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September 12, 2016 By Nancylynn 42 Comments

Instant Pot Caprese Chicken

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This 21 Day Fix Instant Pot Caprese Chicken is amazing in both the Instant Pot and the Crock Pot, making it a perfect warm weather dinner when you don’t want to heat up the kitchen!  This post contains affiliate links for products I’m obsessed with.  Caprese Chicken on a Plate over Brown Rice Confession #93 – I’m not the only one who is unwilling to admit summer is over. Despite the fact that Halloween and Pumpkin everything is taking over the planet, my summer garden is still hanging around…totally in denial of the impending change of seasons. Yay, right? Red onion, basil, and cherry tomatoes My tomato plants, especially, will not quit, and I am always looking for yummy ways to use them before they get too ripe. And with the Back to School craziness, I am also always on the hunt for a good crock pot or instant pot recipe to make sure that dinner actually makes it way to the table. Chicken in Instant Pot topped with tomatoes Enter this easy Caprese Chicken! I’m so in love with this dish. For those of you who have made my 21 Day Fix Balsamic Chicken with Zoodles, this meal is very similar.  I wanted to see, though, what would happen if I used some of my fresh tomatoes in place of the canned stuff. Oh my word.  Delish! And so easy.  The most time consuming part is halving the tomatoes, so this can be easily assembled quickly on food prep day, before bed the night before, or early in the morning before work. Chicken, Mozzarella, and Basil in Instant Pot When your busy day is over, you will come home to the amazing smell of effortless cooking, which is always the best kind for a weeknight, right? Throw some shredded mozzarella and basil on top and dig in!

Overhead Shot of Caprese Chicken over Brown Rice

We served ours over seasoned brown rice, but it could be eaten alone, with pasta, zoodles or whatever your heart desires. A perfectly yummy, let light end of Summer meal!

This 21 Day Fix Instant Pot Caprese Chicken is amazing in both the Instant Pot and the Crock Pot, making it a perfect warm weather dinner when you don’t want to heat up the kitchen! #warmweather #21dayfix #weightwatchers #glutenfree #crockpot #instantpot

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Overhead Shot of Caprese Chicken over Brown Rice

21 Day Fix Crock Pot or Instant Pot Caprese Chicken

★★★★★ 5 from 5 reviews
  • Author: Nancylynn Sicilia
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 15 minutes
  • Total Time: 25 minutes
  • Yield: 4 servings 1x
  • Category: Dinner
  • Method: Instant Pot
  • Cuisine: Italian
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This 21 Day Fix Instant Pot Caprese Chicken is amazing in both the Instant Pot and the Crock Pot, making it a perfect warm weather dinner when you don’t want to heat up the kitchen!


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Ingredients

  • 1/2 large yellow or red onion, sliced
  • 3–4 cloves fresh garlic, minced or pressed
  • 1 lb. boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  • 3 1/2 cups of cherry or grape tomatoes, halved
  • 2 tbsp. balsamic vinegar (3 tbsp. for the IP)
  • 2 tsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tsp. crushed red pepper (optional)
  • sea salt and fresh ground pepper, to taste
  • 2 tbsp. fresh basil, chopped
  • 2/3 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
  • cooking oil spray

Instructions

  1. For the slow cooker: Spray your slow cooker with nonstick cooking spray – I used my EVO. Add sliced onions and garlic to the bowl and then cover with chicken breasts. Add chopped tomatoes, balsamic vinegar, olive oil, crushed red pepper (if using), salt and pepper. Cover and cook on low for 7-8 hours or high for 3-4 hours. Add basil and top with grated mozzarella cheese. Turn slow cooker on high and cover until the cheese has melted. Serve with brown rice, quinoa, whole grain or gf pasta, or zoodles! Yum!
  2. For the Instant Pot: Spray your Pressure Cooker with cooking oil spray and hit the saute function. Saute your onions until they begin to caramelize. Turn off saute and add in garlic and chicken, then top chopped tomatoes, balsamic vinegar, olive oil, crushed red pepper (if using), salt and pepper. Cover and set to manual for 15 minutes. After cook time, carefully switch to quick release and open the top of your pressure cooker when all the steam has released. Switch to saute and add in the mozzarella cheese and basil. Cook on saute until the cheese melts (2-3 minutes). Serve with brown rice, quinoa, whole grain or gf pasta, or zoodles! Yum!

