Recipe This | Instant Pot Frozen Chicken And Potatoes (2024)

Instant Pot Frozen Chicken and Potatoes. A fast and delicious way to cook frozen chicken breasts and potatoes in the Instant Pot Pressure Cooker. Hardly any prep and a great example of an Instant Pot dump and start meal for lazy Instant Pot evenings.

Instant PotFrozen Chicken And Potatoes

Instant Pot Frozen Chicken and Potatoes came aboutbecause I wanted to share a method with you for cooking chicken and potatoes inthe Instant Pot, that was not only easy but lazy and cheap too.

I read many frugal blogs and one subject that is alwaysdiscussed is how to save money, especially on groceries. Groceries is the oneway that you can save money straight away and cut down from the rubbish you buyand be savvier when you go and buy groceries.

Each one of these frugal stories tells you how to feed your family for $300 a month, or thereabouts.

Well when I moved in with Dominic in 2000 that would have been half of our household income.

After bills had been paid, I think we had $5 a week for food, and we became experts at it.

If we wanted meat it came frozen or out of a can. There wasno way that we could pay for fresh meat.

It was okay for Dominic as he was a chef and got fed atwork, so it was manageable.

I remember now eating stewing steak from a can. OMG I lookat it now and its like horrible smelling dog food. Or there were the cannedpotatoes which didn’t taste much better.

We also had a similar cheap stint when the recession hit inlate 2008. We were feeding 3 of us for next to nothing and out came the cansagain.

But when you get beyond that and can afford fresh again youbecome a bit of a snob and think everything frozen or canned is horrible. Wellsome of it is, but not all of it.

What I decided to do was buy some frozen chicken fillets from the supermarket and give them a taste test in the Instant Pot and see if I can make a delicious meal from them on a budget.

Instant Pot RawVs Frozen Chicken

The most important thing to understand about Instant Pot Raw vs Frozen Chicken is the 20% rule.

Whatever you would cook raw chicken for in the Instant Pot + 20% to your cooking time and it will be spot on.

I have come across many Instant Pot frozen chicken recipes that argue with this and say the same cooking time and that it will defrost in the time that it takes to come to pressure.

I have tried this when I was an Instant Pot newbie and always ended up with undercooked chicken.

Plus, my chef husband will be in my kitchen space pointing out that frozen chicken is more dangerous and that it needs that extra couple of minutes to be safe.

The second rule is that chicken cooked from frozen has a habit of being dry and you need to factor in adding extra liquid to reduce the chances of a dry chicken dinner.

I also recommend when cooking with frozen chicken that you add in a sauce or turn it into a casserole or stew, that way you have more sauce to help the chicken breathe.

Master those 2 things and you will be able to cook frozenchicken in the Instant Pot effortlessly.

Instant PotFrozen Chicken Taste Test

I admit I am a snob sometimes with frozen food and much preferto work with fresh food rather than frozen.

I always associated a bag of frozen chicken with poverty andthat it is not that good. Well I surprised myself. I just couldn’t believe howdelicious this bag of frozen chicken was and how much I wanted to eat it againand again.

Instant PotFrozen Chicken Breast & Potatoes

In our Instant Pot Frozen Chicken and Potatoes, we’reusing 600g of frozen chicken breast fillets as well as a handful of potatoesfrom the pantry.

We’re also turning our frozen chicken breasts and potatoesinto a chicken and potato casserole.

Firstly, the frozen chicken breasts and potatoes will cook in the Instant Pot in a quick stock.

Afterwards, we will add our sauce ingredients to the InstantPot, reduce the liquid that the frozen chicken breasts cooked in and add incheese.

The potatoes are always cooked perfectly without beingtoo mushy and easily pass the fork test:

It is very simple and great for that lazy dinner.

But you can make it even more frugal. Simply by adding in extra vegetables and it will then feed even more people.

You could also keep the frozen foods theme going by using frozen vegetables.

Such as frozen carrots, leeks, broccoli, cauliflower and soon.

Then serve it up and your family will think you made a greateffort and your secret is safe with us!

More Lazy InstantPot Chicken Recipes

I love how amazing the Instant Pot is for a quick dump andstart dinner. I am a huge chicken addict and there are a lot of chicken recipesI have made in the Instant Pot. If you’re looking for some more lazy InstantPot Chicken Recipes, then try these ones out too.

• Instant Pot Chicken Fajitas
• Instant Pot Tuscan Chicken
• Instant Pot Sweet Chili Chicken Wings

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