Whole Chicken in the Instant Pot – With Gravy!

How to Make Instant Pot Whole Chicken:

1. Take out the giblets bag from inside the chicken. Pat dry inside and out with paper towels. Place chicken breast-side-up. Starting from the drumstick side, loosen the skin from the breast, using the back of a spoon to help. Set aside.

2. In a small bowl combine: all of the seasonings, the minced rosemary and thyme and 1 Tbsp lemon juice and one stick of melted butter. Stir to combine. Set aside.

3. Place a rack in the inner pot of your instant pot and add 1 cup of chicken broth. Add chicken breast-side-up. Stuff the cavity of the chicken with crushed garlic cloves and half a lemon.

4. Pour half the butter mixture under the skin, (you can use your fingers to massage the chicken and distribute the mixture) then spread the remaining butter mixture evenly over the top of the chicken.

5. Pressure cook for 25 min with 15 min release (see note below for more times), remove the chicken with trivet, allowing any excess juice to drip into the pot (keep that liquid for gravy).

6. If you want crispy skin (I skip this since I don’t eat the skin), transfer to a foil-lined baking sheet,  then broil at 500˚F . Rest, tented, 10 minutes before slicing.

To Make the Chicken Gravy:

1. 1. Pour all of the liquid from the pot into a bowl or measuring cup and skim off the excess fat at the top. You should have about 2 cups after straining off the fat.

   2. Set the instant pot to the sauté function and melt in 3 Tbsp butter. Whisk in 3 Tbsp flour, whisking for 1 minute until golden. Add 1-3/4 c. of the strained drippings and whisk until simmering and thickened then remove from heat. Serve with chicken.  Use additional drippings if you need to thin the gravy.

Recipe taken from Natasha’s Kitchen