Notes

21 Day Fix: 1 RED, 1 GREEN, 1/2 BLUE, 1/2 tsp per serving

Weight Watchers Free Style Points – 3 points per serving


Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 piece of chicken with 1 cup of tomatoes/sauce

Keywords: dinner, instant pot, slow cooker, italian, chicken, low carb, gluten-free

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Comments

  1. Nicole Cook says

    September 13, 2016 at 5:11 pm

    Your recipes are amazing!! Thank you so much for blogging and sharing. I’m a tired mamma so easy, healthy and delicious are essential!!

    Reply
    • Nancylynn says

      September 13, 2016 at 5:56 pm

      You just made this (also tired) mamma’s day! Thank you and I am so very happy my blog is helping!

      Reply
  2. Monica says

    February 26, 2017 at 4:28 pm

    Let’s pretend my chicken breast is still frozen…how would you cook it in the Instant Pot?

    Reply
    • Nancylynn says

      February 26, 2017 at 9:14 pm

      I would do the same thing as directed, but add some time. I’d say 5-10 minutes or so.

      Reply
      • Erica Schmit says

        May 6, 2020 at 11:06 pm

        Thank you so much for already asking this question! Forgot to defrost!!

        Reply
  3. Hannah says

    April 13, 2017 at 4:14 am

    I see that a serving is 1 breast, but how many servings are in the whole recipe? Idk how many are in 1 lb. Thanks!

    Reply
    • Nancylynn says

      April 13, 2017 at 12:10 pm

      Sorry – four!

      Reply
  4. Betsy says

    April 22, 2017 at 7:37 pm

    I am wanting to make this crock pot caprese recipe and wanted to double check on the balsamic vinegar- that it is only 2 tablespoons and no other liquids (chicken broth) are added to recipe. Just concerned it might be dry!
    Happy to have found all your healthy recipes! Thank you.

    Reply
    • Nancylynn says

      April 22, 2017 at 8:06 pm

      Hi! Yes – you are correct! The tomatoes make so much extra juice, so it won’t be dry! Hope you enjoy it 🙂

      Reply
  5. Shannon says

    September 2, 2017 at 7:49 pm

    How much is in a serving for your container count?

    Reply
    • Nancylynn says

      September 2, 2017 at 10:33 pm

      It’s 1/4 of the pot!

      Reply
  6. Katie says

    October 31, 2017 at 4:09 pm

    Do you have a calorie count on this recipe?

    Reply
  7. Sanna says

    November 1, 2017 at 9:10 pm

    “The most time consuming part is halving the tomatoes.” Try this hack: Put whole tomatoes on a plate. Invert another plate on top of the tomatoes. Insert sharp knife between the edges of the two plates, & halve ALL the tomatoes at once!

    Reply
    • Nancylynn says

      November 1, 2017 at 9:21 pm

      I have always wanted to try this!!!

      Reply
  8. Sanna says

    November 1, 2017 at 9:56 pm

    Please do, & let me know what you think!

    Reply
  9. Barbara Miller says

    December 11, 2017 at 12:28 am

    Definitely made this tonight!! Flavors come together so nicely. Perfect for a new IP user…. just incredible
    Thank you!

    Reply
    • Nancylynn says

      December 11, 2017 at 12:40 pm

      YAY!!!! I am so happy to hear this!!! <3 <3

      Reply
  10. Kara S says

    January 4, 2018 at 3:38 pm

    I just got an Instant Pot for Christmas and this was my third recipe. I followed the cooking instructions but the chicken came out dry, I used defrosted boneless skinless chicken breast. Any recommendations? Should I cut the cook time down by a minute or two? Thank you!!

