I discovered you can easily make turkey in the Instant Pot
This was very exciting for me because I had a turkey breast in the freezer for months, unsure of what to do with it.
In fact, I 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 now ex-husband and 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 months later and decided to try my hand at turkey in the Instant Pot
So I put the plan on hold and thawed it in the fridge for 24 hours. It was completely defrosted when I put it in the pot. We watched “Creed
How to cook turkey breast in the Instant Pot
- Put a cup of chicken or turkey broth in the Instant Pot.
- Put turkey breast in pot.
- Add whatever seasonings you desire. (I like salt, pepper, garlic powder, an Italian blend and the juice of an orange.)
- Set the pot to poultry and adjust to 30 minutes.
- Let pressure release naturally when done.
It’s really that easy.
Turkey in the Instant Pot results
Pressure cooker
Cook one anytime of the year. Eat it with rice and veggies.
Or have Thanksgiving Dinner any month of the year in under an hour!
I went to Aldi Sunday and got excited by the Thanksgiving displays. My girls will be home from college, so I picked up everything for T-day dinner: boneless turkey breast, frozen green beans, cranberry sauce, gravy, refrigerated mashed potatoes, Hawaiian bread stuffing mix. But then I got impatient and cooked it all last night. My own solo early Thanksgiving dinner made in under an hour! I ate it while watching Shameless
What to do with leftover turkey?
I like to chop up the leftovers and make turkey salad. with mayo, apples, celery and raisins Yum! My daughter eats it right out a bowl with a fork. Or make an easy turkey soup.
Instant Pot turkey is EASY PEASY.
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Looks good and easy. Thanks for sharing.
Can you tell me if your breast was with bone or boneless?
This was boneless!
Do you recall the weight? I have a 3# Butterball boneless roast and wonder if that’s about what you cooked. Thanks.
That sounds about right! Sorry, I should have included all that info.
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.
How do you adjust for the size of the breast?
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.
Yes, mine was completely thawed.
Did you set the turkey roast on the meat rack or just directly in the pot?
I’m trying a mostly-thawed bone-in breast for 40 minutes. I will let you know how it turns out!
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