Ingredients for - Instant Pot Chicken Thighs
How to cook deliciously - Instant Pot Chicken Thighs
1 . Stage
Season chicken all over with chopped thyme, paprika, salt, and pepper. Set Instant Pot to Sauté setting.
2 . Stage
Add oil to pot and add thighs skin-side down. Cook, in batches if needed, until golden and crisp, 3 to 5 minutes, then flip and cook 3 minutes more. Remove chicken from pot.
3 . Stage
Add garlic to pot and cook until fragrant, 1 minute. Add water or chicken broth and thyme sprigs, and use a wooden spoon to scrape the brown bits off the bottom of the pot.
4 . Stage
Fit Instant Pot with trivet and place thighs skin side up. Secure lid and press the manual setting. Cook on high for 12 minutes and then naturally release pressure.
5 . Stage
Carefully remove thighs and trivet. Place back on Sauté mode. Whisk 3 tablespoons of the hot broth (or water) into flour until smooth, then pour back into pot. Bring up to a simmer and cook until gravy has thickened slightly, about 7 minutes. Remove thyme sprigs and season to taste with salt and pepper.
6 . Stage
Serve thighs with gravy.