Pressure Cooker Salsa Verde Chicken & Rice is a quick and easy dinner recipe made in your Instant Pot in less than 30 minutes! Zesty rice is topped with cheesy chicken breasts for a one-pot meal the whole family will love.
Pressure Cooker Salsa Verde Chicken & Rice
If you already own an Instant Pot, you know just how great they are for easy set it and forget it meals. These 10 Healthy Chicken Recipes in a Pressure Cooker are a great collection of dinner ideas when you have a lot of chicken to use up.
Sometimes you want the whole meal deal in one swoop those and that is why this Pressure Cooker Salsa Verde Chicken & Rice is so great!
You don’ need to make anything outside of the Instant Pot or prepare any extras for the dish. Simply saute your onions in the Pressure Cooker and add the remaining ingredients. Set it and forget it and you will come back to a hearty and delicious dinner that the whole family will want again and again!
If you love a creamy dish, a big dollop of sour cream is a great addition to the meal when you are serving it up. It also makes for fantastic leftovers for lunch the next day!
Another great alternative for this Pressure Cooker Salsa Verde Chicken & Rice is to shred the chicken and stir it in with the rice. Chicken in the Instant Pot is the best when shredded because it just falls apart. The presentation might not be as pretty, but it is sure to taste just as good.
Pressure Cooker Salsa Verde Chicken & Rice
Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp. olive oil
- 1 medium yellow onion diced
- 1 c. chicken broth
- 1 16 oz jar salsa verde
- 1 1/2 tsp. cumin
- 1 c. long grain white rice I used Basmati
- 20 oz. boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 4 oz. shredded cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Add the olive oil to your 5 or 6 quart electric pressure cooker and turn on to saute function. When the pot is heated, add the diced onion. Saute for 3 minutes, or until translucent.
- Add the chicken broth to the onions and using a wooden spoon scrape the browned bits off of the bottom so they don’t burn during cooking. Turn the pressure cooker off of saute function.
- Add the salsa verde, cumin and rice. Do NOT stir in the rice. Nestle the chicken breasts on top of the rice mixture. Sprinkle with salt.
- Place the lid on the pressure cooker and cook on high pressure for 10 minutes with a 10 minute natural pressure release. (When the 10 minutes is completed cooking, let the pot sit for 10 more minutes until you release the pressure manually.)
- Remove the chicken from the pot and fluff the rice. Place the chicken back on top of the rice and top with the shredded cheddar.
- Place the lid back on the pressure cooker and let sit for 3-4 minutes, or until the cheese is melted from the heat of the pot.
- Serve immediately.
- *Optionally top with sour cream and cilantro.
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Ae says
You are not supposed to stir ingredients when using an instant pot. Water and proteins go on the bottom, veggies and other ingredients on top. At least 1 cup and a half of liquid, and don’t stir until it is done. Never have a “BURN” again.
Michele says
Recipe tastes great, but I couldn’t finish cooking in the instant pot because I kept getting the burn message. After the 3rd time getting that I removed everything from the pot and it was blackened at the bottom. I added the rice mixture to a large cast iron skillet, stirred in more broth, chopped chicken into cubes and mixed that in, topped with shredded cheese. I put it on the burner just to get it bubbling and then transferred into the oven, cooked for about 10 mins. Tasted great, though we sure had a late dinner! I love the idea of a one pot rice meal in the instant pot so I need to figure out the right technique. I’ll try the “add rice last and don’t stir method”.
Michele says
Recipe tastes great, but I couldn’t finish cooking in the instant pot because I kept getting the burn message. After the 3rd time getting that I removed everything from the pot and it was blackened at the bottom. I added the rice mixture to a large cast iron skillet, stirred in more broth, chopped chicken into cubes and mixed that in, topped with shredded cheese. I put it on the burner just to get it bubbling and then transferred into the oven, cooked for about 10 mins. Tasted great, though we sure had a late dinner! I love the idea of a one pot rice meal in the instant pot so I need to figure out the right technique. I’ll try the “add rice last and don’t stir method”.
Michele says
Recipe tastes great, but I couldn’t finish cooking in the instant pot because I kept getting the burn message. After the 3rd time getting that I removed everything from the pot and it was blackened at the bottom. I added the rice mixture to a large cast iron skillet, stirred in more broth, chopped chicken into cubes and mixed that in, topped with shredded cheese. I put it on the burner just to get it bubbling and then transferred into the oven, cooked for about 10 mins. Tasted great, though we sure had a late dinner! I love the idea of a one pot rice meal in the instant pot so I need to figure out the right technique. I’ll try the “add rice last and don’t stir method”.
Alysse Slawson says
I do a lot of cook, and follow instructions exactly. Really regretting not reading the comments prior to making this. Burn. Followed the recipe to a tee. “Burn food “three times. Stayed up until 10pm trying to figure it out before giving up. Will not forget to read the comments after this incident.
Alysse Slawson says
I do a lot of cook, and follow instructions exactly. Really regretting not reading the comments prior to making this. Burn. Followed the recipe to a tee. “Burn food “three times. Stayed up until 10pm trying to figure it out before giving up. Will not forget to read the comments after this incident.
Alicia says
Kept getting the burn food message. Very disappointed.
Alicia says
Kept getting the burn food message. Very disappointed.
Melissa Morgan says
I regret not reading the comments first. It read burn despite adding more broth. You should remove this recipe since this has been obviously happening for years. Ridiculous.
Melissa Morgan says
I regret not reading the comments first. It read burn despite adding more broth. You should remove this recipe since this has been obviously happening for years. Ridiculous.
Alyssa M says
Same burn issue. 6 qt Instant Pot. i scraped the bottom of the pot clean after the first and second burn message. The third time I transferred everything out of the IP and scraped the pot as hard as I could. Returned food to pot and tried again; still received burn message.
Could not finish recipe, had to throw out the food; absolutely devastating.
Nikki says
We liked this, having had a similar recipe previously.
For the burn notices, after sauteing your onions, remove them and place your chicken on the bottom. Add your liquids next, and rice last. Do not stir! Set your time and cook as directed. I have a basic 6 qt Emeril PC. My experience with all recipes calling for rice have been to add last and not to stir. Hope this helps!
Nikki says
We liked this, having had a similar recipe previously.
For the burn notices, after sauteing your onions, remove them and place your chicken on the bottom. Add your liquids next, and rice last. Do not stir! Set your time and cook as directed. I have a basic 6 qt Emeril PC. My experience with all recipes calling for rice have been to add last and not to stir. Hope this helps!
Bernie says
Bernie McBurn Burn.
All it does is burn.
Bernie says
Bernie McBurn Burn.
All it does is burn.
Bernie says
Bernie McBurn Burn.
All it does is burn.
Wesley Bock says
Love it! Chopped up some carrots and yellow peppers with the onion and added a little smoke paprika. Was delicious
Wesley Bock says
Love it! Chopped up some carrots and yellow peppers with the onion and added a little smoke paprika. Was delicious
Wesley Bock says
Love it! Chopped up some carrots and yellow peppers with the onion and added a little smoke paprika. Was delicious
Yvonne says
Came out perfect. For my 8 quart I added more broth