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Instant Pot pulled chicken is the answer when you want barbecue flavor without firing up the grill. On a cold, rainy Indiana day, this recipe turns chicken breast into a moist, saucy pulled chicken sandwich with almost no prep and just a few simple ingredients.

The chicken goes straight into the pressure cooker, even from frozen, with a little chicken broth, barbecue sauce, liquid smoke, and barbecue rub. After about 12 minutes in the Instant Pot, it comes out tender and ready to shred, then gets tossed back in the juices and finished with more sauce for a juicy, easy weeknight meal. A drizzle of spicy barbecue sauce adds a little heat before it gets piled onto a bun for taste testing.

This is a straightforward pressure cooker chicken recipe for anyone looking for an easy barbecue-style dinner, pulled chicken sandwich filling, or a quick indoor alternative when the weather won’t cooperate. It’s simple comfort food with big flavor and minimal effort.

Great for fans of Instant Pot recipes, pressure cooker chicken, pulled chicken sandwiches, easy barbecue dinners, and simple meal ideas. If you’re searching for a quick shredded chicken recipe, frozen chicken in the Instant Pot, or an easy BBQ chicken recipe for lunch or dinner, this one fits the bill.
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00:00Guys, I just got this bag of chicken breasts from my pals over at Good Ranchers.
00:05The only problem is, is it's very cold, rainy, and you know, it's December in Indiana.
00:10So what we're going to do today is we're going to break out the Instapot,
00:14and I'm going to show you how to make pool of chicken in an Instapot right now.
00:19It's very easy.
00:20So my favorite thing about Good Ranchers is that all you got to do is hop online,
00:25place your order, and a couple days later, your meat is at your door.
00:28Not only do they send you a copious amount of chicken in this bag,
00:32but they go ahead and individually wrap it so you can eat them whenever you want
00:36based on your portion slash family size slash whatever size.
00:40You can check them out at GoodRanchers.com or at Good Ranchers everywhere.
00:44Guys, now that we have our chicken open and ready to go, we're going to pop this open.
00:48Now, the cool thing about this recipe is you can literally just throw straight frozen chicken in here.
00:54It doesn't make any difference whatsoever, whether it's frozen or not,
00:58except for on time.
01:00We're going to up it about, we're going to cook it about 12 minutes.
01:03I'd cook it about 10 if you're thought out.
01:05This recipe is literally stupid easy.
01:07Guys, we're just going to take a little bit of chicken broth.
01:11We're going to pour it right in over the top of it.
01:13Not a lot, just enough to create a little flavored moisture, right?
01:16We're going to take a little bit of that Skull and Mortar OG barbecue sauce.
01:21Guys, that's going to go right in on top.
01:24Bam, just a little bit, just a couple tablespoons maybe.
01:27Then we're going to take about a teaspoon of liquid smoke, maybe a tablespoon.
01:32Let's go with a tablespoon.
01:34And our most important ingredient, that barbecue rub right over there from Skull and Mortar.
01:38We're going to pop it open and we're going to give it a healthy dose of that barbecue rub.
01:44Guys, that's literally all the prep work that this recipe needs.
01:48It's that simple.
01:48Next, we're going to go ahead and slap our lid on.
01:51Make sure that we're not inventing on the top.
01:53We're going to head right here.
01:53We're going to hit pressure cook.
01:55We're going to slam this bad boy down to 12 minutes.
01:57It only takes about 12 minutes from frozen.
02:00But we're going to max out that pressure level.
02:02Guys, that's literally all Shiro for the chicken.
02:04We're going to let the Instant Pot do its thing.
02:07Guys, we are already done.
02:09Let's pop this open.
02:11Check out this moist-ass chicken in here.
02:14Come on, dogs.
02:15Now, I see you looking at it through the fog here.
02:18And you're thinking to yourself, man, this doesn't look so great.
02:21But give it one second.
02:22We're going to spice it up just a little bit.
02:24Whew, steaming hot.
02:26Couldn't be any more odd.
02:27Look at it, though.
02:32Throwing chicken everywhere.
02:33Why not?
02:34Let's do that.
02:35Now, we're going to take the pot and we're going to pour just a little bit of the juice back
02:38in.
02:39Not a lot.
02:39Just a couple tablespoons.
02:41Maybe three, four.
02:43Guys, this is a traditional barbecue, so we're not going for the hard flex.
02:46So we're just going to drop just as much sauce as you would like back in there as well.
02:53I'm going to put a good amount in there.
02:55Again, I'm looking for barbecue flavor and I'm not looking for something I can turn in at the booth, right?
03:03But at the end of the day, we want to make sure that we have a killer barbecue sandwich, right?
03:07Not just the pulled chicken.
03:09So we got nice, moist, juicy, pulled chicken.
03:14Great barbecue flavor.
03:16We're going to throw that right on top here.
03:18And then we're going to add a little bit of barbecue sauce.
03:22Then I want to spice up my chicken just a little bit.
03:24So I'm going to go ahead and use some of that skull and mortar to release the Kraken Sriracha barbecue
03:29sauce.
03:30I'm just going to drizzle that right over the top.
03:33Just like so.
03:35Look at that.
03:37That's right.
03:38Get a good medium heat to it.
03:40A nice flavor.
03:46Tell me that thing doesn't look delicious, guys.
03:48And that came out of our Instant Pot.
03:50So a friend is going to help me taste test this one, guys.
03:53We got it sauced up.
03:54We got it bunded up.
03:57Instant Pot pulled chicken.
04:02How you go, brother?
04:03That's all you.
04:04Let's take a bite.
04:05That release the Kraken sauce.
04:14It's good.
04:15What do you think?
04:17It's good.
04:18Wish I didn't fall out of the bunda.
04:20Well, it's pulled chicken, dude.
04:21It is what it is.
04:22That being said, dude, it's perfectly acceptable.
04:24On a cold and rainy day to make your pulled chicken in the Instant Pot.
04:28And you're going to get a decent pulled chicken sandwich.
04:31F them haters, my dudes.
04:32Cook barbecue your way.
04:34However, I mean, he obviously likes it.
04:36He's eating it off the cutting board at this point.
04:38So, skullandmortar.com for all of your barbecue needs.
04:44We'll be back next week.
04:45We're going to try some new stuff.
04:46We're going to do some different kinds of videos.
04:48I think I've got something special on deck that you guys are going to like coming up.
04:51So stay tuned for that.
04:53Let me know what you guys think in the comments down below.
04:55Hit that subscribe button.
04:57And at the end of the day, holler at your boy.
04:59Anyway.

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