Salsa chicken is a great quick dinner when you make it in the instant pot. You can even start with dry black beans. Make some rice and get your favorite toppings ready while it cooks.
Salsa chicken is the perfect topping for burrito bowls or filling for burritos. It is made fast and easy in the instant pot.
About the Recipe
This recipe is super economical and starts with dried beans, but you can easily sub in canned black beans if you’d rather.
Ever since we first tried crockpot salsa chicken however many years ago, it has been a favorite dinner. It’s a super simple dump and go slow cooker recipe that nets big flavor.
We love it on some cilantro lime rice and piled high with our favorite toppings like sour cream, avocado, cheese, cilantro and more salsa. It also makes a great burrito filling if that’s more your style.
But sometimes dump and go recipes are still too much work on a busy weekday morning. And sometimes you get home from work and no dinner is planned.
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That is where the instant pot can come to your rescue! You can start with dry beans and even frozen chicken and still have dinner on the table in under an hour.
Using dry beans makes this dinner super affordable, but if you happen to have cans of black beans they will work too! It will even shave a few minutes off the cook time!
So next time you are in a panic about what you’ll make for dinner, relax! The instant pot will make it easy for you!
More Instant Pot Recipes
For more Tex-Mex flavors, try making salsa verde pork. It is delicious and using the pressure cooker makes it go so much faster.
Some of our other favorites include Instant Pot chicken risotto, and Instant Pot lasagna soup. Of course you can make a great ham and bean soup in the Instant Pot as well.
If you like the ease of using a pressure cooker, check out my full collection of Instant Pot recipes for more inspiration.
Salsa Chicken in the Instant Pot
Ingredients
- 1 pound chicken breasts boneless, skinless
- 1½ cups dried black beans*
- 1½ cups frozen corn
- 1 cup salsa
- 1 package taco seasoning
- 3 cups water*
- 1 medium onion chopped
- cilantro to taste
Instructions
- Spray instant pot insert with cooking spray.
- Place all ingredients but the cilantro in the instant pot. Cook on high pressure for 35 minutes, then allow to slow release the steam.1 pound chicken breasts, 1½ cups dried black beans*, 1½ cups frozen corn, 1 cup salsa, 1 package taco seasoning, 3 cups water*, 1 medium onion
- Shred chicken with two forks, then stir in chopped cilantro.cilantro to taste
- Serve in burritos or over rice with your favorite toppings.
Notes
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Does timing change if using frozen chicken?
No, you can keep the same timing. It will just take an extra minute or two to come to full pressure.
The recipe says cook 35 mins then in the description it says 25 minutes and later on it says to shave off 15 minutes of the cook time if you’re using canned black beans. So,cook it for 35 minutes not 25 we went with the 25 and the beans were not done we used dry beans. It was super tasty, will make again.
I am glad you liked it. I will take a look at the instructions and try to make them more clear. Thank you!
I made part of this in the IP tonight, and I was wondering if I couldn't change that up to the whole meal in the IP! I'm all over this!
Just chuck it all in there! I've been having fun experimenting with the IP lately. You'll have to let me know if you have any favorites!
It makes these kind of recipes so quick and easy.
This looks really good and is pushing further convincing me that I need to get myself an instant pot–I'm seeing so many great IP recipes lately!
I still haven't got an instant pot – but seeing delicious recipes like this certainly makes me tempted!!!
All the best!
Alex @ It's Not Complicated Recipes
It makes these kind of recipes so quick! Thank you
All the flavors we love, this is instant pot perfection! Have a great start to your week. xo
It's so quick and easy too!