Instant Pot® Buffalo Chicken Pasta
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Cooking:
20 min.
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Servings per container:
8
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Ingredients for - Instant Pot® Buffalo Chicken Pasta

1. Salted butter - 2 tablespoons
2. Skinless, boneless chicken breast, cut in bite-sized pieces - 1 ½ pounds
3. Onion, finely chopped - ½ medium
4. Chicken stock - 3 ½ cups
5. Penne pasta - 1 (16 ounce) package
6. Salt - ½ teaspoon
7. Garlic powder - ¼ teaspoon
8. Cream cheese, cubed - 1 (8 ounce) package
9. Buffalo wing sauce - ⅓ cup
10. Shredded mozzarella cheese - 1 cup
11. Crumbled blue cheese, or to taste - 2 tablespoons

How to cook deliciously - Instant Pot® Buffalo Chicken Pasta

1. Stage

Turn on a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot®), add butter, and select Saute function. Add chicken and onion to the melted butter and saute until chicken is browned, about 5 minutes. Hit Cancel. Remove chicken-onion mixture with a slotted spoon and set aside.

2. Stage

Add chicken stock to the pot. Scrape the bottom of the pot with a wooden or plastic spoon to loosen any browned bits. Stir in penne, salt, and garlic powder. Layer the following ingredients on top of the pasta, without stirring: cream cheese cubes, chicken-onion mixture, then Buffalo sauce.

3. Stage

Close and lock the lid. Select high pressure according to manufacturer's instructions; set timer for 5 minutes. Allow about 12 minutes for pressure to build.

4. Stage

Release pressure carefully using the quick-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, about 5 minutes. Unlock and remove the lid.

5. Stage

Add mozzarella cheese to the pot. Stir until cream cheese and mozzarella have completely blended into the sauce. Let pasta sit in the pot until sauce has thickened, about 3 minutes.

6. Stage

Garnish servings with blue cheese.