This is a delicious and easy Instant Pot shredded buffalo chicken breast recipe. The shredded buffalo chicken is tender, juicy, and flavorful.
This Easy Pressure Cooker Shredded Buffalo Chicken Recipe is perfect for your weeknight meals. Made in just a few minutes, this flavorful shredded buffalo chicken breast is incredible by itself, or perfect as a base for tacos, nachos, sliders, and pizza!
Juicy Instant Pot Shredded Buffalo Chicken Breast Recipe Video
I make this pressure cooker shredded buffalo chicken breast recipe 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.
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Loving this Instant Pot shredded buffalo chicken breast recipe yet? 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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Instant Pot Shredded Buffalo Chicken Breast Recipe
This is a delicious and easy pressure cooker shredded buffalo chicken breast recipe. The shredded buffalo chicken is tender, juicy, and flavorful.
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/2 bottle of Frank's RedHot Buffalo Wing Sauce
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 teaspoons cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoons Tabasco Sauce
Instructions
- 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.
Making this chicken tonight! Putting it inside of whole wheat tortillas with Caesar salad and dressing! Buffalo chicken ceasar wraps! Thanks for the recipe!
Do I double the time with doubling recipe?
I don’t think so. I think it would work the same… but I am not 100% sure because I have never doubled it. At the most, I would add 5 minutes, but I think it would be fine leaving the same time….
Turned out perfect and my family loved it!! Thank you!
I am so glad to hear that! Thank you.
Looking forward to trying this tonight!! I only have 1 lb of chicken breast handy. Would I need to alter the recipe? Also what would you say is the spice level of this? Thanks!
This was amazing! I used 2lbs raw chicken breast, adjusted the amount of butter to half the amount (saving on fat), and omitted the Tabasco Sauce (not a super hot food fan). The heat from the buffalo sauce was just right. I made buffalo chicken wraps using low calorie/low carb garden veggie wraps, topped with yogurt ranch, chopped celery, shredded carrots and chopped onions!
I track food on my fitness pal. I see the nutritional values with the recipe but it does not have a portion size. The nutritional chart says 2 servings but 4 breasts of chicken are far more than 2 servings. Just wondering if you know
This recipe with 4 breasts is about 6 servings… this is an estimate because chicken breasts run different sizes… I am not seeing where you see 2 servings. On my recipe, it says 6. I hope this helps.
Question about the natural release-for how long should you allow it to naturally release? I’m newer to instant pot cooking but most times with natural release I’m seeing that there is a time/minutes tied to that. This looks delicious and I can’t wait to try it!
I let it natural release until it is finished and the float valve drops completely. There isn’t so much liquid in the recipe that this should take too long. However, if you wait until 10 minutes and it hasn’t completely dropped, you should be fine to unlock and open it with the same results.
How do you freeze? Ziploc bag? And then how do you re-heat?
Thinking of making a bunch for a party, and would love to be able to make ahead!
I would think a ziplock bag would work. I have little freezer containers… so I haven’t tried it that way. After thawing it out, you could microwave or reheat on stove top. If in the microwave, pause a couple times intermittent to stir. If on stove top, make sure you are continually stirring to prevent scorching.