Try these 10 Healthy Chicken Recipes in an Electric Pressure Cooker or Crock Pot for juicy shredded chicken breasts with a variety of bold flavors! These freezer friendly Instant Pot or Slow Cooker chicken recipes are great for healthy meal prepping.

Healthy Electric Pressure Cooker Chicken Recipes

Healthy Electric Pressure Cooker Chicken Recipes bring so much flavor and variety to chicken breasts and are perfect for your new favorite kitchen appliance. Did you just get a new Instant Pot or Crock Pot Express as a gift? Perhaps you bought one last year and it is sitting in the closet collecting dust because you just don’t know what to do with it. Most likely if you own a power pressure cooker, you are like myself and it lives on your counter top because you use it so often!

Electric Pressure Cookers are a fantastic kitchen appliance for making quick, easy and super tender meat. They also work great for chicken dinner ideas, air fryer egg rolls, buffalo chicken wrap, Thai crunch salad and so much more!

Pressure Cooker Chicken Recipes

I am sharing my favorite 10 Healthy Electric Pressure Cooker Chicken Recipes that can also be made in the Crock Pot. They are delicious go-to recipes you will make again and again. Serve them with a side of rice, top a pizza crust, make a sandwich or use them to make a quick soup. The serving ideas for these easy chicken recipes are endless!

The best part of all, is that whether you make a single batch or multiple varieties, these freezer-friendly chicken recipes freeze up great for last minute meals at another time. If you are looking for another great resource for meal planning, be sure to check out this free Printable Meal Planner Calendar.

Pressure Cooker Chicken Breast Recipes

You can prep these Pressure Cooker Chicken Breast Recipes in a matter of minutes. Simply toss the meat liquid and spices in the Instant Pot. You will have tender shredded chicken breasts ready in less than 30 minutes. It really doesn’t get any better than that.

No more thawing the chicken breasts in your microwave last minute, which results in rubbery and unevenly cooked meat. If you don’t own an Instant Pot, you can make all of these chicken recipes in your Crock Pot for a simple set it and forget it meal.

Healthy Pressure Cooker Recipes

For those of you who are new to an electric pressure cooker, be sure to check out my Tips and Tricks for the Perfect Pressure Cooker or Crock Pot Shredded Chicken at the end which answers lots of common questions.

*NOTE* These recipes are intended for a 5qt or 6qt electric pressure cooker. If you are using a larger 8qt pressure cooker, you will need to increase the amount of liquid.

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Italian Chicken

Italian Chicken Serving Suggestions:

• Top a flatbread with Italian Chicken and shredded cheese.
• Serve on a bed of rice or pasta.
• Fill bell peppers with chicken and rice and top with cheese for stuffed peppers.
• Add to a grilled cheese.
• Make a soup with the Italian Chicken, mirepoix (chopped onion, celery and carrots), chicken broth, rice, garlice and a little more marinara.
• Make a wrap filled with Italian chicken, lettuce, Italian dressing, cheese and tomatoes.

Honey Teriyaki Chicken

Honey Teriyaki Chicken Serving Suggestions:

• Make egg rolls with Honey Teriyaki Chicken, shredded carrots and shredded cabbage or broccoli slaw.
• Serve on a bed of rice or pasta.
• Make a salad by topping a bed of lettuce with Honey Teriyaki Chicken, shredded carrots, green onions and slivered almonds. Whisk some of the reserved juices with some olive oil for a quick vinaigrette.

Salsa Verde Chicken

Salsa Verde Chicken Serving Suggestions:

• Roll the Salsa Verde Chicken in flour tortillas and place in a sprayed baking pan. Top with green enchilada sauce and cheese and bake the enchiladas.
• Serve on a bed of rice.
• Make a Southwest Penne & Romaine Salad.
• Cover half of a large flour tortilla with Salsa Verde Chicken and cheese. Fold over and grill for a quesadilla.
• Make a salad by topping a bed of lettuce with chicken, pico de gallo and queso fresco. Toss the salad with salsa ranch.

Hawaiian BBQ Chicken

Hawaiian Chicken Serving Suggestions:

• Fill Hawaiian buns with chicken, extra BBQ sauce and cheese and top with melted butter and onion flakes and bake the sliders.  
• Make a BBQ Chicken & Pineapple Tostada.
• Top a pizza crust with Hawaiian BBQ Chicken, green onion and cheese.
• Make a wrap with Hawaiian BBQ Chicken, avocado, red onion and lettuce.
• Serve on a bed of rice.

