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Lemon Chicken Dinner All-in-One

By Instant Pot Staff, March 18, 2012

Submitted by Linda M.
Lemon Chicken Dinner
Ingredients:

  • 2 Chicken breasts
  • 1-2 T. Olive oil
  • 2 T. Flour
  • 1/2 t. Salt
  • 1/2 Lemon, sliced
  • 1 1/2 T. Brown sugar
  • 1 1/2 T. Ketchup
  • 1/2 T. White vinegar
  • 1/2 t. Lemon zest
  • 1/2 Lemon, juiced
  • 1/3 c. Frozen lemonade concentrate

Instructions:

Mix together salt and flour, coat chicken. Pour oil into Instant Pot liner. Arrange lemon slices in single layer in bottom of pot. Place chicken breasts on top of lemon slices and turn pot on ’saute’. Brown chicken on both sides while singeing lemons into chicken. When done browning, place chicken breasts into stainless steel or ovenproof bowl that fits in Instant Pot. Mix remaining ingredients together to make sauce and pour over chicken. You can discard the lemon slices or use them on top of the chicken dish for presentation. You can add your choice of fresh vegetables to this bowl at this time, if you like, such as green beans, broccoli, asparagus, etc.

Next, in bottom of Instant Pot, with pan drippings, add 1 cup of rinsed, white jasmine rice and 1 1/2 cups of water. Stir and place rack inside of pot and place bowl with chicken, sauce, and vegetables on top of rack. Place lid on Instant Pot with vent in sealing position and press the ‘rice’ button to steam your whole meal. When program is complete, your entire meal is ready.

I’ve included the thermometer reading in the photo so that you could see for yourself that the chicken more than reached proper temperature for poultry even in this short of time.

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Fresh or Frozen Vegetable

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By Instant Pot Staff, June 28, 2009

When cooking vegetable, fresh or frozen, it’s recommended to use steaming to preserve vitamins and minerals to the maximum. Steaming also retains the nature look of the vegetable, adding aesthetic value to your dish.

When steaming vegetable, you need at least one cup of water (250ml), an ovenproof or steel bowl on a trivet. Due to short pressure keeping period, leaving the cooker naturally cooling down without using the steam release will add some extra cooking time to the food.

Please note that the cooking time is pressure keeping time on Instant Pot or other electric pressure cookers operating at the preset pressure level. Cooking times are approximate. Please use them as a guideline only.

The cooking time is for small or medium amount of food.  For large amount, please add more water and increase the time by 20~40%.

Fresh or Frozen Vegetable Pressure Cooking Timetable

Vegetable

Fresh, Cooking Time
(in Minutes)

Frozen, Cooking Time
(in Minutes)

Artichoke, whole, trimmed without leaves

9 – 11

11 – 13

Artichoke, hearts

4 – 5

5 – 6

Asparagus, whole or cut

1 – 2

2 – 3

Beans, green/yellow or wax, whole, trim ends and strings

1 – 2

2 – 3

Beets, small roots, whole

11 – 13

13 – 15

Beets, large roots, whole

20 – 25

25 – 30

Broccoli, flowerets

2 – 3

3 – 4

Broccoli, stalks

3 – 4

4 – 5

Brussel sprouts, whole

3 – 4

4 – 5

Cabbage, red, purple or green, shredded

2 – 3

3 – 4

Cabbage, red, purple or green, wedges

3 – 4

4 – 5

Carrots, sliced or shredded

1 – 2

2 – 3

Carrots, whole or chunked

2 – 3

3 – 4

Cauliflower flowerets

2 – 3

3 – 4

Celery, chunks

2 – 3

3 – 4

Collard

4 – 5

5 – 6

Corn, kernels

1 – 2

2 – 3

Corn, on the cob

3 – 4

4 – 5

Eggplant, slices or chunks

2 – 3

3 – 4

Endive

1 – 2

2 – 3

Escarole, chopped

1 – 2

2 – 3

Green beans, whole

2 – 3

3 – 4

Greens (beet greens, collards, kale, spinach, swiss chard, turnip greens), chopped

3 – 6

4 – 7

Leeks

2 – 4

3 – 5

Mixed vegetables

2 – 3

3 – 4

Okra

2 – 3

3 – 4

Onions, sliced

2 – 3

3 – 4

Parsnips, sliced

1 – 2

2 – 3

Parsnips, chunks

2 – 4

4 – 6

Peas, in the pod

1 – 2

2 – 3

Peas, green

1 – 2

2 – 3

Potatoes, in cubes

7 – 9

9 – 11

Potatoes, whole, baby

10 – 12

12 – 14

Potatoes, whole, large

12 – 15

15 – 19

Pumpkin, small slices or chunks

4 – 5

6 – 7

Pumpkin, large slices or chunks

8 – 10

10 – 14

Rutabaga, slices

3 – 5

4 – 6

Rutabaga, chunks

4 – 6

6 – 8

Spinach

1 – 2

3 – 4

Squash, acorn, slices or chunks

6 – 7

8 – 9

Squash, butternut,  slices or chunks

8 – 10

10 – 12

Sweet potato, in cubes

7 – 9

9 – 11

Sweet potato, whole, small

10 – 12

12 – 14

Sweet potato, whole, large

12 – 15

15 – 19

Sweet pepper, slices or chunks

1 – 3

2 – 4

Tomatoes, in quarters

2 – 3

4 – 5

Tomatoes, whole

3 – 5

5 – 7

Turnip, chunks

2 – 4

4 – 6

Yum, in cubes

7 – 9

9 – 11

Yum, whole, small

10 – 12

12 – 14

Yum, whole, large

12 – 15

15 – 19

Zucchini, slices or chunks

2 – 3

3 – 4

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