Cooking chicken breast in the Instant Pot is truly the bees knees when it comes to batch-cooking shredded chicken.You need, chicken, a little water, and your favorite seasonings! It’s the method we prefer to use at Fit Foodie HQ because it’s quick and your chicken comes out so moist.You can dice it, shred it, or cut it into strips.

Either way, it’s a pretty full proof method to cook chicken.Shredded chicken is something we batch-cook every week because it’s such a fantastic protein to add to bowls, salads (er, have you tried our dill pickle chicken salad?!), and soups.We’ve tested pretty much every way to cook shredded chicken and the Instant Pot comes out on top.

Your chicken will come out evenly cooked and tender every time.The best part about this method is that you can cook chicken in the instant pot from frozen OR thawed! Thawed chicken breast only takes 8-10 minutes on high and frozen takes 18-20 minutes.What You Need to Make Instant Pot Chicken Breast Instant Pot: we use a 7.5 qt.

Instant Pot, but any size works.Trivet: we recommend using the trivet to prevent the burn notice from happening.Chicken Breast: our #1 tip when purchasing chicken breast to shred is to make sure they’re relatively similar in thickness so that they cook evenly.

Water: water helps add moisture to the chicken while it’s pressure cooking.Seasonings: we kept things very basic with salt and pepper.Become a Pro at Cookin

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