Instant Pot Creamy Tuscan Chicken & Pasta

Instructions

1. Prepare chicken breasts by pounding them to a thickness of about ½ inch. Season both sides with salt, pepper, red pepper flakes, and Italian seasoning.
2. Set pressure cooker to brown/saute setting. Add butter and olive oil. Add chicken and cook until brown on both sides to add color.
   Not cooking all the way through. Once browned, remove to a plate and set aside.
3. To the same cooker, add onion and tomato. Sauté until slightly soft. About 5 minutes. Add minced garlic and cook another 1-2 minutes.
4. Dice chicken into cubes and add to the pot. Add uncooked rotini pasta, chicken stock, half and half, both slices of cheese, Italian seasoning, red pepper flakes, salt, and pepper. Stir well.
5. Place the lid on, lock and secure, and assure the pressure cooker steam latch is on lock. Set pressure cooker to cook on high for 10 minutes.
6. Once down, slowly release pressure and remove the lid. Add fresh spinach and stir until spinach wilts.