Get your Fiesta Friday on (or any day, for that matter) with this Instant Pot Fiesta Chicken! Instant Pot Fiesta Chicken is one of the easiest recipes to make! It’s simply dump, done, and eat. No need for extra prep or steps! And, in less than half an hour, you can have a hearty and delicious meal that is perfect served over rice, eaten in tortillas, or even as a nacho topping!
While my family loves a good Taco Tuesday, I have always personally loved Fiesta Fridays more. That’s where we still have that Latin flair, but in ways other than tacos! Whether it’s burritos, tamales, Fajita Rice bowls, or this IP Fiesta Chicken, I love to add Fiesta Fridays meals to our menu plan to spice up the end of the week for us! Instant Pot Fiesta Chicken is so easy to throw together, and super yummy. Even my 5 year old asks for seconds and that’s a mom win for me, for sure.
In addition to the amazing taste that my family enjoys, I can’t reinforce how easy it is. You will literally put all of your ingredients in, get your Instant Pot cooking, and then BAM! Dinner is served!
Check out how easy this Instant Pot Fiesta Chicken is to make for yourself below!
And, you can serve this whatever way your heart desires! The possibilities are really endless. We like it over rice, but if you don’t feel like cooking it, you can even throw it into tortillas or on top of chips with cheese as a nacho topping! You you can even turn this into a burrito (with rice mixed in), burrito bowl, a Fiesta Chicken salad, or make it into chicken tacos…HA, we are back to this being a possible Taco Tuesday night meal! Use your imagination and make it your own.
Now, I used the Fiesta Ranch Dip mix for the recipe, but if you want to tone it down just a bit, feel free to use just the regular Ranch Dip mix. I like the little bit of kick and flavor with the Fiesta Ranch version. If you don’t like a lot of spice, don’t worry, the Fiesta Ranch doesn’t make it so spicy that your ears will have steam coming out of them. That reminds me, if you ARE trying to make the kick a little less, you can always use just plain diced tomatoes, without the green chilies too. Fire it up or tone it down, it’s easy to do either way without messing anything up so just make it to your family’s likes.
I don’t think you can find a recipe much easier than this. Dump and done dinners are amazing and truthfully the best way to end the week. Add this recipe to your next Fiesta Friday and I am sure they will love this Instant Pot Fiesta Chicken recipe as much as my family does.
Instant Pot Fiesta Chicken
Add all ingredients to the Instant Pot.
Close Instant Pot and set to sealing position. Select manual high pressure (the manual button or the pressure cook button on the newer models) and set timer for 25 minutes. When Timer is up, allow for a natural pressure release.
Pull chicken out and shred. Return chicken to pot and stir.
Serve over rice, if you choose, and enjoy!
Instant Pot Fiesta Chicken
Ingredients
- 2 chicken breast frozen or raw
- 1 1.1-ounce packet Fiesta Ranch dip mix
- 1 15.25-ounce can black beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 10-ounce can diced tomatoes with green chilies, undrained
- 1 4-ounce can diced green chilies, undrained
- 1 can corn not drained
- 8 ounces cream cheese
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to the Instant Pot.
- Close Instant Pot and set to sealing position. Select manual high pressure (the manual button or the pressure cook button on the newer models) and set timer for 25 minutes. When Timer is up, allow for a natural pressure release.
- Pull chicken out and shred. Return chicken to pot and stir.
- Serve over rice, if you choose, and enjoy!
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If you are looking for another delicious and quick meal check out this Instant Pot Chicken, Broccoli, and Rice or Instant Pot Cashew Chicken!
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Sorry, but I am new to the instant pot world. Do I need to add any water to this in-order for it to come to pressure? Thanks
No, the water from the canned items is enough for your Instant Pot to come to pressure.
Thank you so much for posting all these instant pot recipes, I love using my instant pot!
If I can’t find fiesta ranch dip can I use regular each? Ty!
I usually find it at Walmart. If you use regular it will absolutely still work but the flavor will be different. 🙂
I substituted fiesta ranch to a package if ranch and a package of taco seasonings. Also McCormick has a fiesta chicken seasoning package which is very similar.
Do I need to set the timer for a longer period of using frozen chicken breasts?
No need to adjust time, your pot will just take a little longer to come to pressure.