How to cook roast chicken in the instant pot? Here is the recipe and many tips to use the instant pot like an oven, using the oven lid or air fryer lid. In this case, we will make a roasted chicken in the multicooker, perhaps accompanied by gratin potatoes with a multicooker or a good mashed potatoes cooked in the instant pot. If I am confusing you with the terms, calling the instant pot also a multicooker, I invite you to read this guide to instant pots. Right below you will find 2 recipes with chicken cooked in the instant pot, both with chicken pieces using the pressure function of the pot, while I thought presenting a nice whole roasted chicken during festive days always makes a good impression.
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Medium
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 6People
- Cooking methods: Instant pot
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons, Christmas
- Energy 526.89 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 0.84 (g) of which sugars 0.29 (g)
- Proteins 50.86 (g)
- Fat 36.07 (g) of which saturated 10.58 (g)of which unsaturated 18.55 (g)
- Fibers 0.34 (g)
- Sodium 489.71 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 200 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
- 1 chicken (whole with skin)
- Half lemon
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 sprig rosemary
- 3 leaves sage
- extra virgin olive oil
- 3 pinches salt
- 2 pinches pepper
What You Need
- 1 multicooker with air fryer or oven lid
- Paper towels
- Kitchen twine
Procedure
Pat the chicken dry with kitchen paper towels, do not wash it, this old custom contaminates washing and cooking areas with bacteria. If necessary, flambé the chicken to remove any feather parts. With the help of the twine, tie the legs so that during cooking it maintains its shape. Chop the aromatic herbs, peel and slice the garlic clove, mix everything with the salt, pepper, and stuff and massage the inside of the chicken.
Place the chicken inside the instant pot, spray or brush it with the oil. Finish with 2 pinches of salt and close the pot with the air fryer lid. Start cooking with the same function at 392°F for 15 minutes.
Then, lower the temperature to 356°F, turn the chicken, and continue cooking for 20 minutes. Towards the end of cooking, check if it is necessary to turn the chicken for even cooking.
In this case, the lower resistance of the programmable pot will activate and thus it will be necessary to place a grill, and you do not have to turn the chicken, just like in an oven receiving heat both below and above.
That said, place the chicken on the grill, season it, and close the pot with the oven lid. Set the pot base at 320°F and the lid temperature at 392°F and start the first cooking for 15 minutes. Then, lower the pot temperature to 284°F and the lid to 356°F, continue cooking for another 20 minutes.
Rosella’s Tips
Serve the roast chicken hot, and if you have leftovers, use it to make a salad or the basil chicken.
