Easy Carolina-Style Instant Pot Shredded BBQ Chicken Sandwiches

These insanely delicious, ridiculously EASY Carolina-Style Instant Pot Shredded BBQ Chicken Sandwiches are an adaptation of our crazy-popular slow cooker recipe.

It’s inspired by our epic family beach vacations along the Eastern Carolina shore. You can use either fresh or frozen chicken, and it takes just minutes to prep for your pressure cooker.

- apple cider vinegar - sugar - chicken breasts - salt - black pepper

Combine vinegar, brown sugar, salt, hot sauce, and black pepper in your Instant Pot's insert, stirring or whisking to combine. Add chicken breasts.

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Close Instant Pot lid. Select Manual, High Pressure, 8 minutes if using fresh or already-thawed chicken or 13 minutes if using frozen chicken breasts that are NOT thawed.

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When cook time is completed, allow Instant Pot to sit for 10 minutes, and then manually vent to relieve any residual pressure, and open the Instant Pot.

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Remove chicken from Instant Pot and shred. Stir about 3/4 cup cooking liquid into chicken. Discard the additional cooking liquid, or reserve it to pass at the table for those people who like saucier BBQ.

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Serve on buns with coleslaw on top or as an accompaniment on the side, and pass hot sauce if desired.

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Your chicken breasts should be individually frozen, and not frozen together in one big block.

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