I regularly use my instant pot to roast our whole chickens, then use them for 2-3 meals & bone broth, too! The chicken turns out extremely juicy & delicious & you can crisp the skin under the broiler afterwards, if you prefer. Typically, I use a 6 minutes/lb cook time, however if your chicken is under done, you can place back into the pot & cook for another 7 minutes.

I manually release the pressure & then remove the entire trivet onto a platter & let rest for 5 minutes before cutting. Although, the chicken may be falling off the bone when you remove it from the pot. The trivet helps to remove the whole bird at once.

This is such an easy way to cook a whole chicken & turns out impressive!

Enjoy!

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Instant Pot Roasted Whole Chicken

Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 whole chicken around 6 lbs
  • salt & pepper to taste
  • dried spices/herbs of choice garlic powder, rosemary, thyme
  • 2 cups water

Instructions

  1. Place the trivet in the bottom of the pot. (It's not required, but I find it nearly impossible to get the cooked chicken out of my instant pot without it!) I use an 8 qt pot.

  2. Add water to the pot.

  3. You can add fresh sprigs of rosemary into the cavity of the bird, if you like. Then place bird into the pot.

  4. Sprinkle with salt, pepper & a light sprinkle of garlic powder. (I don't measure.) Then sprinkle with dried rosemary or thyme.

  5. Lock lid in place & set to "sealing". Choose meat setting & set on high pressure for about 35 minutes. (Normally, a good estimate on cook time is around 6 min/lb.)

  6. Once cooked, if you would like to crisp the skin, you can broil in the oven for a few minutes until desired crispness.( I don't typically do this, but have occasionally. We love it either way.)

Recipe Notes

This recipe is so very easy & can be changed up with herbs & spices - whatever you like best. Feel free to add veggies and onions. For our family of 4, I can use this amount of chicken for at least 2-3 meals. Once we've completed our first meal, I'll remove the rest of the meat from the bones & place in the fridge. I use everything left of the chicken that we won't be eating to make chicken broth in the instant pot - my FAVORITE way to make broth.