Hearty and comforting like a nanna's hug, this meal of stewed Instant Pot chicken and potatoes recipe will become your family's favourite. It also happens to be gluten-free and can be dairy-free (minus the butter), making it a great all-rounder for those with dietary restrictions.
We love a good one-pot meal and with the Instant Pot, you can make this tasty and rustic meal of stewed chicken and potatoes with minimal cleanup. Plus, cooking the potatoes and chicken at the same time allows for the flavours of the poultry, leeks and vegetables to infuse the spuds, while the starch in them thickens the broth and makes it rich and hearty.
You might also enjoy this creamy Instant Pot chicken stew with spring vegetables.
STEWED INSTANT POT CHICKEN & POTATOES
We used a combination of chicken breast and thighs meat in this recipe, but you can use whatever cut is available or suitable for your budget. Turkey meat or pork would also work well in this dish.
We wanted to make it a little bit French-inspired, so we used leeks sautéed in butter as our base, but you can easily use olive oil for a dairy-free/Whole30 friendly option.
If you can't eat white potatoes, you can replace them with sweet potatoes, parsnips, pumpkin or other starchy vegetables. We hope you enjoy this quick and easy dinner meal!
CAN I USE OTHER CHICKEN PARTS FOR THIS RECIPE?
Yes, you can use chicken thighs (whole or diced), chicken legs or a combination of chicken meat. If cooking whole chicken legs or whole chicken thighs, increase the cooking time by 5 minutes as the chicken will need longer to cook through.
CAN I MAKE THIS DISH IN A SLOW-COOKER OR ON THE STOVETOP?
Follow the directions the same, whether you're doing it on the stove or in a slow cooker. If the slow cooker is ceramic, do the Sauteing part in a pot on the stove and then transfer and mix all ingredients in the slow cooker vessel. Slow cooker: cook for about 3-4 hours on high or 4-6 on low. Stovetop: cook for 35-40 minutes.
HOW TO MAKE CHICKEN & POTATOES IN INSTANT POT
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Instant Pot Chicken & Potatoes Stew
Ingredients
- 1 leek large. white and pale green parts only, halved, washed and diced
- 1 oz butter 28 g, salted or unsalted, ghee or 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- 350 g chicken breasts 2 medium, 0.7 lb, diced
- 300 g skinless chicken thighs 4 thighs, about 0.5 lb, diced
- 4 potatoes large, about 1.7 lb / 800 g, diced into large cubes (larger than chicken pieces)
- 1 carrot large, sliced
- 3 cloves garlic chopped
- ½ cup frozen peas optional
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 cube chicken stock or 400 ml / 1.5 cups broth
- Zest of ½ lemon
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1.5 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper or white pepper
- 400 ml water 1 + ½ cups
Instructions
- Turn the Instant Pot on and press the Sauté function.
- Add the leeks and butter and cook for 4-5 minutes, until softened.
- Add the rest of the ingredients. Reserve half of the peas (if using) for later.
- Stir everything in the pot, and press the Keep Warm/Cancel button to stop the Sauté process.
- Place and lock the lid, making sure the top vent is pointing to Sealing. Press the Manual setting, HIGH pressure and adjust the time to 10 minutes. After 3 beeps the Instant Pot will start to build up the pressure and begin the cooking process. The pressure should take about 10 minutes to build, plus 10 minutes of cooking, so about 20 minutes in total.
- In the meantime, add the remaining frozen peas to a bowl of boiling hot water to defrost.
- Once the timer goes off, allow 5 minutes for the pressure to release naturally; then, use a quick release method (move the top vent knob to Venting, while standing away from the Instant Pot as the steam will shoot up in the air).
- Open the lid, stir through and serve topped with the remaining defrosted peas and a little extra lemon zest and black pepper for garnish, if you like.
Notes
Nutrition
SAVE THIS CHICKEN & POTATOES STEW TO PINTEREST
Mindy T.
