Instant Pot lemon chicken recipe gets dinner on the table in 30 minutes or less! The creamy sauce is so light and perfect to enjoy year round. Serve over pasta and you have a super easy dinner idea.
Instant Pot lemon chicken recipe
This creamy dish is so simple that you will not believe it! Just toss and go and the pressure cooker makes this Instant Pot Lemon Chicken Recipe in minutes.
The fresh lemons give this the best flavor and the sauce is creamy and delicious. Unlike some cream based sauces, this is not heavy.
You can easily enjoy it year round including the warmer months. The sauce is light and just perfect.
We love to put a lemon wedge on each plate so everyone can squeeze more lemon juice on top. It really is delicious!
What to serve with pressure cooker lemon chicken?
We enjoy Lemon chicken served over pasta. We normally serve it over angel hair pasta but you can use any type of pasta you have on hand. It will still be amazing.
Pair this dish with a green veggie and you are ready to go! We love these delicious roasted green beans with the lemon chicken. They only take a minute to prepare and they are so yummy.
This recipe is also good with oven roasted asparagus. You don’t need much as this lemon chicken is the star of the show.
Just a simple side dish will work. You can even make a salad and that would be wonderful.
Instant pot lemon chicken ingredients:
- chicken breasts boneless and skinless
- butter
- salt and pepper
- Italian Seasoning
- chicken broth
- minced garlic
- half and half
- cornstarch
- shredded Parmesan cheese
How to make lemon chicken in the instant pot:
First, put chicken in the instant pot. Brown the chicken in the butter.
Next, season with salt, pepper, Italian seasoning.
Top with the remaining butter (cut into pieces).
Squeeze the lemon juice over the top. This is going to be SO good!
Now it is time to add in the chicken broth.
Add the lid and set the valve to sealing.
Do a quick release after cooking.
In a small bowl, whisk together the cornstarch in the half and half.
Stir in the instant pot and turn the instant pot to the saute setting.
Stir and heat through until the lemon sauce has thickened.
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Keep reading for the full recipe.
You need a pressure cooker to make this delicious instant pot lemon chicken.
I am using an 8 quart Instant pot but you can use a 6 quart. I personally have an Instant Pot and so far I am loving it.
You can find the Instant pot on sale here. It’s really changed dinner time around here.
If you have been putting off trying an instant pot, I highly recommend going ahead and biting the bullet. I love using the pressure cooker when I don’t have much time.
It is perfect for frozen food or meals that normally take a while. You can toss everything in and have dinner ready in no time at all.
Those days when you forget to take something out of the freezer or wait until the last minute for dinner, the instant pot is your saving grace.
I am not exaggerating when I say it truly has changed meal time around here. We love ours and it makes soup recipes even easier.
You can also these Instant Pot Accessories to make pressure cooking a breeze. We just love to pressure cook and I am certain you will too.
This meal is also delicious in the slow cooker. You might also want to try Crock Pot Lemon Chicken.
Not only is this lemon chicken recipe tasty but it is versatile!
We all love this easy meal. The fresh lemon is so amazing and really blends with the cream sauce to make a great recipe.
You can easily substitute other types of pasta. Linguine, bow tie, penne and more taste great and you can easily use whatever you have on hand.
I think it would also be delicious served over rice. Yum!
Try using chicken thighs instead of chicken breasts. They are just as delicious. You can even use a mix of both.
Just use what you have. This recipe is so versatile.
I am all about using what is on sale at the grocery store or that I already have in the freezer. I cut our grocery bill by 50% off by following these 8 Tips for for Saving Money on Groceries by Menu Planning! Save that money for something else or to give you family wiggle room in the budget.
Easy recipes like this keep my family happy and my grocery budget in good shape. This is how I keep our grocery budget reasonable.
Plus, being able to throw this together quickly and easily really helps to avoid the temptation of getting take out. Everyone is much happier with a delicious home cooked meal anyway.
Take out these days is not that fast and costs a small fortune. It is even more if you have 8 kids like I do.
This instant pot lemon garlic butter chicken will be a hit!
It has the perfect blend of garlic and lemon for an amazing cream sauce. Your family will love this new recipe.
Feel free to try instant pot lemon chicken breast frozen and still get dinner on the table in a flash. This recipe really is so easy.
If you are looking for a healthy lemon chicken, instant pot recipe, give this a try!
Print this pressure cooker lemon chicken recipe below:
Instant Pot lemon chicken recipe gets dinner on the table in 30 minutes or less! The creamy sauce is so light and perfect to enjoy year round.
- 6 chicken breasts boneless and skinless
- 8 tablespoons butter divided
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon Italian Seasoning
- 1 cup chicken broth
- fresh lemons
- 2 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 cup half and half
- 2 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 cup shredded parmesan cheese
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In the instant pot brown the chicken in 2 tablespoons butter.
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Place in the pressure cooker. Season with salt, pepper, Italian seasoning.
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Top with the butter (cut into pieces)
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Squeeze the lemon juice over the top.
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Add in the chicken broth.
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Add the lid and set the valve to sealing. set the pressure for 20 minutes.
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Do a quick release.
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Then in a small bowl whisk together the cornstarch in the half and half.
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Stir in the instant pot and turn the instant pot to the saute setting.
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Stir and heat through until the lemon sauce has thickened
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Serve over angel hair pasta with parmesan cheese and more fresh lemons.
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Stacey says
Where to add the garlic? We enjoyed this, making it with thighs. The lemon sauce was light, but would have been much better if it had thickened more. I wonder if the thighs had more juice, but it was very tender. Served it with GF mac and cheese.
Lani Hill says
This looks so, so yummy! How many lemons? The recipe doesn’t say.
Donna Woods says
Love this dish my grandkids do too and its so easy to do. You should really try this one ???
Irene says
Delicious thank you! I used two lemons in my recipe and cooked the garlic in the butter a few minutes before adding the chicken back in. Let us know if there was another recommendation for those two ingredients! Definitely need to brown my chicken a little more next time too. Yours photographed much better than mine haha!