Instant Pot Crispy Chicken Carnitas

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This Instant Pot crispy chicken carnitas recipe is quick, easy, and perfect for meal-prepping and enjoying for the week! Broiling after pressure cooking makes carnitas crispy. Serve carnitas with tortillas, diced onions, chopped cilantro, sautéed cabbage, lime wedges, and anything else you like!

Prep
39 min
Cook
80 min
Servings
Difficulty
Hard

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Combine cumin, chili powder, oregano, salt, and black pepper in a bowl; sprinkle over both sides chicken breasts.
  2. 2 Turn on a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot) and select Sauté function. Add 1 tablespoon olive oil; sear chicken breasts in batches, 1 to 2 minutes per side. Transfer chicken to a plate.
  3. 3 Add onion and garlic to the Pot; cook and stir until translucent and golden, about 2 minutes. Return chicken to the Pot; add cilantro, lime juice, chicken broth, orange zest and juice, 1 chipotle pepper with 1 tablespoon adobo sauce, and bay leaf. Close and lock the lid. Select high pressure according to the manufacturer's instructions; set the timer for 8 to 10 minutes, depending on size of chicken breasts. Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.
  4. 4 Meanwhile, combine mayonnaise, 1 chipotle pepper with 1 tablespoon adobo sauce, milk, 1 pinch salt, and garlic powder in a blender; blend until smooth. Refrigerate sauce until ready to serve.
  5. 5 Release pressure using the natural-release method according to the manufacturer's instructions, 10 to 40 minutes. Unlock and remove the lid.
  6. 6 Set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler. Coat a baking sheet with 1 tablespoon oil.
  7. 7 Transfer chicken breasts to a work surface; reserve cooking liquid. Shred chicken using 2 forks; place in a large bowl. Drizzle 1/4 cup reserved cooking liquid over chicken; toss to coat. Transfer chicken to the prepared baking sheet; drizzle with remaining 1 tablespoon oil, tossing to coat.
  8. 8 Broil chicken in the preheated oven for 5 minutes. Toss chicken with 1 to 2 tablespoons reserved cooking liquid; rotate the baking sheet. Continue broiling until chicken is crispy, 5 to 7 minutes more. Serve with chipotle sauce.

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