Whole Frozen Chicken (Instant Pot)
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Here’s how I cook a whole frozen chicken in my Instant Pot!
Ingredients:
1 Whole Chicken with giblets removed (mine was 5lbs)
1-2 T. of cooking oil
1-2 t. salt
1/2 t. black pepper
1/2 t. onion powder
1/2 t. garlic powder
1/4 t. smoked paprika
1/2 t. dried thyme
3 garlic cloves (optional)
1 lemon, sliced (optional)
Cook on Manual setting for 10 minutes per pound (mine was 5lbs so I cooked it for 50 minutes). Let NPR for at least 10 minutes. Optionally, broil 3-4 minutes per side on a foil lined pan to crisp up the skin. Strain and save broth from the pot for soup or other recipes! Enjoy!
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I can smell that chicken in the oven.
Thank you
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Good video. I've had my 6 qt for almost a year and have been meaning to ask a question about natural release. If you plan to use a natural release, do you have the "keep warm" button off? I've noticed that it can take a very long time for the pressure to drop if the keep warm light is on. No one has made mention of it in any of the videos I've watched.
I just received an instant pot for Christmas & am going to try it out on frozen chicken. Thanks for the post. Needed some struction, Ha!!
WHAT ?! No crispy skin ?! Awe no !!
( just kidding ) … got me sold on this unit .. from frozen to done in hour … great !
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I tried this and the bones from the chicken were so soft I ate the entire chicken, bones and all. Now I'm addicted to eating bones, I even threw in a fish head and bones from a fish with my chicken and the taste was amazing. Who would have thought, chicken and fish head stew!
Appreciate for your best and best recipe thanks I liked it very very much I will certainly try it
Raw chicken after 1 hour cook time???
I just bought the new Instant Pot 8 qrt Duo Nova and tried to cook a frozen chicken – 5.5 pounds, set for 1 hour cook and the chicken is still raw!! Totally yukky!! It should have been cooked. I just restarted it for another 1 hour cook time….. has this ever happened to anyone? Is my pot defective?
Iโm starving.
What if the chicken is thawed? Is it the same time, or it should be less time?
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I'm sure i miss you mention, but was the chicken completely frozen or it wasn't? Thank you for the video, i like how simple and quick your recipes are and you make the recipes for single people as well as a family like yours โค
Always add lemon at the end. If lemon is present during cook time on the stove in a Crock-Pot in the oven or in a pressure cooker it's going to cook bitter. Zest is okay but use the juicy slices at the end and it will be a much better result.
I accidentally cooked a frozen chicken in my oven with the giblets inside a bag and the diaper still on. I just never thought of it! It actually came out delicious and I discovered the giblets in the diaper. I thought how stupid are you? And I decided not to beat myself up and have a delicious roast chicken meal. Nobody will die if you are they able to get the giblets out or the diaper off. ๐
๐ She didnโt season that chicken at all
Was it tender? My chicken turns out tough.
Chicken intestines ????????????
Super simple recipe. We will be trying this tonight on a chicken that we raised on our farm. Thanks for the recipe ๐๐๐๐
Greetings from Northern Ireland. I love your videos and your explanations and personality. Many thanks ๐๐ผ
I think it would have been worth mentioning the hygiene issue with fowl. Cleaning must be extremely thorough when handling fowl…anything it touches, your utensils and hands.
I seen every ones video on the whole chicken and they all lose the wings lmao
Making tonight. Thanks for sharing!!
Does that work for large rats, you know, like here in Los Angeles?
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You don't need any oil and if you use should be under the chicken.
Excellent! Thank YOU!
I appreciate learning that I can cook a frozen chicken in the IP for 50 minutes. Thanks!
I am a little shocked at your lack of sanitary measures with raw chicken. Some bacteria now present in super-market chicken is antibiotic resistant and can be life threatening. After touching raw chicken and before touching spice containers or anything else, it's good to use hand sanitizer and then wash for 30 seconds with antibacterial soap. Cutting boards, and any surface or implement that touches the raw chicken should also be sanitized, and then thoroughly rinsed or ran through dish washer cycle. There are more dangerous bugs out there now than those our parents and grand-parents had to deal with, it's smart to be proactive in preventing serious illness. (Saw a Dr. of infectious diseases who contracted a deadly bacteria through cooking a chicken at home and spent months taking a high-powered intravenous anti-biotic – it almost killed him.)
For crisper skin, shouldn't you pat the bird dry so you are not steaming it? Very similar to cooking with Sous Vide.
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Hi. Have you ever tried using the searing function on the instant pot to crisp up the chicken? I bought a larger, different brand of pressure cooker, and it does a great job frying crispy bacon, and searing a roast before cooking. I was thinking it might work as well for crisping a chicken after cooking it. What do you think?
I haven't tried a frozen chicken in my instant pot. I will try this.
Looks good apart from the anemic skin when it comes out of the instant pot. I guess if you are not eating the skin though it does not really matter.
Looked better after the broiler time.
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Great video . thank you..
Please wash the chicken first.
and don't forget. when you are handling the chicken and then the bag, make sure you clean up all the chicken bacteria you have just transferred all over. nothing fun about getting sick from salmonella
Being able to cook a frozen chicken is appealing. But, the actual time would be 10 min to get up to pressure, 50 min for cooking, 10 min depressurizing, another 10-20 min under broiler. For people who work outside the home, I think it can be useful. Not, sure yet If I think it would be for me. I'm still on the fence.
the top is not good. you just burned all your seasoning. you can't just plonk it down on the top of the chicken and pray that it works. instant pot is great at many things, but roasting chicken is not one of them.
Great video! Thank you. I just bought my pot yesterday and this is exactly the type of thing I want to use it for. Also, thanks for the broiling tip at the end!