Instant Pot Chicken Drumsticks (Fresh or Frozen)
Teriyaki chicken drumsticks in a pressure cooker that gets dinner on the table in less than 30 minutes, even with frozen chicken!
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 ½ lb chicken legs 5 drumsticks
- 1 cup liquid chicken broth, water, pineapple juice, apple juice
- sauce - teriyaki or BBQ
Instructions
- Add the liquid to the bottom of the pot. When we're making teriyaki chicken legs we love to add 4 oz (½ cup) of pineapple juice to the pot along with another ½ cup of water or chicken broth.
- Insert the trivet and place the drumsticks on top of that. Close the lid.
- Set to Manual (some models call this Pressure Cook) and cook on High for 12 minutes.
- Do a quick release and remove the chicken drumsticks from the pressure cooker and put them in an oven safe baking dish.
- Brush the meat on both sides with the sauce of your choice like teriyaki sauce.
- Broil for 2-3+ minutes with the pan 4" away from the heat source until the sauce is warm and has started to brown in places for that fresh "grilled" appearance. Brush the remaining sauce in the bottom of the pan over the chicken before serving.
Notes
- Add 3-5 minutes to the cooking time if your chicken is frozen, but only individually frozen legs will work for this recipe.
- Instead of using teriyaki sauce, BBQ sauce makes a great option too.
- Feel free to marinate the chicken in teriyaki sauce for 2+ hours if you have extra time for even more flavor.
- We didn't season the chicken but you can add salt and pepper, or a chicken dry rub if desired before cooking.
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 76kcalProtein: 12.4gFat: 2.5gSugar: 9g
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