CHICKEN

Instant Pot BBQ Pulled Chicken

Name: Instant Pot BBQ Pulled Chicken
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1½ lb boneless, skinless chicken thighs; 1½ cups unsalted chicken broth; 1 tsp smoked paprika; ½ cup barbecue sauce; 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar

Smoky shredded chicken with a tangy barbecue finish. Pile it over rice or tuck it into a soft bun.

About 40 min 4 servings Easy

Jump to Recipe

Barbecue taste, no grill to babysit

Some nights I want barbecue. I do not want to light a grill, stand over it, and then wash a grill. This is my answer to those nights.

Chicken thighs go in the pot with broth and smoked paprika. That is most of the work. The paprika does the smoky part, and nobody at the table needs the details.

The sauce goes in last

Pressure cook the chicken for 8 minutes. Then wait 5 minutes and open the valve to let the rest of the steam out. I find that short rest keeps the chicken juicier than venting right away.

Take the chicken out and shred it with two forks. Stir in the barbecue sauce, a spoon of vinegar, and enough of the cooking liquid to make it juicy. Sauce added at the end tastes like sauce. Sauce cooked under pressure goes thin.

Pile it on buns or over rice. Leftovers make a good sandwich the next day, which is half the reason I make it.

THE RECIPE