Skillet Instant Pot Salsa Chicken Tacos
- Yield 6 servings
- Prep 5 minutes
- Cook 10 minutes
- Total 25 minutes
Skillet Instant Pot Salsa Chicken Tacos sits in the Chicken section of Regbie. The card serves 6 servings. Plan on 25 minutes from the first measure to the plate. The amounts and the method are both written on this page.
Ingredients
Yield: 6 servings
- 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts, or thighs
- 1½ teaspoons Primal Palate Meat & Potatoes Seasoning, or substitute 1 teaspoon chili powder + ½ teaspoon Diamond Crystal kosher salt
- Grain free tortillas, or lettuce wraps if you want to keep this nut-free and Whole30-friendly!
Method
Lay out the chicken in a single layer in your pressure cooker.
Scatter the seasoning on both sides of the chicken, making sure to rearrange the pieces in a single layer on the bottom.
Tip the salsa evenly over the chicken pieces.
Lock the lid on the pressure cooker. If you’re using an Instant Pot, press the “Manual” or "Pressure Cook" button and program it to cook for 7-9 minutes under high pressure for chicken breasts (cook for 7 minutes if the breasts are 6 ounces, increase to 8 or 9 minutes if the breasts are bigger) and 10 minutes for thighs. If you're using bone-in thighs, the cook would increase the cooking time to 15 minutes. (For those of you using a stovetop pressure cooker, crank the heat to high to bring the contents to high pressure. Once high pressure is reached, reduce the heat to low, or just enough to maintain high pressure. Set a timer for 6 minutes for breasts and 9 minutes for thighs.)
When the chicken is finished cooking, immediately release the pressure manually. To deal with all the released steam, the cook position the cook Instant Pot below the stovetop exhaust vent before the cook turn the valve. If you are cooking thighs, you don't have to release the pressure manually—natural release is a-OK!
Lift the lid right away and move the chicken to a bowl to prevent overcooking.
Use two forks to shred the chicken. Taste the cooking liquid and adjust with salt and pepper if necessary.
Tip the cooking liquid on top of the chicken and toss well to coat.
Plate on top of a reliable grain-free tortillas or on lettuce wraps. Finish with a reliable taco toppings and dig in!
Kitchen notes
- If you want to make this dish in a slow cooker or Crock Pot, you can use the same ingredients and cook on low for 4-6 hours.
