This Creamy Lemon Chicken Instant Pot recipe is delightfully tangy, yet rich and creamy.
Course Entree, Main Course
Cuisine American, French, Italian
Keyword creamy lemon chicken, Instant Pot Lemon Chicken
Prep Time 2 minutesminutes
Cook Time 13 minutesminutes
Total Time 15 minutesminutes
Servings 6
Calories 198kcal
Author Robin Gagnon
Equipment
electric pressure cooker
Ingredients
1 ½poundschicken breast
sea salt and ground black pepper to season
1tablespoonolive oilclassic or type not EVOO (avocado oil, ghee or other sauteing oil are fine)
1clovegarlicminced
1teaspoonItalian seasoning
zest of ½ a lemon
¼cupchicken broth
juice of ½ a lemonapprox. 1 tbsp
⅓cupheavy cream
Instructions
First season your chicken breasts with a generous sprinkle of salt and pepper.
Set the Instant Pot to Saute. Pour in the oil and spread it around with a spatula to ensure the bottom of stainless steel pot is completely coated.
Once it is hot, drop in the garlic and Italian seasoning, stir then add the chicken. Zest ½ a Lemon over the top of the chicken. Sear until the chicken is golden brown at the bottom (3-4 minutes), then flip the chicken breasts over and cook for 1 minute more.
Now pour in the broth and add the lemon juice. Stir, then lock cover and manually set pressure to 8 minutes. Flip valve to pressurize.
After the pressure cooking cycle, flip valve for quick release. Open pot.
Scoop out a couple spoons of the juices and stir into the cream. Then add cream into the pot, set to saute and stir until it starts to bubble. Once it starts to bubble, shut it off or set to warm.
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Notes
Nutrition based on ¼ teaspoon of sea salt. As always nutrition data is only provided as an estimate.