I have made a similar recipe in the crockpot a lot, recently I tried it in the Instant Pot. It turned out really good! My chicken was even frozen when I started. You can use fresh thawed chicken too.
Salsa Chicken
1- 1 1/2 lbs. chicken breast
1 (16 oz.) jar salsa - chunky works great as well as home canned salsa
1/2 packet taco seasoning
garlic salt
1/4 cup chopped cilantro (optional)
Place the chicken in the bottom of the Instant Pot and Sprinkle just a little garlic salt over the chicken. Sprinkle taco seasoning over both sides of the chicken breasts. Poor the salsa over it all. Set the pressure cooker to 30 minutes high pressure. (If your chicken is thawed it will take 20 minutes). When it is done, you can quick release or let it set about 15 minutes first (whatever you have time for). Open the lid and shred the chicken with two forks.
Optional: Add in about 1/4 cup chopped cilantro after it has cooked and you've shredded it.
This is great for tacos, burritos, quesadillas, and chicken salad!
NOTE: I rinsed my chicken first because it was so frozen, and I wanted to have a stickiness to it so the seasonings would stick to it.
This is before it's cooked. I sprinkled some garlic salt, then added taco seasoning and salsa.
This is what it looked like after it was cooked, but before I shredded it.
I like to add chopped cilantro in after it's cooked and after I've shredded the chicken.
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