I'm in a foreign country right now, but I have my Instant Pot and I decided to try making this even though I didn't have everything it called for.
No leeks here, but I did find some good-sized green onions. Used all chicken breasts (on WW, they are zero points). Used olive oil rather than butter. I included a full cup of peas (we love peas). No bay leaves, couldn't find any. No lemons, only limes. And I didn't have anything that could serve as a microplane, so no zest, just juice.
Added some chopped cilantro and diced zucchini.
Set the IP going when we were going out to our pier to watch the sunset with our neighbors (sort of a tradition). That meant that the Pot came to pressure, cooked for 10 minutes, released all its pressure on its own, and held the food at warm for us. We came back and puttered around for awhile and when we were ready, we served up.
It was really tasty! Lots of variations come to mind for the future, but it was really quite good just the way I did it. I was a bit surprised, but very satisfied. There's a good couple of servings left for another night as well. This recipe - and variations thereon - is definitely going into our rotation.
Rachel
Just delicious! It was quite a simple recipe, with no fancy ingredients but the flavour was soo good! Kind of like a yummy chicken leek and potato soup but more than soup. We used just breast and it was soo tender! My husband cooked it using our new pressure cooker for the first time and he was so worried he would ruin it but he didn't fail. The fussy 5yr old loved it!
I hope to make this on the regular now. Thankyou so much!
Instant Pot Eats
Thanks, Rachel 🙂
Chris
Ghee is butter, anything containing ghee is not dairy free. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghee
Instant Pot Eats
Ghee is made from butter but it's 98% dairy-free. Sure, if you're severely allergic to any kind of dairy, then you probably don't want to risk using ghee but most people who avoid dairy can usually consume ghee. It's Whole30 and Paleo approved.
Chris
That's all fine and good, but to call it dairy free is irresponsible. As someone with allergies, this type of thing can lead to accidental dosing and a trip to the ER when a well meaning relative or friend believes what you have written.
JC
Maybe you could read through the whole recipe. Between the introduction & notes, the author says twice to substitute the butter or ghee with olive oil to make it truly dairy free.
…it appears you are the one who is irresponsible - not the author - if you missed that.
Isabel
This is a fabulous recipe and has become one of my family's favorite dishes. It has wonderful flavor and is easy/quick to make.
Instant Pot Eats
Thanks, Isabel. Glad you enjoyed this recipe!
Gina
I just got an 8 quart instant pot for my birthday and was wondering how to make the meal much bigger (family of 7). Do I just double/triple everything evenly? I would need way more chicken and potatoes to feed my army.
instantpoteats
Hi Gina. Yes - you can generally follow the same rule for doubling or tripling any recipe on the stove top or in the oven. You just want to be considerate of liquid (it may not require 2-3x as much) and filling the pot too high. You want to fill it to the top line on the inner pot and no further.
Kim
I will be using 1 1/2 cups of chicken stock instead of the cube. Do I also use the 1 1/2 cups of water?
instantpoteats
Kim, you can just use 1.5 cups of broth.
carolyn
Looks to be such a healthy recipe and so 'eye appealing' thanks for sharing
instantpoteats
Hope you find the time to make it and enjoy it Carolyn! Thanks for the feedback 🙂
Kay Stegall
This is probably my favorite of your chicken recipes yet! Definitely will have this in the rotation
instantpoteats
Fantastic. So glad you enjoyed it, and thank you for letting us know.
Carol
If I don't have the stock on hand, would Better Than Bullion work?
instantpoteats
Yep!
instantpoteats
Yes, for sure!
D. R.
How much is a cube of chicken broth?
instantpoteats
They are pretty universal, it's 1 cube from a packet of 10 cubes or however many there are in the packet. Usually 1 cube of stock is added to about 2 cups of water, so if you're using stock powder instead, go for about 1 tablespoon or so. We use these stock cubes http://amzn.to/2C3NOd1 and each one is about 10 grams or so.