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InstaPot Chicken Mac and Cheese (using pantry ingredient)

This creamy, dreamy chicken mac and cheese cooks up in just minutes in your electric pressure cooker unit. Better yet, you make it from the pantry ingredients you probably already have on hand.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 2 minutes
Additional Time 8 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings: 8 servings
Course: Recipes
Cuisine: American

Ingredients
  

  • 16 ounces of pasta
  • 12 ounce can of white chicken meat packed in water
  • 14 ounce can of chicken broth
  • 16 ounces of water
  • 8 ounces of Velveeta cubed
  • 2 tablespoons of milk or cream I used 2%
  • paprika
  • black pepper
  • One teaspoon of salt if desired

Method
 

  1. Open the can of chicken and put it in the bottom of the pot. Use the spoon to break up the meat into smaller pieces.
  2. Add the pasta to the pot, then pour the can of chicken broth and water over the pasta. Add the teaspoon of salt, if desired. Remember that the canned chicken broth has some salt, so you decide how salty you like it.
  3. Set the lid and close the valve on the InstaPot. Set it to manual pressure or high for a two-minute cooking cycle. When the time's up, let the pasta manually release the steam for five minutes. After five minutes, you may release any remaining steam.
  4. Stir the pasta. You don't need to drain it.
  5. Put the cubed Velveeta and milk into the pot, stir it into the pasta. Replace the lid on the Instant pot and let it sit for three minutes. The heat of the pasta will melt the cheese.
  6. Give the pasta one last stir. It will be very creamy and "loose" in texture. If you prefer a thicker cheese sauce, skip the milk! Also, know that it will thicken as the cheese cools. Dust with paprika and black pepper, to taste.