Instant Pot Key West Chicken

Instant Pot Key West Chicken is an easy dump and go Instant Pot or Crockpot recipe of chicken with garlic, lime juice and soy sauce. This chicken shredded up tastes great over rice or rolled up in a flour tortilla with taco toppings.

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Instant Pot Key West Chicken

With lime juice and lime zest this chicken has lots of flavor! It’s super fast and easy because it’s a dump and go recipe and it only has 7 ingredients. I recommend eating this chicken served over rice or rolled up in a tortilla with all your favorite taco fixings like cheese, sour cream, tomato and lettuce. You can make this recipe in the Instant Pot or the Crockpot.

Ingredients/Substitution Ideas

• Boneless skinless chicken thighs and/or breasts–frozen is okay. Bone-in chicken breasts are also a good option for this recipe. After the chicken has cooked remove the bones and skin and shred the meat.
• Low sodium soy sauce
• Fresh lime juice–I like to buy a big bag of limes and juice them into ice cube tray. It makes it easy to have fresh lime juice in tablespoon increments for recipes like this one.
• Zest from one lime–brings the lime flavor to a new level
• Minced garlic–or 1 tsp garlic powder
• Honey–for a little sweetness
• Vegetable oil–or canola oil
• Cornstarch–this is optional if you want to thicken the juices into a sauce

Steps

Instant Pot Instructions:

1. Dump ingredients into pot: Add chicken, soy sauce, lime juice, zest, garlic, honey and oil into the Instant Pot. 
2. Pressure cook: Cover Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 12 minutes for fresh chicken or 15 minutes for frozen chicken. When time is up let the pot sit for 10 minutes and then move the valve to venting. Remove the lid.
3. Shred and thicken: Shred the chicken and stir it into the juices in the pot. If you’d like you can thicken the sauce by making a cornstarch slurry. Stir 1 Tbsp of cornstarch with 1-2 Tbsp of water until smooth. Stir the mixture into the pot and turn pot to sauté setting. Once the sauce thickens turn off the pot.
4. Serve: Salt and pepper to taste. Serve the chicken and sauce over rice or in a tortilla with taco toppings like sour cream, cheese, lettuce and tomato.

Slow Cooker Instructions:

1. Dump ingredients into slow cooker: Add chicken, soy sauce, lime juice, zest, garlic, honey and oil into the slow cooker. 
2. Slow cook: Cover and cook on low for 4-6 hours.
3. Shred and thicken: Shred the chicken and stir it into the juices in the crockpot. If you’d like you can thicken the sauce by making a cornstarch slurry. Stir 1 Tbsp of cornstarch with 1-2 Tbsp of water until smooth. Stir the mixture into the slow cooker and turn to high. Once the sauce thickens turn slow cooker to warm.
4. Serve: Salt and pepper to taste. Serve the chicken and sauce over rice or in a tortilla with taco toppings like sour cream, cheese, lettuce and tomato.

Notes/Tips

• Serve with rice, beans and pico de gallo or rolled up in flour tortillas with all the taco fixings.
• If you’d like you can make pot-in-pot rice at the same time. After ingredients are added into the pot position a tall trivet* into the pot. In a pot-in-pot dish* add 2 cups white rice and 3 cups water. Place the rice dish on top of the trivet. You can cover the dish or keep it uncovered. The rice will cook perfectly as the chicken pressure cooks.
• I used my 6 quart Instant Pot*. You can also make this in a 3 or 8 quart pot.
• Store leftovers in an airtight container* in the refrigerator for up to 5 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
• This recipe can be gluten-free if you use a gluten free soy sauce. This recipe is dairy free.
• Other recipes you can make with low sodium soy sauce are Instant Pot Fried Rice and Straight From Heaven Sandwich.

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More Easy Dump and Go Chicken Recipes…

• Instant Pot Old School Casserole
• Instant Pot Pizza Chicken Bake
• Tight Budget Casserole (Instant Pot)
• Marie Osmond’s Chicken (Instant Pot or Crockpot Recipe)

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