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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

Description

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

Units Scale
  • 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.