Tuscan Chicken in an Instant Pot

Jeff the Chef

What’s the best thing that happened to the internet lately? ChatGPT? No! Eva at Kitchen Inspriations got an Instant Pot, and has started posting recipes for it!!! This is my riff on one of them:

This Tuscan Chicken is so good, it freaked me out. Seriously, I think it is the best thing to come out of my Instant Pot so far. There’s just so much flavor in every biteful! And the chicken breast is tender, so tender. You’ll think you’ll want a knife to cut the cubes, but you can break them apart with your spoon.

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Tuscan Chicken in an Instant Pot

Recipe by Eva at Kitchen Inspirations, modified by Make It Like a Man!Course: Dinner
Makes

4

servings

Brown and sauté, pressure cook, and finish off.

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup (2 oz.) olive oil

  • 4½ Tbs (2.25 oz.) butter

  • 1⅓ cups (4 oz.) thinly sliced onion

  • 3 cups (7 oz.) thickly sliced mushrooms

  • 2 large (1 lb. 5 oz.) chicken breasts

  • Salt and pepper

  • 1 Tbs (1 oz.) garlic (roasted)

  • 2½ cups chicken stock

  • 2-3 tsp dried oregano

  • 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes

  • Half of a box (2½ cups, or 8.5 oz.) penne pasta, uncooked

  • 3-4 loose fistfuls (4.75 oz.) spinach

  • 1/3 cup (2 oz.) sundried tomatoes packed in oil, lightly drained and julienned

  • 1/2 cup (4 oz.) cream

  • 1½ cups (4 oz.) grated parmesan, divided

Directions

  • Set the Instant Pot’s SAUTÉ function to more, 30 minutes. Meanwhile, pat the chicken dry and season it with salt (perhaps 1/4 tsp) and pepper. When you get the “hot” indication, pour in the oil. Sear the chicken, covering the pot with a spatter screen, turning the chicken every 4 minutes until it’s brown all over. Remove to a plate. Add the butter to the pot and swirl the inner pot a few times to prevent burning while you wait for all the butter to melt. Add the onions to the pot and cook until translucent, stirring occasionally, 4 minutes. Add the mushrooms, and wilt, stirring occasionally, 1-2 minutes. (Add the garlic here if it’s raw, and cook for 1 minute.)
  • Pour the chicken stock into the pan and deglaze thoroughly. Add the oregano, (the garlic, if it’s roasted), and pepper flakes; stir. CANCEL the sauté. Slice the chicken into cubes, and stir into the pot. Add the pasta and push it down into the cooking liquid, but don’t stir it in.
  • Twist the lid onto the pot, and set the PRESSURE COOK function high, normal (5 minutes). Quick release.
  • Activate the SAUTÉ function and accept its defaults. Add the spinach and tomatoes, stirring to wilt the spinach. Add the cream and heat through. CANCEL the sauté. Stir in about 3/4 of the parmesan and reserve the rest for presentation. Add salt and pepper to taste.
  • Serve immediately with remaining parmesan for garnish, and perhaps with toasts.

Notes

  • Three teaspoons or oregano is a lot, but suprisingly not too much.
  • I developed this recipe for a six-quart Instant Pot. If using a different size or type of pot, you may need to make modifications.
"Tuscan Chicken in an Instant Pot," from Make It Like a Man!

The Backstory

This recipe comes from Eva, at Kitchen Inspirations. Eva’s recipes are stellar, and this one really grabbed me, and I’m glad it did. I doubled it – because I’m all about leftovers – and converted (and to be honest, kind of fudged in some cases) the measurements to Imperial. I increased the amount of chicken, and cubed it … and I swapped out a few items for things more commonly found in my own pantry. All of that sounds like a lot of modification, but honestly, they’re all mild departures from the original recipe. So, if this Tuscan Chicken looks good to you, don’t thank me for it. Thank Eva. Then go check out her website.

Social Learning

If you buy a family pack of chicken and a large package of mushrooms, you’ll probably have enough ingredients for a second batch.

"Tuscan Chicken in an Instant Pot," from Make It Like a Man!
Tuscan Chicken in an Instant Pot

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43 thoughts on “Tuscan Chicken in an Instant Pot”

  3. This sounds amazing. I like you comment about oregano. I’m heavy handed with it in a few recipes. It works.

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  5. This looks really delicious Jeff. I love that the pasta and all the ingredients are cooked together. I will have to get my act together and use my pressure cooker to its full potential, searing in the pot etc. Did you use the large spinach leaves or the baby spinach. Probably doesn’t matter.

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    • I agree that it probably doesn’t matter, but use baby spinach almost all the time when spinach is called for, mainly out of convenience.

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  6. I am so flattered, thank you Jeff. I’m standing in YYZ waiting (over an hour) for our luggage and I can’t wipe the ear-to-ear smile off my face! I did say waiting over an hour for luggage, and I’m smiling! I am so happy you enjoyed the recipe, it has become one of our favourites too. And it smells great too. I’m sure your changes only made it better. Great idea to make enough for leftovers too, this type of thing can only taste better the next day!

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    • Well, I’m so glad, and you deserve it! It’s a fabulous recipe, and i love your blog! But wait, what? An hour! Ugh!

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    • Thank you, Gerlinde! I’m sure you could convert this to a stovetop method.

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  11. Well I guess I need to break down and get an instant pot now, huh? I’ve been dragging my feet because I keep telling myself I can make whatever the recipe is in either a slow cooker or on the stovetop. But tender juicy Tuscan chicken…with plenty for leftovers!? I’m in! I bet you could turn that leftover chicken into some pretty interesting tacos or quesadillas. Would that count as fusion food? Hmmm…
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    • I was a skeptic about the pot, but it was a gift, so I tried it, and it turned out to be useful enough that I cook with it pretty frequently. It has the same advantage as a crock pot in that you walk away from it and let it do its thing unattended, but it only takes minutes instead of hours.

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    • Yes, I agree. You’d have to make modifications, but I’m sure it’s quite possible.

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  18. We’re all about leftovers here, too! This looks delicious and the IP really seals in the flavors making everything I’ve tried turn out extra yummy!

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  19. This does look seriously good – as I said in my reply to your comment : I don’t think anyone is suffering too badly in your household! Okay, I don’t have an instapot. Can we still be friends?

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    • Are you kidding? The best things about friends is the differences between them!

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  21. Talk about a hearty comfort food! This sounds incredible. I don’t have and instant pot but as always, I think I can swing it in a Dutch oven. Thank you and Eva for sharing! 🙂 ~Valentina

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  22. I wonder if an instant pot is the same as a crock pot or is it a pressure cooker? I watched a food vlogger the other day who made a simple dish in one of these pots, which took 3 hours to cook. I was thinking i could have just done it on the stove-top and it would have taken 20 minutes:=) Tee hee…

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