Whole Chicken Leg Recipes Instant Pot
In my 6 quart instant pot i can fit two legs in the pot skin side down.
Whole chicken leg recipes instant pot. Instant pot smoked paprika garlic chicken legs is a fast easy instant pot chicken leg recipe with only 4 ingredients. Chicken is still the number one protein in this country and the instant pot means that you can get any number of chicken dishes on the table on a busy weeknight. If you are using a larger electric pressure cooker you may need to add additional liquid to reach pressure. I have two instant pot chicken legs sauce options below you can try we liked both and just rotate between the two.
Smoky tender meat with crisp skin. Method 1 using enchilada sauce. Moreover these whole chicken recipes will only take 30 60 minutes to make and it s almost all entirely hands off. Toss chicken with the herbs unless you re omitting this part.
Pour the chicken fat out of the pot. Cook each set of legs until the skin is browned about 4 minutes. Notes on instant pot garlic chicken legs. Read on for step by step instructions on how to cook a whole chicken in the instant pot plus more ways to use leftover chicken.
This is an adaptation of our crock pot garlic chicken thighs. We used our favorite low carb bbq sauce to make this recipe low carb but feel free to use your own favorite bbq sauce. We have tested this recipe in both our instant pot and ninja foodi but you can use any 6 quart electric pressure cooker. We have used both our 6 quart instant pot and 6 quart crock pot pressure cooker to make these yummy chicken legs.
Move the browned legs to a bowl then repeat with the remaining legs. Pour the broth into the inner pot. But what is even better the fast pressure cooking keeps chicken especially chicken breasts which can often get dry tough and stringy during other cooking methods tender and. Close the instant pot turn valve to sealing set manual and cook for 20 minutes.
Or you could also make them in a crock pot using our crock pot drumsticks recipe. The instant pot makes it so that you can cook a whole chicken in under an hour with only five minutes of prep work. Recipe 2 using barbecue sauce don t choose honey style as that will trigger the burn message 3rd recipe is chicken adobo instant pot style. Brown the skin side of the chicken legs in batches each leg should lay flat in the pot.
Any 6 quart electric pressure cooker should work just fine.