Instant Pot Chicken with Vodka Sauce Pasta

creamy pasta on plate with parmesan cheese on top

Instant Pot Chicken with Vodka Sauce Pasta

Instant Pot Chicken with Vodka Sauce Pasta is the ultimate Instant Pot vodka sauce with fettuccine and chicken. This is one of my go-to Instant pot chicken and pasta recipe. Give this creamy vodka sauce a try.

Course Dinner

Cuisine Italian

Keyword vodka cream sauce, fettuccine pasta with vodka sauce, instant pot fettuccine, instant pot vodka, pasta, penne vodka sauce, pressure cooker recipe, sauce, vodka marinara saucechicken pasta vodka sauce, vodka sauce pasta

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 4

Total Time 14

Servings -8 servings

Calories 245kcal

Author Kelsey

Equipment

Instant Pot

Ingredients

2 tablespoons butter
3 cups chicken broth or water
12 ounces of fettuccini noodles or any other pasta
3 chicken breasts chopped into bite-sized pieces
3-4 cloves garlic minced
½ cup vodka plain no flavoring
1 ¼ cup marinara any variety or homemade
¼ cup basil
½ cup heavy cream
Salt and pepper to taste
¼ cup grated parmesan
Fresh chopped parsley optional
Salt and Pepper

Instructions

Start by turning your Instant Pot to the saute feature. Add in your butter and let it melt down. Dice up your chicken into small chunks and season with salt and pepper.
Toss the chicken into the Instant Pot and sear the chicken and cook for 5-7 minutes or until the chicken is close to cooked.
Add in your garlic at the end, and cook until it is fragrant. Then turn off the saute feature.
Pour in the chicken stock or water and use a wooden spoon to scrape the bottom of the Instant Pot. Now you will add in the marinara sauce, and vodka.
Break the fettuccine pasta in half and place on top of the chicken. Add in your basil. Use tongs and push down the pasta so it is all covered in the liquid.
Place the lid on the Instant Pot and set the valve to sealing. Cook high pressure /manual mode for 4 minutes. After the 4 minutes are cooked, you will do a quick release of pressure.
Once you remove the lid slowly pour in your heavy cream and stir. Top with grated parmesan and parsley and serve.
This Instant Pot vodka sauce pasta and chicken is so delicious. Give this recipe a try!
To thicken the sauce add 1 teaspoon of cornstarch with 2 teaspoon water and as you pour in stir, and it thickens the sauce. Repeat as needed at the end to get the desired thickness as you would like.

Notes

You can use any type of pasta if you would like. The cook time will be the same.

Swap the parsley with Oregano if you would like.

Ensure the pasta is laid in the pot in different directions to prevent sticking. And make sure all the pasta is submerged in liquid. If you need to add a bit more stock.

If you have pre-cooked chicken you are more than welcome to use that and skip sauteing the chicken.

You can use regular pasta sauce, homemade pasta sauce, instead of marinara. Just buy quality sauce or use homemade for quality.

Feel free to change up the cheese and use it for whatever you have or like. Gouda, Mozzarella, would be a nice alternative to parmesan.

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