What better day to use the Instant Pot than Taco Tuesday?! The Instant Pot will make these key lime chicken tacos a breeze to make. The best part is that you can even make this chicken straight from frozen to cooked in 40 minutes.

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Instant Pot Chicken Tacos with Lime

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Place cut onion and minced garlic into the instant pot. Add water.

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Place the chicken into the instant pot and pour in key lime juice.

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Press the pressure cook or manual button and set the timer to 40 minutes for frozen chicken or 30 minutes for thawed chicken. Once the instant pot stops counting, release Pressure by opening the valve

What better day to use the Instant Pot than Taco Tuesday?! The Instant Pot will make these key lime chicken tacos a breeze to make. The best part is that you can even make this chicken straight from frozen to cooked in 40 minutes.

Instant Pot Chicken Tacos with Lime

Yield

6 servings

Type

Instant Pot

Prep time

15 minutes

Cook time

30 minutes

Place cut onion and minced garlic into the instant pot. Add water.

Place the chicken into the instant pot and pour in key lime juice.

Press the pressure cook or manual button and set the timer to 40 minutes for frozen chicken or 30 minutes for thawed chicken. Once the instant pot stops counting, release Pressure by opening the valve

Top with cilantro, white onion, avocado, and queso fresco.

Serve on doubled corn tortillas or on flour tortillas, whatever you prefer.

ENJOY!

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