Recipe: Yummy Instant Pot: Cajun Chicken

Instant Pot: Cajun Chicken. This One Pot Cajun Chicken and Rice is a super easy and quick way to prepare an Instant Pot chicken and rice recipe with veggies. Perfect for busy weeknights and leftovers make amazing lunches. Perfect for busy weeknights and leftovers make amazing lunches.

You can adjust the heat level based on your preference by adding more or less of cayenne ground pepper. This Instant Pot Cajun Whole Chicken is easy to cook in the Instant Pot. The chicken comes out of the Instant Pot tasting delicious and juicy. You can cook Instant Pot: Cajun Chicken using 14 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Instant Pot: Cajun Chicken

1. Prepare 3-4 of medium sized chicken breasts.
2. Prepare 2 of red bell peppers.
3. You need 2 of green bell peppers.
4. Prepare 2 cups of brown rice.
5. It's 2 1/4 cups of water.
6. You need 2 of chicken boullion cubes.
7. You need 1 Tbsp of tomato paste.
8. You need 3 Tbsp of melted butter.
9. You need of Minced garlic.
10. Prepare of Dry cajun seasoning.
11. Prepare of Taco seasoning.
12. You need of Roasted garlic & bell pepper seasoning.
13. It's of Olive oil.
14. It's to taste of Salt & pepper.

Using the Instant Pot to cook the chicken is a game changer for getting the food on the dinner table quick and easy. Instant Pot Cajun Chicken Pasta is a great recipe to serve on Fat Tuesday! Not only do you do you get all the Cajun flavors that are commonly found in New Orleans, but you get to splurge one last time by eating pasta on Fat Tuesday. Cajun Chicken served with creamy pasta and made entirely in the Instant Pot.

Instant Pot: Cajun Chicken step by step

1. Set instant pot to sauté. While waiting for it to get hot, cut chicken breasts (in thirds) and bell peppers..
2. Toss chicken in butter, coat with desired amounts of dry seasonings (The more cajun the better)..
3. Put bullion cubes in 2 1/4 cups water and microwave for 2 minutes. Crush cubes with fork and stir. (Alternative option: use 2 1/4 cups chicken broth - I just prefer to make my own!).
4. Sauté minced garlic in oil in instant pot for 2 mins..
5. Turn sauté mode off. Add brown rice and chicken broth to pot. Stir in tomato paste and 1 Tbsp cajun seasoning..
6. Lay peppers then chicken breasts over rice. Sprinkle additional cajun and taco seasonings on top..
7. Using manual setting on instant pot, set pressure to High. Adjust time to 25 minutes..
8. Once time is up, let sit for 10 mins. then move top switch to venting and let pressure out quickly..
9. Shred chicken with fork, stir, and enjoy!.

Instant Pot Cajun Chicken Pasta—pasta with seasoned chicken, bites of andouille sausage, bell peppers, creamy sauce and cajun flavor. Spicy Cajun instant pot chicken and rice is PACKED with flavors and cooked in one-pot (instant pot). This chicken and rice instant pot recipe is one of the simplest weeknight dinner recipe you can think of. Made using homemade Cajun seasoning, this chicken and rice dinner fits well under your budget. This delicious Instant Pot Cajun Chicken Pasta is the ultimate quick dinner recipe.