5-Ingredient Instant Pot® Cheesy Chicken, Broccoli and Rice
Updated Dec 23, 2020
This Instant Pot® cheesy chicken and rice meal is as cheesy and tasty as it gets. You can prep this easy Instant Pot® chicken and rice in ten minutes using your trusty multi-cooker and seven simple ingredients. Combine chicken broth with white rice, chicken thighs, broccoli florets and cheddar cheese for a seriously simple weeknight meal that will get two thumbs up from the whole family.
5-Ingredient Instant Pot® Cheesy Chicken, Broccoli and Rice
- Prep Time 10 min
- Total 35 min
- Ingredients 7
- Servings 4
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups Progresso® chicken broth (from 32-oz carton)
- 1 cup uncooked long-grain white rice
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 package (20 oz) boneless skinless chicken thighs, cut in 1-inch pieces
- 1 package (10 oz) fresh broccoli florets (about 4 cups)
- 1 cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese (4 oz)

Make With
Progresso Broth
Instructions
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Step1Spray 6-quart Instant Pot® insert with cooking spray. Mix broth, rice, salt and pepper in insert.
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Step2Stir in chicken and broccoli. Secure lid; set pressure valve to SEALING. Select MANUAL; cook on high pressure 10 minutes. Select CANCEL. Set pressure valve to VENTING to quick-release pressure.
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Step3Stir in cheese. Broccoli will break down when stirring.
Nutrition
500
Calories
17g
Total Fat
42g
Protein
46g
Total Carbohydrate
2g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 500
- Calories from Fat
- 150
- Total Fat
- 17g
- 25%
- Saturated Fat
- 7g
- 37%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 165mg
- 55%
- Sodium
- 920mg
- 38%
- Potassium
- 540mg
- 15%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 46g
- 15%
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- 9%
- Sugars
- 2g
- Protein
- 42g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 15%
- 15%
- Vitamin C
- 50%
- 50%
- Calcium
- 25%
- 25%
- Iron
- 20%
- 20%
Exchanges:
2 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1 Vegetable; 4 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 1/2 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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