Instant Pot Queso Rotel Chicken

Instant Pot Queso Rotel Chicken with mashed potatoes is an easy dump and go recipe with flavorful chicken, rotel, cheese sauce and creamy mashed potatoes. You’re going to love how this dish reminds you of your favorite dip!

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Instant Pot Queso Rotel Chicken

Early on in our marriage Greg showed me how to make his favorite Rotel dip. You know the one, right? It’s the Velveeta dip with Rotel in it. Greg always puts ground beef or ground sausage in it too. It’s a favorite around here during the holidays. Well this chicken dish is a take on that dip. It has chicken, queso dip, taco seasoning and Rotel. It’s a saucy chicken that tastes amazing served over mashed potatoes. You’re going to love how you can cook the potatoes at the same time in the same pot! If you have leftover sauce (there was a lot at our house) you can dip tortilla chips in it!

Ingredient/Substitution Ideas

• Chicken broth–or water and Better than Bouillon Chicken Base
• Boneless, skinless chicken thighs–or breasts, or a combination. Fresh or frozen both work.
• Taco seasoning–I used McCormicks brand. You can also make your own.
• Rotel–I used mild
• Yukon gold potatoes–or red or Russet potatoes
• Queso dip–I used Tostitos brand. You can also use Velveeta.
• Cornstarch–or arrowroot
• Milk, butter, salt and pepper–for the mashed potatoes

Steps

• Add ingredients: Pour broth into Instant Pot. Add in the chicken. Sprinkle the chicken with the taco seasoning. Dump the Rotel on top.
  
• Strategically add in potatoes: If making the potatoes: Place a tall trivet* into the pot. Place the potato quarters/halves on top of the trivet.
  
• Pressure cook: Cover Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 10 minutes for fresh chicken or 12 minutes for frozen chicken. When time is up let the pot sit for 5-10 minutes and then move the valve to venting. Remove the lid.
• Make mashed potatoes: Use tongs to place potatoes into a bowl. Mash the potatoes well. Add in milk, butter and salt and pepper to taste. Set aside mashed potatoes. Move trivet out of Instant Pot.
• Thicken the sauce: Stir queso dip into Instant Pot. Make a cornstarch slurry by stirring together the cornstarch and water. Turn Instant Pot to sauté setting. Stir in the slurry to thicken the sauce. Once thickened turn off the Instant Pot. 
• Serve chicken and sauce over the mashed potatoes. 

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Notes/Tips

• I used my 6 quart Instant Pot. You can also make this in your 8 quart pot.
• You can make the chicken in the slow cooker. Add chicken, broth, rotel, taco seasoning and queso into slow cooker. Cover and cook on low for 4-6 hours. Stir well. If needed, thicken with a cornstarch slurry.
• Try using Velveeta or American white cheddar cheese instead of queso dip. Either will work well!
• Rotel is canned, diced tomatoes and diced chili peppers. It is an ingredient often used in soups, sauces, queso, and casseroles. It’s a convenient way to add extra flavor to recipes that require diced tomatoes. You can usually find it by other diced tomatoes or in the aisle next to Mexican foods. I buy the mild version since we don’t love too much spice.
• If you don’t want to make the mashed potatoes just leave them out. Keep the same cooking time.
• Try serving the chicken and sauce over rice or cauliflower rice instead of potatoes.
• Broccoli florets taste really good with this meal. Kind of like broccoli cheddar soup! You can even stir cooked broccoli florets in with the sauce after it has pressure cooked
• To lower the carbs in this recipe don’t make the potatoes and skip the cornstarch.

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