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How to Cook a Frozen Turkey Breast in an Instant Pot

February 7, 2018 By Deanna Piercy 4 Comments

My favorite meal of the year is the traditional Thanksgiving dinner. Turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, homemade cranberry sauce and all the yummy extra side dishes. Delicious! It’s not the sort of meal the average homemaker has time for very often. However, you can still enjoy a tasty turkey dinner on a random Tuesday by cooking a turkey breast in the Instant Pot (or slow cooker). Life changing!

How to cook turkey breast in Instant Pot

Turkey dinner

 

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How to Cook a Turkey Breast in an Instant Pot

An easy, no fuss way to have delicious turkey any day of the week. 

Ingredients

  • 1 turkey breast, bone-in (frozen or thawed - make sure it will fit in your pot)
  • 1/2 stick butter
  • 1 teaspoon garlic salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • 1 small onion, thinly sliced (opt.)

Instructions

  1. Remove wrappings and gravy packet (if included) and place turkey breast in Instant Pot on the trivet which comes with it. 

  2. Season with garlic salt and pepper. 

  3. Tuck 1/2 stick of butter in cavity of turkey breast. 

  4. If using onion, place slices around turkey. 

  5. Pour chicken broth around turkey and place lid on Instant Pot. 

  6. Using "Slow Cook" setting, set timer for 7 hours if thawed, 9 if frozen.

  7. When time is up, check for doneness with instant read thermometer. It should read 165 degrees in the thickest part of the meat. 

  8. Carefully remove turkey breast and keep warm. 

  9. Strain drippings and use to make gravy if desired. 

turkey dinner

If you don’t have an Instant Pot you can do the same thing in a slow cooker and in fact, that’s how I’ve done it for years. If the turkey breast is a little too large for your slow cooker, cover tightly with foil and place the lid on top. As it cooks, it will shrink and the lid will fit.

 

If you are looking for how to cook a whole turkey in the oven, including my easy hack for thawing a turkey, check out this post:

Dee’s Turkey Cooking Instructions

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How to cook turkey breast in Instant Pot

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Comments

  1. Miz Helen says

    February 12, 2018 at 11:08 am

    Hi Dee,
    Your Turkey Breast meal looks delicious, I love a meal like this. That Instant Pot is a really nice appliance to have, this would be great to be able to cook that frozen Turkey Breast in such a short time! Hope you are having a great day and thanks so much for sharing your awesome post with us at Full Plate Thursday.
    Come Back Soon
    Miz Helen

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    • Deanna Piercy says

      February 12, 2018 at 11:35 am

      Hi Miz Helen. Thanks for stopping by and thank you so much for hosting Full Plate Thursday. I have found some wonderful recipes on it. Have a beautiful week.

      Reply
  2. Carlee says

    February 15, 2018 at 7:30 pm

    What a great way to do a turkey breast. I haven’t had my instant pot long, but I am looking forward to trying more things like this!

    Reply
    • Deanna Piercy says

      February 16, 2018 at 11:45 am

      I am still experimenting and trying new things with mine. I love being able to cook things that are frozen (I have a post about cooking a frozen ham) and I also like the fact I can cook certain things that would normally splatter all over the stove without all that mess.

      Reply

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