CHICKEN

Instant Pot Creamy Tuscan Chicken

Garlic chicken thighs with spinach and sun-dried tomatoes in a silky parmesan sauce.

About 45 min 4 servings Easy
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Instant Pot Creamy Tuscan Chicken

The chicken that looks like I tried harder

This is the chicken I make when dinner should look like I put in some effort. Cream sauce, spinach, tomatoes in the sauce. It looks like a restaurant plate. It is not a restaurant amount of work.

The chicken itself cooks plain, in broth with garlic. The sauce gets built after, in the same pot. One pot to wash, and it still feels like a big deal at the table.

Cream goes in after the pressure

Pressure cook the chicken for 8 minutes. Let it sit 5 minutes, then open the valve and let the rest of the steam out. Take the chicken out and check it reads 165°F.

Simmer the broth down a bit on Sauté. Then add the cream and the sun dried tomatoes and cook gently until the sauce coats a spoon. Cream goes in after the pressure on purpose. Under pressure it can split and turn grainy.

Turn the heat off. Stir in the spinach until it wilts and the parmesan until it melts. Put the chicken back in the sauce and serve. Pasta, rice, or bread all work under it. I usually go with bread, for the sauce.

THE RECIPE

Instant Pot Creamy Tuscan Chicken

Prep
10 min
Pressure
8 min
Release
5 min natural

Amounts are written for a 6-quart cooker. Total time includes estimated pressurization and release.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Pour in the broth and add the garlic and chicken. Pressure cook for 8 minutes.
  2. Wait 5 minutes and vent according to your model. Open when the float valve drops. Check for 165°F (74°C) at the thickest part of the chicken. Finish cooking on Sauté if needed, then lift the thighs onto a plate.
  3. On Sauté, reduce the broth, then add cream and sun-dried tomatoes and simmer gently until it coats a spoon. Turn off the heat. Stir in spinach and parmesan, then return the chicken to the sauce.

PER SERVING

Nutrition breakdown

ESTIMATED

460 calories per serving.

Protein36 g · 31% of macro calories
Carbs10 g · 9% of macro calories
Fat31 g · 60% of macro calories
Fibre
2 g
Sugars
4 g
Sodium
470 mg
Saturated fat
15 g

Approximate values based on the listed ingredients and 4 servings. Brands and substitutions can change the totals.