{"id":16056,"date":"2017-04-09T00:56:52","date_gmt":"2017-04-09T04:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slimmingeats.com\/blog\/?p=16056"},"modified":"2024-02-14T11:22:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T16:22:12","slug":"instant-pot-whole-chicken-gravy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slimmingeats.com\/blog\/instant-pot-whole-chicken-gravy","title":{"rendered":"Instant Pot Whole Chicken with Gravy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Instant Pot Whole Chicken with Gravy - the most amazingly tender and juicy whole chicken you will ever make with a perfect flavoursome gravy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Instant Pot (Pressure Cooker) Whole Chicken<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you have never cooked a whole chicken in a pressure cooker and you actually own a pressure cooker. I demand you to make this whole chicken right now. It's super easy to make and finger lickin amazing!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is probably one of the most cooked recipes I make in the Instant Pot because my family love this recipe and if I need cooked chicken for sandwiches, salads, lunches etc, then this is really the perfect recipe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best part of all, the Instant Pot (pressure cooker) cooks a whole 4lb chicken in 25 minutes (not including the natural releasing of the pressure) and the meat is super tender and moist, perfect for your Sunday dinner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wondering what an Instant Pot<\/strong><\/span><\/a> is?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It is basically a 7in1 cooker which can slow cook, pressure cooks, saut\u00e9 and has a setting for soup, chilli, rice, porridge and even makes yoghurt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Cook a Whole Chicken in the Instant Pot<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When making this Instant Pot Whole Chicken with Gravy, I like to get all the ingredients ready in advance, it makes it much easier to do all the steps and get the chicken into the instant pot cooking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Setting the chicken aside, I first get all the vegetables prepared, by chopping and washing the leeks, crushing the garlic cloves and roughly chopping the onions. Don't worry about chopping them neatly, or to a certain size, as they will be blended at the end of cooking, to make the gravy, so it really doesn't matter, so long as they are not too big.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once chopped you, can then set the instant pot to saut\u00e9 mode. Once hot, spray with some spray oil and add the onion, leeks and garlic and saut\u00e9 for a couple of minutes until translucent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Add in the tomato paste, balsamic vinegar and \u00be cup of chicken stock, and stir till well combined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You can then turn off the instant pot, just while you season the chicken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Seasoning for a Whole Chicken<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I mix all the seasoning together in a bowl. Then place the chicken on a board and you can rub the seasoning all over the chicken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I tend to stick to this basic seasoning blend, as it's what my family love for flavour, you get the additional flavour from all the ingredients that go in for the gravy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n