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November 17, 2017 By Rambling Rach 13 Comments

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instant pot turkey

 

I made a turkey in the Instant Pot! Well, a turkey breast anyway.

This is very exciting for me because I’ve had a turkey breast in the freezer for months, unsure of what to do with it.

In fact, I’ve had the turkey longer than the Instant Pot.

It was one of those frozen boneless turkey breasts from Aldi. I think it cost six bucks.

I got it before Thanksgiving to make a little feast for my family.

But then my husband and daughter declared a vote and lasagna beat the traditional turkey dinner.

Bummer for me because I love traditional T-Day food.

But I was also relieved to not have to tackle roasting the bird.

I remembered it was in the freezer over the weekend and decided to try my hand at turkey in the Instant Pot. I was going to put it in frozen, but I couldn’t finagle the bird free from all the packaging in the icy state.

I thawed it in the fridge for 24 hours and it completely defrosted. I got it going in the pot before sitting down to watch “Creed” with my husband. (I love the Rocky franchise! RIP Adrienne.)

How to cook turkey breast in the Instant Pot

  1. Put a cup of water or broth in the pot. (I used water.)
  2. Put turkey breast in pot.
  3. Add whatever seasonings you desire. (I used salt, pepper, garlic powder, an Italian blend and the juice of an orange.)
  4. Set the pot to poultry and adjust to 30 minutes.
  5. Let pressure release naturally when done.

It’s really that easy.

Turkey in the Instant Pot results

Turkey in the Instant Pot

This boneless turkey breast turned out amazing!  Moist and flavorful!

We ate it with rice and veggies for two days.  It was a family hit!

Then I chopped the rest up and made turkey salad.  Yum!   My daughter eats it right out a bowl with a fork.

Turkey salad

No more turkey intimidation for me!

More Instant Pot recipes:

Tomato Soup

Easiest Instant Pot Yogurt

Thanksgiving leftover soup

Oatmeal with apples and cinnamon

Mexican Posole Soup

 

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Comments

  1. Sue says

    July 30, 2016 at 3:01 pm

    Looks good and easy. Thanks for sharing.

    Can you tell me if your breast was with bone or boneless?

    Reply
    • shrinkingmomster says

      August 24, 2016 at 11:23 pm

      This was boneless!

      Reply
  2. Lisa says

    August 29, 2016 at 10:47 am

    Do you recall the weight? I have a 3# Butterball boneless roast and wonder if that’s about what you cooked. Thanks.

    Reply
    • shrinkingmomster says

      August 29, 2016 at 4:14 pm

      That sounds about right! Sorry, I should have included all that info.

      Reply
  3. Jackie says

    November 15, 2016 at 5:52 am

    THANK YOU! Finally found your turkey pressure cooker recipe. I just got a multicooker and felt I had made a mistake. Just wanted a simple way to fix turkey. I need super simple recipes like this! Thanks again from a simple cook.

    Reply
  4. Jessica Rami says

    December 20, 2016 at 9:47 pm

    How do you adjust for the size of the breast?

    Reply
  5. Shannon says

    February 1, 2017 at 11:41 pm

    I just want to say that when cooking from frozen for only thirty minutes by these instructions the turkey breast came out only half done. I had to flip it over and cook another thirty minutes.

    Reply
    • shrinkingmomster says

      February 4, 2017 at 4:11 am

      Yes, mine was completely thawed.

      Reply
  6. Ellen says

    April 22, 2017 at 3:30 pm

    Did you set the turkey roast on the meat rack or just directly in the pot?

    Reply
  7. Sheryl says

    October 29, 2017 at 9:41 pm

    I’m trying a mostly-thawed bone-in breast for 40 minutes. I will let you know how it turns out!

    Reply
  8. Louviena Hoffman says

    November 3, 2017 at 4:22 am

    I have the little instant pot and the xl instant pot and i love it but i just got to learn how to cook heathly meals

    Reply

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