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Instant Pot Chicken & Sausage Alfredo

June 22, 2018 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 1 Comment

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Both kids and adults will enjoy the variety within this dish! Instant Pot Chicken & Sausage Alfredo ready in just under 30 minutes on 5 Dollar Dinners!!
If you’ve ever wondered how you transform a pasta skillet meal into an Instant Pot skillet meal, this is how.

Read the directions closely…especially the part about how much liquid is needed!

ENJOY!

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Instant Pot Chicken & Sausage Alfredo

Creamy and full of flavor!
Prep Time10 minutes minutes
Cook Time15 minutes minutes
Servings - 4 servings

Ingredients 

  • 2 large boneless chicken breasts
  • 2 links smoked pre-cooked sausage
  • 1 Tbsp olive oil
  • 1 Tbsp Cajun seasoning
  • 2 tsp garlic powder
  • 16 oz box small shell pasta
  • 3 cups chicken stock
  • 2 cups heavy cream
  • 1 cup Parmesan cheese
  • 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
  • Salt and pepper
  • Side: salad

Instructions

  • Cut the chicken breasts into bite-size pieces. Slice the smoked sausage.
  • Add the chicken pieces with the olive oil, Cajun seasoning and garlic powder into the Instant Pot insert. Using the Saute mode of your Instant Pot, saute for 4 to 5 minutes, tossing often. Press Cancel twice to turn it off.
  • Add in the sliced sausage, small shell pasta and then the chicken stock. Gently stir and get all of the pasta to be "underwater." Add a little more water, if needed, to get the pasta to all be covered by the liquid.
  • Set to Sealing.
  • Cooking on Manual, High, for 7 minutes.
  • Let naturally release at least 5 minutes, then release remaining pressure.
  • Give the cooked pasta, chicken and sausage a gentle stir.
  • Then stir in the cream, Parmesan cheese and shredded mozzarella. Stir through and keep on warm mode until ready to serve.
  • Prepare the salad.
  • Serve Instant Pot Chicken & Sausage Alfredo Skillet with side salad.

Both kids and adults will enjoy the variety within this dish! Instant Pot Chicken & Sausage Alfredo ready in just under 30 minutes on 5 Dollar Dinners!!

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Filed Under: 30 Minute Meals, Budget Friendly Recipes, Chicken Recipes, Freezer Recipes and Freezer Meal Plans, Instant Pot Recipes, Pasta Recipes Tagged With: best18IP

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Comments

  1. Tamara Scott says

    August 12, 2018 at 8:46 am

    Hi Erin!

    I totally love everything 5 Dollar Dinners!!! This is a life saver for me. I don’t have an Instant Pot so I was wondering how to adapt the recipes to use without an Instant Pot? Thank you in advance for your response.

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