Instant Pot Frozen Chicken Wings
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Instant Pot Frozen Chicken Wings
I know what you are probably thinking, Samantha, you have finally got around to cooking instant pot frozen chicken wings for us potheads.
That instant pot frozen recipe that I have been meaning to cook for you for some time is finally happening. I am a HUGE FAN of cooking frozen food in the instant pot and our wings joins the rest of our instant pot frozen food successes.
If you have not tried any of our others before then I highly recommend instant pot frozen broccoli, instant pot frozen steak, instant pot frozen hamburgers and our ultimate guide to instant pot frozen vegetables.
We were originally asked by several readers after they tried our air fryer frozen chicken wings. Loved them but would love to do a big batch of frozen wings in the instant pot and then make them beautifully crispy.
Had tried several recipes but they had failed to deliver.
Here at Recipe This we get recipe requests everyday and its like a never-ending list that we are always trying to plough through for you.
Well my fresh chicken wings were thrown into the freezer and saved for you and today I am so pleased to be sharing with you the Recipe This way of cooking frozen wings in the instant pot.
Can You Cook Frozen Wings In Instant Pot?
Yes you can. Cooking frozen wings in the instant pot is Amazing. You can load a lot more frozen chicken wings into an instant pot, than you can with an air fryer and the cook time is not too long either.
Frozen Chicken Wings In Instant Pot
What I love about frozen chicken wings in the instant pot is that its like working from a blank canvas and you can make your favourite type of chicken wings.
- Instant Pot Frozen Chicken Wings No Sauce – You don’t have to have sauce on your frozen chicken wings if you don’t want to. Because they are incredibly tender thanks to the pressure cooker, they could be served with just salt and pepper.
- Instant Pot Frozen Barbecue Chicken Wings – Alternatively you can toss your favourite barbecue sauce in your chicken wings or cook your frozen wings in the barbecue sauce.
- Instant Pot Frozen Buffalo Chicken Wings – You can swap barbecue sauce for buffalo sauce and have yourself a batch of buffalo chicken wings.
- Instant Pot Frozen Honey Garlic Chicken Wings – My all time favourite is honey garlic chicken wings for a classic Mediterranean flavour.
- Instant Pot Frozen Chicken Wings Dry Rub – Or if you prefer a dry rub then toss your cooked chicken wings in your favourite dry rub. Just go to the kitchen pantry and choose your favourite.
- Instant Pot Frozen Chicken Wings Keto – Or if you follow Keto you can make chicken wings using a keto friendly dry rub or sauce.
Or just go with any sauce that you like. For example we often do sweet chili flavoured chicken wings:
How To Instant Pot Frozen Chicken Wings?
Cooking instant pot frozen chicken wings is EASY:
- Remove packaging from your chicken wings.
- Place your steamer basket into the instant pot.
- Add lots of frozen chicken wings.
- Pour over 2 cups of water or stock.
- Place the lid on the instant pot + cook.
- Quickly release pressure + you have cooked chicken wings.
- Load your chicken with seasonings + add your air fryer lid.
- Crisp and serve.
Instant Pot Frozen Chicken Wings Cook Time?
The instant pot frozen chicken wings cook time is JUST 25 minutes. Plus an additional 12 minutes to make your chicken wings crispy with an air fryer lid.
You could do instant pot frozen wings in less time if your wings were smaller. But we had a mix of big and medium chicken wings and wanted to assure they were fully cooked.
Instant Pot Crispy Chicken Wings From Frozen
My favourite part is using the Crisplid to make yummy crispy wings. When I first made chicken wings in the instant pot there was no crisplid.
Instead, you moved your chicken wings to the air fryer and let the air fryer work its magic. But make chicken wings in the instant pot right now, you can do it all from within your instant pot.
Sprinkle your dry rub or spoon your wet rub over your just cooked chicken wings, load the lid on the instant pot and watch it do its business.
Instant Pot Frozen Chicken Wings
Ingredients
Kitchen Gadgets:
Instant Pot Frozen Chicken Wings Recipe Ingredients:
- 2 kg Frozen Chicken Wings
- 2 Tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 2 Tbsp Paprika
- 2 Tsp Garlic Powder
- Pinch Cayenne Pepper
- Salt & Pepper
- Honey optional
Instructions
- Remove packaging from your frozen chicken wings and discard.
- Place your steamer basket into the instant pot.
- Add frozen chicken wings. You can add as many as like that will fit up to the max line of the instant pot.
- Pour over 2 cups of water or chicken stock.
- Place the lid on the instant pot + cook for 25 minutes on manual/pressure cook.
- When it beeps quickly release pressure and check that your chicken wings are cooked.
- Mix the dry ingredients in a ramekin.
- Drizzle extra virgin olive oil over your just cooked chicken wings.
- Sprinkle over dry rub and it will stick to the olive oil.
- Place the air fryer lid on your instant pot and set the time to 12 minutes at 260c/500f.
- Serve.
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These are so easy and absolutely fabulous. My husband who “doesn’t like wings” and “needs a sauce” with everything loved them.
Also loved the tip about the crisplid. Thank you x
Omg this is really very nice. So appetizing. The meat just “slide” away from the bone so easily. Super yummy and easy.
Made this for tea this evening – fabulous as are all of your recipes. Thank you xx
Another awesome recipe!! Oh how I wish I’d discovered this site sooner as all recipes Iv tried so far have been great!! Thanks Samantha
Sounds great but the crisp I have doesn’t seem to go above 204C. How do I set it to 260C?
Hi Rachel,
We have the Mealthy crisplid and you can set it by pressing the temp button then pressing the + and it goes up to 260c.
Hope this helps 🙂
Are you using the steamer basket that comes with the CrispLid or some other?
Hi Jerry,
Not on this recipe, we are using an expandable steamer basket which we love, you can find out more here:
https://recipethis.com/best-instant-pot-steamer-basket/
🙂
Should you only crisp up a few at a time or the whole basket full at once?
Also could you cook up the whole bunch and refrigerate some to crisp up at a later time?
Thanks
Hi Sally,
Yes you can crisp up just a few at a time if using the air fryer lid but if using a large air fryer then you should be able to crisp the whole portion 🙂
Yes you could refrigerate some and crisp up for later, that is a really good idea 🙂
I don’t have a crispy lid. What would you recommend
Hi Debbie,
We have only used the Mealthy crisp lid, but if you live outside the US or Canada then you will not be able to get it. We would recommend the Instant Pot crisp lid which is available in most places. Here is a link to the Instant Pot website:
https://www.instanthome.com/product/instant-pot/air-fryer-lid
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