Instant Pot Buffalo Chicken Meat Balls

Ingredients

  • 1 lb Ground Chicken
  • 4 oz Blue Cheese
  • ¼ Cup Shredded Carrots
  • ¼ Cup celery finely diced
  • ¼ Cup onion shredded
  • 1 Cup bread crumbs
  • 1 Egg
  • 1 Cup Buffalo Sauce
  • ¼ Cup Water
  • ½ Tsp Salt
  • ¼ Tsp Black Pepper
  • 1 Tsp Garlic Powder
  • Blue Cheese Dressing

Directions

  1. Add chicken, seasoning, carrots, celery, onion and bread crumbs to a bowl and combine.
  2. Next add egg and combine.
  3. Use a spoon to measure your portion so every meatball is roughly the same size this will help it cook evenly.  I like to use 2 tablespoons per ball.
  4. Place the measured meat mixture in your palm then place a few pieces of blue cheese in the center, then roll up your meatballs gently.  Packing them tightly will lead to a tougher meatball.
  5. After all you meatballs are rolled. Add 1 cup Buffalo sauce and ¼ cup water to the instant pot. Cook your meatballs in the sauce/cooking liquid.  
  6. Arrange the meatballs in a circular pattern around the pot.  If you fill up the bottom layer with meatballs, go ahead and stack the second row gently on top.
  7. Depending on how big they are, pressure cook them for about 4-6 minutes with a 3 minute natural release.
  8. Remove meatballs and arrange on serving tray, poor remaining cooking liquid over the meatballs.  Serve with a side of blue cheese.

Hoisin Chicken Wings in the Instant Pot

Ingredients:

  • 2 – 3 lbs of wings
  • 1 Cup water
  • ½ cup Hoisin Sauce
  • 2 tablespoons Honey
  • 2 teaspoons Soy Sauce
  • 2 teaspoons Sesame Oil

Chicken Wings Directions

  1. Add 1 cup of water to the pressure cooker pot.
  2. If using frozen chicken wings, make sure they are not frozen in a block of ice. You should be able to separate them.
  3. Place the trivet with handles or steamer basket in the pot and stack the fresh or frozen wings directly onto it.
  4. Close the lid and make sure the valve points to seal.
  5. Press the Pressure Cook button and set the timer for 12 minutes for frozen chicken wings and 8 minutes for fresh chicken wings.
  6. Combine Hosion, Honey, Soy Sauce and Sesame Oil in a bowl and mix well.
  7. Put wings in bowl and add ½ cup of sauce and toss
  8. Remove wings and place under broiler for 5-6 minutes or until wings are crispy
  9. Garnish with sesame seeds and green onion (optional)

Instant Pot Spinach & Artichoke Dip

Ingredients

  • 3 garlic cloves
  • 1/2 cup chicken broth
  • 1 (4-ounce) can artichoke hearts, drained
  • 10 ounces frozen spinach
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 8 ounces cream cheese
  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 teaspoon onion powder
  • 2 Cups shredded parmesan cheese
  • 1 Cup shredded mozzarella

Directions

  1. Place garlic cloves and chicken broth in Instant Pot.
  2. Add artichokes, frozen spinach, sour cream, cream cheese, mayonnaise, and onion powder to the pot.
  3. Cook on manual high pressure for 4 minutes.
  4. Do a quick release.
  5. Stir in parmesan and mozzarella.
  6. Transfer hot dip to a bowl.
  7. Serve with corn chips or bread bites.

Instant Pot Popcorn Made Simple

Ingredients

  • 2 TBS Canola Oil or Coconut Oil
  • ½ Cup popcorn Kernels

Directions

  1. Set Instant pot on sauté function, then adjust temperature to “More” by pushing the sauté button until the light under “More” is lit. Wait until the instant pot changes from “On” to “Hot”.
  2. Add the oil in the instant pot and let it warm up for 1 minute.
  3. Add popcorn kernels and stir with spoon to coat the kernels.
  4. Stir occasionally for 2 minutes.
  5. Add a lid for a large pot (not the instant pot lid).  This would be a large lid for a stove top pan or pot that fits snuggly on the pot. I use a tempered class lid that came with my pot and pan set.
  6. Popcorn will popping will begin to slow and when you can count 15 second between pops you can hit cancel.
  7. Use a towel or oven mitt to remove the instant pot and empty the popcorn into a bowl.
  8. Salt to taste