Description
Easy Instant Pot chicken dish with a rich, creamy mushroom and bacon sauce that’s perfect over mashed potatoes, rice or noodles.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 T butter
- 1 cup diced onion
- 2 ribs celery, diced or sliced
- 8 oz sliced or chopped mushrooms
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1 1/2 pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs, cut each thigh into 3 or 4 pieces
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp poultry seasoning
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1/8 tsp smoked paprika
- 1/3 cup flour
- 1/2 cup bacon crumbles
- 1/3 cup half and half
Instructions
- Turn Instant Pot to saute setting. When display says HOT add in the butter and let it melt. Add in the onion, celery and mushrooms. Saute for 5 minutes.
- Pour in the broth and scrape bottom of pot so that nothing is sticking. Turn off Instant Pot.
- Add chicken into the pot. Sprinkle the chicken with the salt, pepper, poultry seasoning, garlic powder and smoked paprika.
- Cover Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set manual/pressure cook button to 10 minutes. When time is up let pot sit for 5-10 minutes and then move valve to venting. Remove the lid.
- In a bowl, add a cup of the liquid from the pot and whisk it together with the flour until no lumps remain. Stir the mixture into the pot and turn the pot to saute setting and let the sauce thicken. Once thickened turn off the pot.
- Stir in the bacon crumbles. Stir a cup of the hot contents of the pot in with the half and half to temper it. Stir it into the pot.
- Serve chicken and sauce over mashed potatoes, rice or noodles.
- Category: Chicken
- Method: Instant Pot