This flavorful Instant Pot Chicken Tacos Recipe is an easy dinner recipe that is also delicious! The shredded chicken is so flavorful and perfect topped with your favorite taco toppings!
CHICKEN TACOS
Easy dinner ideas are always a favorite of mine! We are in a busy season with our growing family and we need meals that are fast and easy like these Instant Pot Chicken Tacos! So lately, I have been using the Instant Pot…a lot! I love how I can have dinner ready to go in 30 minutes! Sometimes that is all the time we have together before one of us, heads off to soccer or lacrosse practice.
CHICKEN TACO RECIPE
Our family loves eating our shredded chicken taco recipe on Taco Tuesday. I usually can throw them together and have all the ingredients on hand. This is also an easy gluten free dinner recipe to make for the family because we are now a household that has to accommodate a child with Celiac Disease.
INSTANT POT CHICKEN TACOS
I love making meals that can easily be adapted so that I can feed kids that have different dietary needs. This shredded chicken is also super versatile in the way that you can serve it up. For example, we usually serve it with corn or flour tortillas and top it with our favorite taco toppings. But…you could also serve this chicken on the top of a delicious salad, or over some tortilla chips! You could also roll them up and turn them into some chicken wraps, quesadillas, or burritos!
Instant Pot Chicken Tacos Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts
- 1/2 cup salsa
- 1 TBSP chili powder
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
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Turn instant pot onto high pressure setting for 15 minutes.
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Place frozen chicken breasts in the bottom of your instant pot.
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Pour the salsa and chili powder over the chicken.
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Add salt and pepper to the chicken for your own taste preferences.
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Place on the lid and seal the instant pot shut.
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Cook for the 15 minutes and then let the instant pot natural release for 10-15 minutes.
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Release any left over pressure by using the quick release valve.
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Take out chicken breasts and shred your chicken between two forks.
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Place shredded chicken back into the juices.
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Add shredded chicken to your tortillas and top with your favorite toppings!
Recipe Notes
*These cooking times are for frozen chicken breasts. If you chicken is not frozen, take about 5-8 minutes off the cooking time depending on how thick they meat is.
HOW TO MAKE CHICKEN TACOS
Do you have an Instant Pot and need some help getting started using it? Check out our guide for How to Get Started With Your Instant Pot here. I also created a printable Instant Pot Cooking Times sheet to help you take some of the confusion out of how long to cook something in your Instant Pot. You can grab that here.
In case you are interested, this is the Instant Pot that I have!
INSTANT POT RECIPES
Looking for more Instant Pot Recipes? Check these out!
- Instant Pot Chicken and Rice Burrito Bowls
- Instant Pot Pot Roast
- Hot Cocoa Recipe
- Corned Beef and Cabbage
- Barbecue Pulled Chicken
- Corned Beef and Cabbage
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Sounds fantastic and looks delicious!
Thank you!! I hope you enjoy them!
Hi Amy, Nice Chicken Tacos Recipe. looks yummy :) is it tasty as look like ? Is it perfect for my 5 years old daughter ? I will definitely try after your advice.
Cynthia- Thank you. I hope you enjoy them as much as we have!
I am so glad I found your site! I have only cooked beans because I really didn’t know how to use my Instant Pot, until now. I made carne guisada the other day that had to be good to disappear as fast as it did here in south Texas. Thanks.
Robert- Thanks for your comments! I love my Instant Pot. It has saved me so much time! Enjoy this recipe.
Super easy & so incredible! Everyone loves these! My family gets so excited when it’s taco night!
Natalie- It really is such a super easy recipe to make.
I am so excited, I have everything to make these! I like that it requires little ingredients. Chicken tacos are my weekly go-to!
Kristyn- It is a go-to recipe for us as well!
The instant pot is the greatest kitchen appliance ever! It makes delicious chicken tacos! We use this recipe all the time!
Kristyn- It really is a simple recipe to make on those busy nights.
Thanks For Sharing this amazing recipe. My family loved it. I will be sharing this recipe with my friends. Hope the will like it.
Thank you