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Pulled Chicken: Instant Pot or Crock Pot

I offer two ways to make pulled chicken: Instant Pot or Crock Pot. Both work perfectly well but the Instant Pot version is done in 15 minutes! You can use pulled chicken in tacos, soups, salads, on top of pizzas, pastas...you name it, it works!
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Keyword easy dinner recipe, Instant Pot
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 6 servings
Author Linda Spiker

Ingredients

  • 2 bone in skin on chicken breasts
  • 4 bone in skin on thighs
  • 1 yellow onion peeled and roughly chopped
  • 1-2 cloves garlic peeled and roughly chopped
  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • Sea salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

Instructions

For Instant Pot:

  • Salt and pepper chicken to taste, set aside
  • Place broth, onions and garlic in bottom of Instant Pot
  • Add wire rack trivet and place chicken on top
  • Plug in Instant Pot (yeah, you gotta do that)
  • Seal the Instant Pot lid closed and make sure steam vent is in 'sealed' position
  • Press "manual", "high pressure" and press the + or - button until the timer says 14 minutes
  • Wait a few seconds and the machine will say "on" and make a beep. That's it. The pressure will build and soon the machine will cook and count down the minutes. When it gets to zero you'll hear a beep and the machine will switch over to "low" keeping the chicken warm until you are ready to shred.
  • With a hot pad or wooden spoon carefully turn steam vent to 'open' and allow steam to completely release before opening lid.
  • Remove chicken, discarding broth and onions
  • Use forks to remove skin from chicken (discard)
  • Remove meat from bones and use two forks or kitchen aid 'flat beater' to shred chicken (see instructions in blog post above)
  • You may now use the chicken as is, or add bbq sauce, taco seasoning, moroccan seasoning, cajun spices etc...whatever you decide!

For Crock Pot:

  • Salt and pepper chicken to taste, set aside
  • Place broth, onions and garlic in bottom of crock pot, add chicken on top
  • Cook on high for 3-4 hours or low for 6-7 hours
  • Remove chicken, discarding broth and onions
  • Use forks to remove skin from chicken (discard)
  • Remove meat from bones and use two forks or kitchen aid 'flat beater' to shred chicken (see instructions in blog post above)
  • You may now use the chicken as is, or add bbq sauce, taco seasoning, moroccan seasoning, cajun spices...whatever you decide!