Thai Peanut Chicken

Thai Peanut Chicken Serving Suggestions:

• Fill pieces of butter lettuce with chicken and top with chopped peanuts, cilantro, shredded carrots and green onion for lettuce cups.
• Serve on a bed of rice.
• Roll chicken up in egg roll wrappers with broccoli slaw and bake until crispy.
• Make a Thai Peanut Flatbread.
• Saute with red cabbage, snow peas, carrots and green onions and top with crispy wonton strips and peanuts.

Honey Balsamic & Onion Chicken

Honey Balsamic & Onion Chicken Serving Suggestions:

• Top a flatbread with Honey Balsamic & Onion Chicken, cherry tomatoes, tomatoes and goat cheese.
• Serve on a bed of rice.
• Make a salad by topping a bed of lettuce with Honey Balsamic & Onion Chicken, tomatoes, cucumbers and feta. Whisk some of the reserved juices with some olive oil and lemon juice for a quick vinaigrette.

Creamy Chicken Bacon Ranch

Creamy Chicken Bacon Ranch Serving Suggestions:

• Top a split baked potato with chicken and shredded Cheddar.
• Top a flatbread with chicken, green onion and shredded cheese.
• Serve on a bed of rice or pasta.
• Add to a grilled cheese.

Spicy Mexican Chicken

Spicy Mexican Chicken Serving Suggestions:

• Top a pizza crust with refried beans, Spicy Mexican Chicken and cheese.
• Top half of a large flour tortilla with Spicy Mexican Chicken and shredded cheese. Grill until cheese is melted for a quesadilla.
• Serve on a bed of rice.
• Roll the chicken in flour tortillas and place in a baking pan. Top with enchilada sauce and cheese and bake the enchiladas.

Buffalo Chicken

Buffalo Chicken Serving Suggestions:

• Roll the chicken in flour tortillas and place in a baking pan. Top with red enchilada sauce and shredded cheddar and bake the enchiladas.
• Top a split baked potato with Buffalo Chicken and shredded Cheddar.
• Make a Cheesy Buffalo Chicken French Bread.
• Add to a grilled cheese.
• Fill bell peppers with chicken and rice and top with cheese for stuffed peppers.
• Make Buffalo Chicken Tostadas.
• Top grilled corn tortillas with chicken, chopped tomatoes and bleu cheese for Buffalo Chicken Tacos.
• Make a Buffalo Chicken Wrap. 

Garlic & Onion Chicken

Garlic & Onion Chicken Serving Suggestions:

• Serve on a bed of rice or pasta.
• Make a Chicken Salad Sandwich.
• Add to your dinners or casseroles that call for pre-cooked chicken. (Chicken Pot Pie Casserole)
• Make Chicken Salad Stuffed Avocados.
• Make a soup with the chicken, mirepoix (chopped onion, celery and carrots), chicken broth and noodles.
• Add to your favorite salad.
• Make Creamy Chipotle Chicken Tomato Soup.
• Add to a grilled cheese.

Tips and Tricks for the Perfect Shredded Chicken Recipe

• These cooking times are for small to average size chicken breasts. If you are cooking huge chicken breasts (12 oz. or larger), increase the cooking time in your Instant Pot by 5-10 minutes. For the Crock Pot, add 1-2 additional hours of cooking time. 
• There is no need to add additional water to these recipes. Each recipes has the roughly 1 cup minimum required by an Instant Pot.
• If you need to make less chicken, do the following;
  • Pressure Cooker Chicken – reduce the amount of chicken to 1lb and remove 1 full cup of liquid from the Instant Pot before adding the shredded chicken back instead of the 2/3 cup it calls for to remove.
  • Crock Pot Chicken – reduce the amount of chicken to 1lb and don’t add the additional 1/2 cup of liquid it calls for.
• To make more chicken, do the following;
  • Pressure Cooker Chicken – increase the amount of chicken to 3 or 4lb and don’t remove any liquid from the Instant Pot. You can optionally increase the amount of vegetables if desired.
  • Crock Pot Chicken – increase the amount of chicken to 3 or 4lb and add 1 extra cup of liquid.

Chicken Recipe Tips (Cont’d)

• Freeze leftover chicken in resealable freezer bags for easy last minute meals.
• If you freeze your prepared chicken recipe and want to thaw it later, break it into large chunks and place it in a small metal or glass bowl. Place the bowl on the trivet in your Instant Pot with 1 cup of water in the bottom of the pot. Cook on high pressure for 3 minutes with a quick release and it should be thawed and heated through nicely!
• Use the reserved liquid from the Instant Pot recipes when making rice for added flavor. It also works great for soup bases. If you don’t need it right away, freeze it for later.

Leftover broth from Pressure Cooker Chicken Recipes