This is how to cook frozen chicken wings in a pressure cooker with barbecue sauce. From freezer to dinner in less than 30 minutes, it's faster than our Baked Frozen Chicken Wings but as good.

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Instant Pot frozen chicken wings recipe is the bomb! Here on Pynmi we've come up with a lot of easy Instant Pot recipes and this is one of our favorite pressure cooker appetizers. Super quick and requires only 2 ingredients really.

Don't these look good! If you have this brand you can use the lid that is not attached as a Ninja Foodi recipe and then if you want the skins crispy at the end you can use the other lid to crispy your air fryer chicken wings all in the same pot.

Whether you've forgotten to make something for a potluck, people come over unexpectedly, or you want a quick yummy meal for dinner we will share how to cook frozen meat here.

We're serious….TWO ingredients!! We always seem to have frozen chicken wings and breasts in the freezer for in case situations and started with sharing how to cook frozen chicken in the Instant Pot. That worked well when preparing shredded chicken to use inside sliders…another great appetizer idea. Then moved on to chicken wings and experimented a bit with the timing until we got it right!!

Here they are! Super moist and almost fall off the bone but we didn't want the meat to fall off. The fun is eating them off the bone in our opinion.

Ingredient notes

You can usually fit about 12-15 frozen chicken wings. Do not fill your Instant Pot or pressure cooker more than 3/4 full. So the total number depends on the size of your wings.

And to steam them you will need some sort of liquid like Water or you could use chicken broth for more flavor.

Optional additions would be some sort of coating like bbq sauce or hot sauce

What other type of sauces can you use?

They soak up all those good flavors. If you want to make them plain it would work the same way using chicken broth. If you aren't down for bbq wings then use a teriyaki style sauce like we used in our Instant Pot spicy teriyaki chicken thighs recipe.

How Long to Cook Frozen Wings in Pressure Cooker

We guess the cook time is partly up to you. We cooked mine for 21 minutes and they were solid. Now if you wanted the meat to fall off the bone we would set for 25 minutes. But to us that would be a pot of bones and chicken pieces.

The bag of frozen chicken wings we bought from the store had rather large pieces. remember to not exceed the 3/4 mark inside your 6 qt. Instant Pot. We only felt comfortable adding 12 in that size.

Tips

We think if mine were a bit smaller we could add closer to 15, but you want to keep it below the 3/4 mark. 1 bottle of bbq sauce was enough once they were cooked down.

It won't cover them all when initially put into the pressure cooker but when they thaw it will be plenty so don't worry about that. Pick any brand of sauce you like but not honey style. We like whatever is on sale and has a bit of sweet and spicy personally. Honey may cause the burn notice to occur though.

You can add a bit of hot sauce in there to give it a kick, some sliced onions if you want, and even some pineapple tidbits are a good add in like we did with our Hawaiian Instant Pot shredded chicken dish…super easy too.

How do you crisp wings after cooking in Instant Pot?

If you prefer the skins to be a bit crispy, once these are done you can put them into your convection oven or oven at 375 degrees for a few minutes like we did here with our Instant Pot teriyaki ribs. Or you can use your broiler for about 5 minutes to crisp them up.

We don't eat the skin either way so we are fine with them straight out of the pot. If you like crispy chicken wings you can throw them under the broiler for a few minutes and for another trick you should read our post on how to bake crispy chicken wings in the oven!

Another option if you want a crispy outcome is to start with the directions from our Frozen chicken wings in air fryer instead.

And you'll probably want some sort of yummy sauce poured on the top when they are tender and done to perfection. Buffalo or BBQ sauce are the most common. Remember, you already have what you need right inside the pot though when you make it how we suggest below!

You'll need to toss the wings like this in some dipping sauce for chicken wings with a sprinkle of blue cheese to add more flavor but they're great in less than 15 minutes!

Pressure Cooker Frozen Chicken Wings Recipe

By This is how to cook pressure cooker frozen chicken wings in Instant Pot with barbecue sauce. Wings are the best finger food we say and with this trick you can make them often. From freezer to dinner in less than 30 minutes! Prep: 5 minutes minsCook: 21 minutes minsTotal: 26 minutes minsServings: 4 Save Recipe Saved! Pin Recipe Comment Print Recipe

Equipment

Ingredients

12 – 15 medium chicken wingsfrozen
3/4 cup water
1 bottle barbecue sauce, 20 oz.

Instructions

Pour half the bottle of barbecue sauce into your Instant Pot or pressure cooker.
Put your frozen chicken wings on top of your sauce and pour the remainder of your barbecue sauce on top of them. Then add 3/4 c water into your bbq sauce bottle and shake it well to get remaining sauce out. Pour this on top of your wings (this is an important step).
If you choose to add hot sauce sprinkle on top now.
Close the lid and steam valve. Set to manual, pressure, high for 21 minutes. ** Note, if your wings are much smaller or you're using fewer wings than we did (mine were quite large) it will not take this long (set for 18 min. for 10 wings and solid)
Do a natural release, lift lid carefully and serve!
If you'd like them crispy put your chicken wings on a baking sheet and under your broiler for 3-4 minutes or until as crispy as you'd like. OR throw into a preheated air fryer at 400 degrees for 3-4 minutes

Nutrition

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Additional Info

Course: Appetizer, Entree, Main CourseCuisine: American Tried this recipe?Mention @thetypical_mom or tag #thetypicalmom!

How to reheat leftovers

Have leftovers? You can totally save them in an airtight container. Then when you are ready to enjoy them the next day this is how to reheat wings in air fryer to crisp them up again. If you add a bit more sauce brushed on before heating them it will get nicely baked on and enhance the flavors even more.

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