Instant Pot Lazy Mom Chicken–tender chicken with tomatoes, potatoes, zucchini and goat cheese. A fast and easy dump and go dinner.
Instant Pot Lazy Mom Chicken
This is an easy summer dump and go one pot meal! Perfect for a day when you don’t have much energy to put together a dinner (like today…anybody else feeling tired after a late night last night?).
The flavors are delicious and light. I love the use of the goat cheese to bring in a bit of buttery tartness. Of course if you don’t like goat cheese you can try feta or even some mozzarella.
I love using rotisserie chicken from Costco for recipes like this one. I buy two chickens each time I go and then freeze the meat in 2-3 cups increments. It’s perfectly tender and flavorful.
Ingredients/Substitution Ideas
- Better than Bouillon Chicken Base
- Cooked chopped chicken–I used rotisserie chicken. You can also use cubes of raw chicken breast or thighs.
- Russet potatoes–or red potatoes
- Canned diced tomatoes–or fire roasted tomatoes
- Kosher salt
- Black pepper
- Garlic powder
- Italian seasoning
- Onion powder
- Zucchini
- Goat cheese–or feta cheese or a half cup of shredded mozzarella cheese
- Cornstarch–optional
Steps
Pour water into Instant Pot. Stir in the chicken base.
Dump in the chicken, potatoes, tomatoes, salt, pepper, garlic powder, Italian seasoning and onion powder. Don’t stir.
Cover Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 2 minutes. When time is up move valve to venting and remove the lid.
Stir in the zucchini. Replace the lid. Let the pot sit on warm for 10 minutes (this will slightly cook the zucchini).
Stir in the goat cheese. If you’d like to thicken the sauce you can make a cornstarch slurry by stirring together equal parts cornstarch and water and stirring it into the pot using the saute setting.
Serve and enjoy!
Notes/Tips
- Serve with a side of cornbread or french bread with butter.
- I used my 6 quart Instant Pot*. You can also make this in a 3 or 8 quart pot.
- This recipe is gluten free (just make sure the chicken base you use is gluten free).
- Store leftovers in an airtight container* in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
- Other recipes you can make with zucchini are Instant Pot Zucchini Linguine and Instant Pot Mongolian Chicken.
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Instant Pot Lazy Mom Chicken
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
Description
Tender chicken with tomatoes, potatoes, zucchini and goat cheese.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 Tbsp Better than Bouillon Chicken Base
- 2–3 cups cooked chopped chicken (I used rotisserie chicken)
- 3 medium Russet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2 inch cubes
- 1 (14.5 oz) can diced tomatoes
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 Tbsp Italian seasoning
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 medium zucchini, peeled and seeded and cut into 1/4 inch cubes
- 1 ounce goat cheese or feta cheese
- 2 tsp cornstarch (optional)
Instructions
- Pour water into Instant Pot. Stir in the chicken base.
- Dump in the chicken, potatoes, tomatoes, salt, pepper, garlic powder, Italian seasoning and onion powder. Don’t stir.
- Cover Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 2 minutes. When time is up move valve to venting and remove the lid.
- Stir in the zucchini. Replace the lid. Let the pot sit on warm for 10 minutes (this will slightly cook the zucchini).
- Stir in the goat cheese. If you’d like to thicken the sauce you can make a cornstarch slurry by stirring together equal parts cornstarch and water and stirring it into the pot using the saute setting.
- Serve and enjoy!
- Category: Chicken
- Method: Instant Pot
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I made Lazy Mom Chicken and It was so delicious I could not stop eating 😋. I halved the potato and doubled the zucchini to cut calories and carbs. I put in 1/2 onion in place of onion powder and added 1/2 yellow bell pepper. Didn’t have rotisserie chicken so I used raw thighs and increased cooking time. I LOVE all your recipes. My IP was in the back of my closet before you found me.
YAY! So glad you are using your IP!!
My family really enjoyed this. I used 4 oz of goat cheese & the casserole was nice & creamy. Cut back on the salt if you add the extra cheese. There wasn’t any need for the cornstarch.
Extra goat cheese sounds great!
If I am using raw cubed chicken, how long does it need to cook for?
If it’s breasts you can use the 2 minutes. If it’s thighs you may want to increase to 3 minutes.