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March 16, 2017

Instant Pot Shredded BBQ Cream Cheese Chicken Recipe

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Instant Pot Shredded BBQ Cream Cheese Chicken Recipe–tender chicken breasts cooked in minutes in your pressure cooker and then mixed with cream cheese and BBQ sauce. This 3 ingredient chicken is addictive! Perfect to serve on sandwiches, rolled up in tortillas or on pizza.ย 

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Instant Pot Shredded BBQ Cream Cheese Chicken Recipe

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This Instant Pot Shredded BBQ Cream Cheese Chicken “recipe” (if you can even call it that) is so super easy. But even though it’s so easy, I have a feeling you and your family are really going to love it. It’s only 3 total ingredients and takes a total of 21 minutes.

First you’ll add a cup of water to your Instant Pot and then add in 2 pounds of chicken. Set the timer for 12 minutes and let it cook. After the chicken is all cooked you’ll drain off all the liquid and shred the chicken, stir in some cream cheese (yum) and a bit of barbecue sauce. This chicken is so addictive. I loved it! I wrapped my chicken up in a whole wheat tortilla, sprinkled with bleu cheese crumbles and topped with spinach. Random but delicious!

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Instant Pot Shredded BBQ Cream Cheese Chicken Recipe--tender chicken breasts cooked in minutes in your pressure cooker and then mixed with cream cheese and BBQ sauce. This chicken is addictive! Perfect to serve on sandwiches, rolled up in tortillas or on pizza.

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Instant Pot or Crockpot Shredded BBQ Cream Cheese Chicken Recipe


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  • Author: 365 Days of Slow Cooking
  • Prep Time: 8 minutes
  • Cook Time: 12 minutes
  • Total Time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 6 servings 1x
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Tender chicken breasts cooked in minutes in your pressure cooker and then mixed with cream cheese and BBQ sauce. This 3 ingredient chicken is addictive! Perfect to serve on sandwiches, rolled up in tortillas or on pizza.


Ingredients

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  • 2 lbs chicken breasts
  • 1 cup water
  • 3/4 cup BBQ sauce
  • 4 oz cream cheese

Instructions

  1. For the Instant Pot: Add water and chicken to the pot. Cover and set valve to “sealing.” Press manual and set the timer to 12 minutes. When the pressure cooker beeps you can do a quick release by pressing the valve to “venting.” Remove the chicken and place on a cutting board. Shred the chicken. Drain all the water out of the pot. Add shredded chicken back into pot. Add in cream cheese and BBQ sauce. Stir and let the cream cheese melt and coat the chicken. Serve chicken on sandwiches, rolled up in tortillas, on pizza, or on salad greens.
  2. For the Slow Cooker: Add water and chicken to the slow cooker. Cover cook on low for 4 hours. Remove the chicken and place on a cutting board. Shred the chicken. Drain all the water out of the crockpot. Add shredded chicken back into crockpot. Add in cream cheese and BBQ sauce. Stir and let the cream cheese melt and coat the chicken. Serve chicken on sandwiches, rolled up in tortillas, on pizza, or on salad greens.

Notes

I used my 6 quart Instant Pot for this recipe.

I used my 6 quart Slow Cooker for this recipe.

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Instant Pot Shredded BBQ Cream Cheese Chicken Recipe--tender chicken breasts cooked in minutes in your pressure cooker and then mixed with cream cheese and BBQ sauce. This 3 ingredient chicken is addictive! Perfect to serve on sandwiches, rolled up in tortillas or on pizza.

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21 Comments Filed Under: 5 ingredients or less, All Recipes, Chicken, Instant Pot Tagged With: 0-2 hours, easy, instant pot

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  1. Jaime says

    February 28, 2023 at 5:21 pm

    This was SO good, but even better the next day! I used 1/2 recipe. Next time I will double the chicken and water, use 3/4 Cup BBQ Sauce, and 6 oz. cream cheese.

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Karen says

      March 2, 2023 at 1:25 pm

      I love when leftovers are better!

      Reply
  2. Sharon says

    December 21, 2021 at 1:33 pm

    Very easy and very good. I sprinkled the chicken with Montreal chicken seasoning and saved the broth for another use. Instead of doing a QR, I let it stand for 5 minutes before releasing the pressure. It was good served in hamburger buns.

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Karen says

      December 24, 2021 at 4:54 pm

      Thanks for sharing your experience! It sounds awesome!

      Reply
  3. Trevor Rainville says

    February 5, 2019 at 5:22 pm

    New to the pressure cooker.. do I preheat it until it reaches the correct temperature or does the 12 minutes take into account the preheating time?

    Reply
    • Karen says

      February 5, 2019 at 9:56 pm

      No need to preheat.

      Reply
  4. Ted says

    November 30, 2018 at 1:45 pm

    My sister is a nurse with a heart condition. She sometimes replaces cream cheese with Greek Yogurt. Nothing is going to taste as good as the cream cheese but will Greek Yogurt work?

    ★★★★★

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    • Karen says

      November 30, 2018 at 1:48 pm

      yes I’m sure it would!

      Reply
  5. Brittany says

    September 30, 2018 at 9:48 am

    So delicious! I added some McCormick Brown Sugar Bourbon seasoning to my chicken!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  6. Missy G says

    June 2, 2018 at 11:44 am

    If the chicken is thawed how long do you cook it in the Instant Pot?

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    • Karen says

      June 2, 2018 at 4:14 pm

      I’d say 12 minutes (same) for thick breasts and 10 minutes for thin breasts.

      Reply
      • Tosha says

        July 8, 2018 at 2:41 pm

        What about frozen chicken breast

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        • Karen says

          July 8, 2018 at 7:52 pm

          13 minutes

          Reply
  7. Laurie says

    March 13, 2018 at 3:20 pm

    I would like to use 4 chicken breasts. Is that still 12 minutes and 1 c. of water? Thanks!

    Reply
    • Laurie says

      March 13, 2018 at 3:23 pm

      Apologize, please disregard. I read too quickly and thought it said 2 chicken breasts instead of 2 pounds! Can’t wait to try this!!

      Reply
  8. Kathy says

    April 22, 2017 at 11:28 am

    Question. I’m new to using the Instant Pot, so If I only want to do one pound of chicken, would I still cook for the 12 minutes, or cut the time down?
    Thanks!

    Reply
    • Karen says

      April 24, 2017 at 1:44 pm

      yes, 12 minutes would be perfect for a pound of chicken!

      Reply
  9. Wanda says

    March 30, 2017 at 6:22 am

    Using the slow cooker method; can’t wait to serve this rolled up in tortillas for supper tonight — gotta love an easy-peasy 3 ingredient recipe that I know is going to turn out capital ‘D’ Delicious!

    Reply
    • Karen says

      March 30, 2017 at 1:22 pm

      I hope you love it, Wanda!!

      Reply

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