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Instant Pot Shredded Hawaiian Chicken Sandwiches

So tasty and easy!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Servings - 4 servings

Ingredients 

  • 2 lbs. boneless chicken breasts (you could also do half chicken breasts and half chicken thighs!)
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1/2 cup BBQ sauce
  • 20 oz. can crushed pineapple
  • 1 small red onion, chopped
  • 8 hamburger buns
  • Chips, as side dish

Instructions

  • Place the chicken breasts into the electric pressure cooker insert with the hot water. Sprinkle a little salt and pepper over the top.
  • Drizzle BBQ sauce over the chicken breasts and then pour the pineapple juices around the chicken breasts and the pineapple on top of the chicken.
  • (I like to add the onions raw after the chicken has cooked, but if youd like to add them in while it all cooks, you can drop them in with the crushed pineapple.)Steam valve: Sealing. Cook on: Manual/High for 15 minutes. Release: Natural.
  • Steam valve: Sealing.
  • Cook on: Manual/High for 15 minutes.
  • Release: Natural.
  • Once cooked, pull out the chicken breasts and the pineapple and add to a bowl, then shred with 2 forks. Mix in the chopped red onion, if you didnt add it to the pressure cooker.
  • Add shredded chicken and sauce to sandwich buns.
  • Prepare fruit, as needed.
  • Serve Instant Pot Shredded Hawaiian Chicken Sandwiches with fruit and chips.