A friend of mine, Shana, makes the absolute best chicken tetrazzini I have ever tasted. This is her signature dish. She is known for it. I have never even attempted to make this dish myself. Until now. This recipe for Instant Pot Chicken Tetrazzini is delicious. The key ingredient is butter, butter, and even more butter. Get ready for a real crowd pleaser!

Why Use An Instant Pot?

Why should you use the Instant Pot to make this dish? There are really two reasons. Well, these are the same two reasons to use an instant pot to make any dish.

The best thing about the instant pot is it is super simple to use. Recipes made in the instant pot are ready in a matter of minutes. This recipe is perfect to make on busy nights. Spend more time around your dinner table enjoying each other’s company instead of slaving in the kitchen. In addition, you can make this entire meal in one pot. This saves so much time in clean up.

No matter what brand of pressure cooker you have, you will use two functions to make this recipe–saute’ and pressure cooking. I have the Ninja Food 9 in 1 deluxe which is a bit different than the traditional instant pot. I have included some additional instructions.

Chicken Tetrazzini Ingredients

Most recipes for chicken tetrazzini use cream of chicken or cream of mushroom soup. My recipe does not use this, but instead you will thicken the sauce using flour.

The ingredients for this dish include:

• Butter (1 stick or 8 tbsp butter)
• Skinless Chicken Breast
• Better Than Bouillon
• Flour
• 32 ounces or 4 Cup of Chicken Broth
• Garlic powder
• Dried minced onion
• Lemon Juice
• Dry spaghetti noodles
• Salt and black pepper
• Olive oil
• Heavy Whipping Cream
• Sharp Cheddar Cheese
• Grated Parmesan Cheese (optional)

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Instant Pot Chicken Tetrazzini

It is so easy to make this recipe. Here are the steps:

1. Cube the chicken breasts into small pieces. I recommend cutting the chicken into 2 to 3-inch pieces. If the chicken is not defrosted, you can still make this recipe but the breast should be thawed enough to where you can cut them into pieces.

2. Warm the instant pot by turning on the saute’ function. If you have an instant pot, you should wait until it says “hot” before moving forward. If you have an Ninja Foodi, let it heat on high for about 3 minutes. Once hot, add the olive oil and half of the butter to the bottom of the pot until the butter melts.

3. Add the cut chicken breast pieces. You will slightly cook the pieces, however they will not be fully cooked in this step. While still using the saute’ setting, stir the chicken pieces until the color changes from pink to white.

4. Add the other half of stick of butter, 2 tbsp dried minced onion, 1/2 tsp garlic powder, 1 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp pepper. Stir. Saute’ the chicken for another minute or while continually tossing the chicken and seasoning. Cancel the saute’ function.

5. Open the box of spaghetti and break it into smaller pieces. I broke mine in half. Spread the pasta evenly over the chicken mixture.

6. Mix the flour in 1/2 cup of the heavy whipping cream. Whisk until the flour is fully dissolved.

7: Add Better than Bouillon and lemon juice to the flour mixture. Stir until fully mixed and it makes a paste.

8. Add the remaining 1 cup of heavy whipping cream and whisk again until combined.

9: Pour 32 ounces or 4 cups of chicken broth over the dry pasta and chicken.

10: Dump the heavy cream mixture over the mixture. Do not mix or stir.

Pressure Cooking

You will now start the pressure cooking phase of the recipe.

1: Close the pressure cooking lid or put the pressure cooking lid on if you are using the Ninja Foodi.

2: Move the valve to “seal”. You will now pressure cook. Select manual pressure if you have the instant pot or low if have the Ninja Foodi. I recommend using low instead of the high pressure setting in order to prevent the noodles from being too mushy.

3. Set the cooking time to 9 minutes.

4: Once the 9 minutes cook time expires, let the mixture naturally release for 2 minutes. You will then do a quick release and release the remaining pressure. When you remove the lid, you will see the pasta looks very watery.

5: As you stir the pasta, the liquid will be absorbed by the pasta.

6: Add the cheese and toss the pasta until it melts.

Serve and enjoy!!

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In Summary

If you are looking for a super easy peasy, one-pot meal, look no further. This recipe for Creamy Instant Pot Chicken Tetrazzini will be a whole family favorite. How can you go wrong with this creamy cheese sauce pasta dishes? Try this recipes with leftover turkey after Thanksgiving.

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Hi! I’m Chris. I’m a mother, wife, college professor by trade and micro-influencer by hobby. I am a bargain hunter, jack of all trades, and master of chaos.

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