Instant Pot Chicken and Dumplings
This easy weeknight dinner combines tender chicken, veggies, and fluffy canned biscuit dumplings for a cozy meal made fast in the Instant Pot.
- Prep Time: 35 minutes
- Cook Time: 17 minutes
- Total Time: 17 minutes
- Yield: 4
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Main Course
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
This easy weeknight dinner combines tender chicken, veggies, and fluffy canned biscuit dumplings for a cozy meal made fast in the Instant Pot.
Instructions
Prep Dumplings:
Cut each biscuit into quarters and set aside.
Sauté Aromatics:
Set Instant Pot to Sauté. Add butter and olive oil. Once hot, add garlic and diced onion. Cook for 1–2 minutes, stirring, until translucent.
Add Main Ingredients:
Add cubed chicken, broth, cream of chicken soup, heavy cream, celery, carrots, and poultry seasoning. Stir well to combine.
Pressure Cook:
Close the lid and set the valve to “Sealing.” Set to High Pressure for 10 minutes.
Allow to Natural Release for 15 minutes, then manually release any remaining pressure.
Add Peas and Biscuits:
Open the lid, stir in frozen peas. Gently place biscuit quarters on top of the mixture (do not stir).
Cook Dumplings:
Set to Sauté, close lid (leave venting OFF), and cook for 5 minutes to steam dumplings.
Let sit for another 15 minutes on Keep Warm to finish dumpling cooking. Then vent to release pressure.
Serve Warm:
Stir gently before serving to mix in dumplings. Serve hot with fresh herbs or cracked pepper if desired.
Notes
Prep Dumplings:
Cut each biscuit into quarters and set aside.
Sauté Aromatics:
Set Instant Pot to Sauté. Add butter and olive oil. Once hot, add garlic and diced onion. Cook for 1–2 minutes, stirring, until translucent.
Add Main Ingredients:
Add cubed chicken, broth, cream of chicken soup, heavy cream, celery, carrots, and poultry seasoning. Stir well to combine.
Pressure Cook:
Close the lid and set the valve to “Sealing.” Set to High Pressure for 10 minutes.
Allow to Natural Release for 15 minutes, then manually release any remaining pressure.
Add Peas and Biscuits:
Open the lid, stir in frozen peas. Gently place biscuit quarters on top of the mixture (do not stir).
Cook Dumplings:
Set to Sauté, close lid (leave venting OFF), and cook for 5 minutes to steam dumplings.
Let sit for another 15 minutes on Keep Warm to finish dumpling cooking. Then vent to release pressure.
Serve Warm:
Stir gently before serving to mix in dumplings. Serve hot with fresh herbs or cracked pepper if desired.
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