Instant Pot Poached Chicken With Creamy Tomato Sauce
Learn how to make healthy, tender and delicious Instant Pot poached chicken. Use it in salads, sandwiches, soups and pasta dishes or serve with our simple creamy garlic tomato sauce and your favorite side dishes.
Course Main Course
Cuisine healthy
Keyword Chicken Breast Recipes, Chicken With Creamy Sauce, Creamy Tomato Sauce, How To Poach Chicken, Instant Pot Chicken Recipes, Poached Chicken
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 25 minutesminutes
Total Time 30 minutesminutes
Servings 2
Calories 386kcal
Author Irena Macri
Ingredients
For Poaching Chicken
2chicken breasts5-6 oz or 150 grams each
4cupswater
1chicken stock cube
1teaspoonsalt
½teaspoonpepper or peppercorns
1-2bay leaves
¼lemon
For Creamy Tomato Sauce
2tablespoonbutter
2garlic cloves finely diced
1tablespoontomato paste
½teaspoonsalt
¼teaspoonchili flakes
½cupbroth from the cooked chicken
⅓cupheavy cream
Parsley to serve
Instructions
The first step is to bring some water to a boil. You will need about 4 cups of hot water for the recipe. You can use a kettle to speed things up or you can even do it in the Instant Pot using the Saute setting on More mode. You can use a regular lid to cover the pot.
Add 4 cups of boiling hot water to the Instant Pot. Add the salt, pepper, stock cube, and bay leaf and squeeze the juice out of ¼ of a lemon, add the remaining lemon in as well. Stir through.
Turn the Instant Pot on Saute on MORE setting (press the Saute button multiple times to cycle through the setting options). Cover with a regular lid and let it come back to a boil. Once it has come to a boil, press Cancel.
Nestle the chicken breasts in the hot flavored stock. Press the Keep Warm setting and cover the pot with a regular lid. Leave for 10 minutes, then turn the chicken breasts over and leave for 10 more minutes, about 20 minutes total (22-23 minutes for larger breasts or if using 3-4 breasts).
Remove from the stock and slice the breasts or keep for later use. Reserve the stock to use in a sauce, soups or stews.
Make Creamy Tomato Sauce
Prepare the ingredients for the sauce. You will also need ½ cup of the chicken stock.
Heat up a small frying pan or a skillet over medium-high heat. You can also use it in the clean Instant Pot using the Saute setting. Add the butter and garlic and saute for a minute or two until garlic starts to change color and get aromatic. At this stage, stir in the tomato paste, salt and chili flakes.
Pour in ½ cup of the cooking chicken poaching broth or regular stock and stir until the paste has dissolved completely. Then stir in the cream and cook together for a minute until the sauce is smooth. Take off the heat and set aside.
Pour the sauce over sliced chicken and sprinkle with parsley for garnish.
Notes
The nutrition info is for poached chicken breast with the sauce!