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Instant Pot Buttery Lemon Chicken
"This recipe is very easy to make and takes about 5 minutes to prep. You can eat it with pasta or rice or with a side of vegetables. We change things up and have eaten it many ways. My kids love to eat it with pasta and I love it with veggies and mashed potatoes. So, make it with any sides your family will prefer."

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

SK notes below -- this is DELICIOUS!! Keeper. I've served with rice, salad and also with pasta, carrots. Yum.

Servings: 4+

Servings: 4+
Ingredients
  • 2 lbs. chicken breasts or thighs (bone-in, skin-on)
  • 2 tbsp. ghee or butter (SK - I use butter and it's great)
  • 1 onion diced
  • ¾ cup chicken broth
  • 4 cloves minced garlic (SK: of course use more LOL)
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • ½ tsp paprika
  • ½ tsp pepper
  • 1 tsp. dried parsley
  • ½ cup lemon juice (2 lemons) (SK - meyer lemons are extra delicious if possible)
  • 4 tsp. arrowroot flour (SK - I use cornstarch since that's what I have)
Steps
  1. Set the Instant Pot to Sauté mode. When it’s hot melt ghee or butter.
  2. Add onion, garlic, paprika, parsley, and pepper to melted ghee, and sauté until onions soften.
  3. With your Instant Pot still set to sauté, sear the chicken on each side for about 3 to 5 minutes. The chicken should be a caramelized brown color.
  4. Pour chicken broth, lemon juice, and salt over chicken and stir.
  5. Lock lid into place and close steam valve. Set Instant Pot to poultry setting and cook for 7 to 8 mins if chicken is thawed and 12 to 15 minutes if it’s frozen.
  6. Once done, let depressurize naturally - it shouldn’t take very long.
  7. Remove the chicken from the Instant Pot, but leave the sauce in the pan.  Gradually stir in arrowroot flour to thicken sauce.
  8. If you’re serving chicken on top pasta, mix cooked pasta in with thickened lemon sauce. Otherwise drizzle sauce over chicken.
  9. Enjoy!
Notes
  • SK notes Jan 18, 2017: after I sautéed the onions, garlic, etc. and then browned the chicken, I added the chicken broth and lemon juice and closed the lid. I then used the Poultry setting for 8 minutes, then NPR. The NPR took exactly 15 minutes for the pin to drop. I then removed the chicken and thickened the juices with a little cornstarch. I used bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs.
  • I served with rice Jan 18, 2017. Delicious combination. www.facebook.com/shirleyekaiser/posts/10154215872038862:0
  • I served with pasta and carrots Sep, 2017. www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154890094153862&set=a.1...
 

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