Instant Pot Buttery Lemon Chicken

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Ingredients

  • 2 lbs. chicken breast or thighs
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 1 onion diced
  • 3/4 cup chicken broth
  • 4 cloves minced garlic
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1/2 tsp paprika
  • 1/2 tsp pepper
  • 1 tsp. dried parsley
  • 1/2 cup lemon juice (2 lemons)
  • 4 tsp flour

Preparation

Step 1

Set the Instant Pot to sauté mode. When it’s hot melt butter.

Add onion, garlic, paprika, parsley, and pepper to melted butter, and sauté until onions soften.

With your Instant Pot still set to sauté, sear the chicken on each side for about 3-5 minutes. The chicken should be a caramelized brown color.


Pour chicken broth, lemon juice, and salt over chicken and stir.

Lock lid into place and close steam valve. Set Instant Pot to poultry setting and cook for 7-8 mins if chicken is thawed and 12-15 minutes if it’s frozen.

Once done, let depressurize naturally.

Remove the chicken from the Instant Pot, but leave the sauce in the pan. Gradually stir in flour to thicken sauce.

If you’re serving chicken on top pasta, mix cooked pasta in with thickened lemon sauce. Otherwise drizzle sauce over chicken.