    Reply
    • Nancylynn says

      January 6, 2018 at 9:49 pm

      That is a bummer! Yes – try a minute or two less next time!

      Reply
  11. Chris says

    February 12, 2018 at 5:17 am

    Hello. This recipe is delicious. Unfortunately I have cooked it twice now in the instant pot and it comes out too liquidy. Is the sauce supposed to be very liquidy? Thanks.

    Reply
  12. Maggie says

    July 4, 2018 at 8:34 pm

    I’m using an 8 quart instant pot that requires a cup of liquid to come to pressure. How did you get it to not burn?

    Reply
    • Nancylynn says

      July 5, 2018 at 3:54 pm

      The tomatoes are so juicy, it makes a ton of liquid! I would try it first to see if the burn message comes on before adding in extra liquid. Let me know how it goes!

      Reply
  13. Cathy Cook says

    January 14, 2019 at 3:02 am

    Made this tonight. Outstanding!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Nancylynn says

      January 14, 2019 at 3:39 am

      I’m SO glad!!

      Reply
  14. Martin says

    January 28, 2019 at 1:36 am

    This is one of the easiest and tastiest things I’ve made in the IP. Doubled the recipe and cooked it for 17 min.

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Nancylynn says

      January 28, 2019 at 6:27 pm

      That’s GREAT to hear!

      Reply
  15. Amy McMartin says

    March 4, 2019 at 12:00 am

    Made this tonight..yum!!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Nancylynn says

      March 4, 2019 at 1:41 am

      YAY! I have been food prepping this one a lot!

      Reply
  16. Kelly says

    April 1, 2019 at 11:29 pm

    Can I use diced tomatoes instead? We are not big fans of tomatoes but this looks yummy!

    Reply
  17. Megan says

    September 26, 2019 at 8:43 pm

    Can I use a different liquid than the balsamic vinaigrette?

    Reply
    • Nancylynn says

      September 27, 2019 at 1:25 pm

      Sure, but it won’t have the caprese taste!

      Reply
      • Megan says

        September 27, 2019 at 5:14 pm

        Do you have any other suggestions for the type of liquid that may work best?

        Reply
        • Nancylynn says

          October 1, 2019 at 7:19 pm

          A dry white wine?

          Reply
    • Beth says

      August 2, 2020 at 11:47 pm

      Delicious! Using an IP I added a little oil to sauté the onions (though realize you were being careful with oil), doubled the basil and vinegar, and used 1.5 pounds of chicken cut to make 5 servings.

      After the onions begins caramelizing it’s important to scrape the bottom of the IP to get any bits up, or a burn error can happen – which is generally mentioned in IP recipes. I added 1/4 cup of water at that point to make scraping the bottom easy. It evaporated within a minute so didn’t really add liquid to the recipe. Prep time was more like 20-30 minutes. Cutting that many cherry tomatoes alone took some time, plus measuring everything else out and slicing basil. But for some reason most recipes everywhere say 10 minutes, and I know to triple it. Maybe I’m just slow – but at least the IP is fast! Thank you – will make this again – with even more basil!

      Reply
  18. Julie says

    October 6, 2019 at 2:02 pm

    Any thoughts on making this in the oven? Maybe sear the chicken on a cast iron skillet and bake with the tomatoes?

    Reply
    • Nancylynn says

      October 6, 2019 at 4:03 pm

      YES! I think it would be delish!

      Reply
  19. Ginger Knowles says

    April 29, 2020 at 10:08 am

    This was awesome! We are not huge balsamic vinegar fans, so I only use 1 tbsp of the vinegar and added 2 tbsp of water (for the additional liquid). It was perfect! Thank you for sharing this recipe!! And for it being ‘Fix Approved’! a win-win!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  20. Beth says

    December 6, 2020 at 2:15 pm

    Using the IP, if not planning to eat after cooking until much later, so keeping the IP on Keep Warm, would you simply wait until just before eating before adding the cheese and basil? The cheese melts so quickly even on Keep Warm instead of Sauté, I hope that will work.

    ★★★★★

    Reply

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