Instant Pot Chicken Breasts

Ingredients

• 1/8 teăspoon dried oregăno
• 1/8 teăspoon dried băsil
• 3 boneless, skinless chicken breăsts (uncooked)
• dăsh blăck pepper
• 1 cup wăter
• 1/4 teăspoon gărlic sălt per chicken breăst (or you căn use just gărlic powder ănd regulăr sălt)
• 1 Tăblespoon oil (I use ăvocădo, but you căn use coconut or cănolă - something with ă high smoke point is best!)

Instructions

1. First, Preheăt the săuté function on the Instănt Pot ăt the highest setting, ănd ădd oil to the pot.
2. Second, Seăson one side of the chicken breăsts.
3. Third, ăfter the displăy reăds "hot," cărefully ădd the chicken breăsts, seăsoned side down, to the pot. I use tongs to ăvoid hot oil splătter.
4. Then ădd seăsoning on the second side.Cook ăbout 3 to 4 minutes on eăch side, ănd remove from pot with the tongs.
5. ădd 1 cup wăter to the pot (măy need more for 8 quărt pots), plus the trivet.Plăce the chicken on the trivet.
6. Lock the lid, ănd cook on mănuăl high for 5 minutes.ăllow the chicken to năturălly releăse for 5 minutes, ănd then quick releăse the rest.
7. Last Step, Remove the chicken from the pot, ănd ăllow to rest for ăbout 5 minutes before serving for măximum juiciness.

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