This is a delicious and easy Instant Pot Shredded Buffalo Chicken Recipe. The shredded buffalo chicken is tender, juicy, and flavorful.
This Easy Instant Pot Shredded Buffalo Chicken Recipe is perfect for your weeknight meals.
Made in just a few minutes, this flavorful shredded buffalo chicken is incredible by itself, or perfect as a base for tacos, nachos, sliders, and pizza!
I make this Instant Pot shredded buffalo chicken very often my house. My hot buffalo sauce is incredible, therefore I am usually making this meal last minute when I need something to make easy and quick. My entire family loves it. The shredded buffalo chicken is healthy, lean, and tastes AMAZING! So why not?
You just throw the ingredients in the Instant Pot and cook it for 10 minutes.
Next, you shred the chicken with a fork. The chicken breasts just fall apart so the shredding is very easy. The chicken will naturally absorb most of the liquid. You will then put it on the sauté setting for just a few minutes to cook out any remaining liquid until the chicken absorbs any lingering sauce… about 5 minutes.
I make a lot of meal prep freezer meals for my husband to take to work. This is one of his favorite entrees. It freezes really well. You can double the batch and use half for a meal and save half in the freezer. Easy peasy!
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- 4 chicken breasts
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- ½ bottle of Frank's RedHot Buffalo Wing Sauce
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 teaspoons cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoons Tabasco Sauce
- Add all the ingredients in Instant Pot.
- Cook on manual high pressure for 10 minutes.
- Natural release.
- Shred chicken in Instant pot with two forks.
- The chicken should absorb most of the sauce.
- Put on sauté setting until juice is fully absorbed in shredded chicken. Should take about 5 minutes. Remove chicken from Instant Pot. Let it rest about 3 to 5 minutes and serve.
I was just thinking about this recipe! lol! Looks so good and will have to try it on Sunday for J’s lunch through the week. Thanks for sharing!
This seems like an appetizing recipe, Katie! Can’t wait to give it a try!
It says 1/2 a bottle of Frank’s but what size bottle?
I am sorry Lauren. Thanks for pointing that out. 12oz is the bottle I use. I didn’t know they came in different sizes.
Is the chicken breast raw to start? In your picture they look cooked and your recipe does not specify. Thanks.
Yes. The chicken is raw from the beginning.
How long would it need to cook if you started with Costco frozen chicken breasts?
I don’t know. I have only cooked thawed/fresh chicken breast. I have seen where other people have cooked frozen chicken breasts, but I personally have never attempted it. I would suggest thawing the breasts…. or research how other people cooked frozen breasts in the Instant Pot. However, if you cooked the frozen breasts, I am not sure it would come out the same with my recipe… It might have more liquid from the frozen breasts that would dilute the sauce. But I am guessing because I have no experience.
Hello. What do you do with the chicken once it’s cooked? Meaning what do you eat with it?
It is actually good by itself with sides. I drizzle a bit of blue cheese or ranch dressing over it. However, it is great over rice. It is also perfect for making buffalo nachos, sliders, and pizza.
You can also make stuffed baked potatoes, and top the buffalo chicken on that or a sweet potato. Also, I have made a buffalo chicken salad with it. It is very versatile.