Instant Pot White Chicken Chili — 30-Minute Pressure Cooker Recipe

When you want white chicken chili tonight — not in eight hours — the Instant Pot is the answer. Under pressure, chicken breasts cook through and shred in minutes, and (the real magic) you can cook dried beans from scratch without soaking, so a from-pantry pot comes together in about half an hour start to finish. The pressure also drives the green-chile and cumin flavor deep into everything. This is the version for the night you forgot to plan dinner and still want something that tastes like you did.

For 1.5 cups dried Great Northern beans, pressure cook 30–35 minutes with an extra cup of broth instead of canned. Natural release 10 minutes before opening.

Rotisserie chicken plus canned beans drops total time to about 15 minutes — skip the pressure cook on chicken and warm through on Sauté. The sautéed onion-and-spice base is still worth the 4 minutes.