbecue sauce
    360 ml
  • Brown sugar icon
    Brown sugar
    3 tablespoons
  • Worcestershire sauce icon
    Worcestershire sauce
    2 teaspoons

Tools

  • kCook icon Instant Pot
  • kCook icon Inner pot

Step preview

  1. Place the ingredients in the Instant Pot in this order: chicken stock (or water), chicken, onion powder, garlic, powder, paprika, salt, bbq sauce, grated onion, brown sugar and worcestershire sauce
  2. Do not stir
  3. You want the water to stay on the bottom of the pot so the Instant Pot comes to pressure
  4. Close and lock the lid and turn the steam release handle to Sealing
  5. Pressure cook - Pressure cook, High, 15 min
  6. Let the pressure naturally release for 10 minutes
  7. Quick release to release any remaining pressure
  8. Add more bbq sauce if desired
  9. Shred and enjoy on sandwiches, salads, bbq plates and more!
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