Instant Pot BBQ Chicken

Ingredients

• 6 - 8 (1230g or 2.5 - 3lbs) chicken thighs or drumsticks
• Your favorite BBQ sauce
• Salt and black pepper ( to taste)
• 1 cup (250ml) cold water
• 3 drops liquid smoke
• ½ teaspoon garlic powder
• ½ teaspoon onion powder
• ½ tablespoon white vinegar

Steps

1. 1

   Add Water & Steamer Basket: Add 1 cup (250ml) cold water and (optional) 3 drops of liquid smoke in Instant Pot Pressure Cooker. Then, place a steamer basket in the pot.

2. 2

   Pressure Cook Chicken: Generously season both sides of chicken with salt and black pepper, then layer chicken on stainless steel steamer basket. Close lid and pressure cook at High Pressure for 8 minutes, then 10 minutes Natural Release.

3. 3

   Spice Up BBQ Sauce: If you are using store-bought BBQ sauce, add more depth of flavor with some garlic powder, onion powder, and white vinegar. For reference: we added ½ tsp garlic powder, ½ tsp onion powder, and ½ tbsp white vinegar to ⅓ cup Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce. Please taste & adjust accordingly.

4. 4

   Apply BBQ Sauce to Chicken: Pat dry chicken and place them on an oven tray. Generously coat both sides of chicken with BBQ sauce.

5. 5

   Caramelize Instant Pot BBQ Chicken: Place BBQ Chicken under the broiler for 4 - 8 minutes until the BBQ chicken is browned & caramelized.