Tender Shredded Chicken cooked in the Instant Pot is mixed with tangy buffalo sauce, seasonings, and cream cheese. This Instant Pot Chicken makes amazing buffalo chicken sandwiches!Can be made with fresh or frozen chicken breasts.
blue cheese crumbles, ranch dressing, blue cheese dressing
lettuce, extra chopped green onions
Instructions
Spray a little non stick spray in the bottom of the Instant Pot.
non stick spray
Place the *fresh or frozen* chicken breasts in the Instant Pot, in one layer. If your chicken breasts are really thick, I recommend cutting them in half so they cook properly. Pour in the buffalo sauce.
2 lb. boneless skinless chicken breasts, 1 cup Frank's Red Hot Original Sauce
COOK TIME *for fresh chicken - set the IP to pressure cook, normal heat - high pressure, for 10 minutes.COOK TIME *for frozen chicken - set the IP to pressure cook, normal heat - high pressure, for 15 minutes. Make sure the frozen chicken breasts are separated and not in one big block.
After the cooking time is up, do a quick release of pressure. Remove the chicken breasts from the pot, leaving the sauce behind. Shred the chicken breasts with two forks, and set aside.
With the pot on sauté mode, whisk the powder ranch dressing mix packet into the buffalo sauce and the cream cheese until it is completely melted and incorporated.
1 oz packet Ranch dressing mix (powder), 4 oz cream cheese
Add the shredded chicken, celery and onions to the sauce mixture and stir to coat the chicken completely.
1 cup celery, ⅓ cup green onions
The mixture will thicken as it sits.
Serving
Excellent served as buffalo chicken sandwiches on toasted buns, topped with blue cheese crumbles and extra ranch!Would also be great topped with Blue Cheese & Celery Slaw!
Can also be used as:buffalo chicken wrapsbuffalo chicken served over rice (or cauliflower rice)spicy chicken tacos buffalo chicken dip- just mix ½ the chicken in an extra 4 oz. cream cheese and some Monterey jack cheese, pop it in the oven at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
Notes
This can be made ahead and stored in the fridge for up to 4 days. It is great warm, cold, or room temp.