Instant Pot Chicken and Wild Rice

Sometimes I throw things in the instant pot and it works. This was one of those times.


2 large boneless skinless chicken breasts (these were freakin giant chickens apparently, so it was really heavy on the chicken)
3 1/2 cups chicken stock (I just used water with the knorr brand powdered chicken bouillon)
1 block cream cheese
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream (or half and half. Or Milk. I'm not picky)
Carrots (I did 1/2 lb, but you could add more if you want)
1/2 cup peas (I cooked some for dinner last night and they were still in the fridge so I threw them in)
1/2 cup corn (I didn't use this, I'm just speculating that it would be good)
1/2 yellow onion diced
2 boxes rice-a-roni long grain wild rice - uncooked - we'll use the seasoning packet too
Drizzle of Olive Oil


As you can tell by all the notes on this ingredient list, I totally made this up.


Step 1 - Drizzle Olive Oil in bottom of Instant Pot. Using the SAUTE button, sauté the onions and carrots until the edges of the onions start to get translucent. Deglaze the bottom of the pot by pouring in the chicken stock.

Step 2 - add the chicken breasts to the pot and cook for 15 minutes at high pressure. Let it do a natural pressure release for an additional 15 minutes before manually releasing the pressure.

Step 3 - Pull the chicken out and shred it. (pro-tip: use your mixer. Kitchen-aid or hand mixer, it still shreds it 87 times faster than you can with a fork) add the chicken back into the pot. Add the two boxes of rice and the seasoning packets in. Mix it up. Put the lid back on and cook for 7 more minutes. Once it's done you can quick release.

Step 4 - Now you can add in the cream cheese, the whipping cream, the peas, and the corn. Switch it to Saute and mix it until that cream cheese melts.

Step 5 - Once that cream cheese has melted you're done. Garnish it with something if you're fancy and want to post it on instagram. If you're like me and you're just trying to get dinner done so you can work on your homework then just scoop that creamy goodness into a bowl and you're good to go.


The two of us ate this for dinner and then I packed it for lunches for us for the next few days, so I guess you could say it feeds 6 hungry people.