Preheat oven to 550°F degrees. Rub mixture all over If you are new to the IP scene, I suggest you start with a smaller turkey breast so you don’t end up eating very late or running to the store for rotisserie chicken to feed the hungry tummies! Cornstarch is a great thickener with very little taste, and it doesn’t need to be long-simmered like flour does. First time making anything in insta pot 6 pound boneless turkey breast help me please. Hi Barbara Hi Patricia – my family doesn’t eat the turkey skin and browning does not enhance the meat as it does with a roast. I use the Browning Feature to brown the meat before cooking it. Yummie! Hi David – your cook time will be longer because the breast will be thicker. Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes are the best, boil-free method to make everyone’s favorite side dish. That should give the best of both worlds, nice browned skin and juicy meat to boot. I will try cooking a turkey again with your suggestions. Do you think that will ruin the thermometer, and at what temperature what you program it to stop, to allow for the cool down of the vent? It weighed almost 7 lbs. obviously can use a baster instead of a crude mechanism. I have an 8.52 lb bone in turkey breast that I’m thawing in the fridge. I had bad luck w my 17 lb pre braised thawed turkey. ? Rhonda, any crispiness obtained before slow roasting would be lost by the slow cooking process, due the any steam in you bag or cooking vessel. We respect your privacy. Wednesday night dinner in January wouldn’t be the same without this! . Most turkey breasts I buy include a bag of (awful!) I need to try this. lol. https://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/faq/. Stop boiling your potatoes! Only thing it did differently  was Did not use salt,pepper  thyme This recipe can be paired with these other Thanksgiving recipes, including Instant Pot Stuffing, Pumpkin Pie, and Creamy Mashed Potatoes. I hit cancel, did not release steam, and when I came home 2+ hours later, it was still hot and cooked to perfection. For example, a diced beef roast would have the same cook time whether you cooked 1 lb. I have an on the stove top pressure cooker which we use for canning. Perhaps it had more to do with the shape of the roast (how they rolled it). Hi Jane – the skin is much easier to remove after pressure cooking. Good to know- So glad you are quick with replies- getting ready to start this now I’ll share my results/tweaks . Hi Judi – it will probably take more than 10 minutes, but you could start with 10 minutes, do a 10 minute natural pressure release and if it still needs cook it longer with a second natural pressure release of at least 10 minutes. 5 IMAGES at once!!! I have the Power Pressure Cooker XL. But lots of people cook large pieces of frozen meat. He usually cooks his turkey upside-down for half an hour to 45 minutes before turning the bird over. I tried to cook a 17 lb whole pre browned turkey in convection oven seasoned, added 5″ of boullion-gravy, cooked it for 60 min upside down, breast being in the liquid, yet in the end I read that breast meat is more dense, needing to b at 175′ +. I just defrosted a 6 lb turkey and was getting ready to bake it but think I’ll try pressure cooking instead. Pressure cookers are the perfect moist environment for cooking turkey. Thanksgiving turkey cooked in the electric pressure cooker / Instant Pot is perfect for a small Thanksgiving gathering or just a delicious Sunday supper. Wish me luck as this is my first time doing a thanksgiving dinner per se. Peter M. The turkey needs to go through the danger zone of 40 to 140 within 4 hours. If I ever do turkey again, I will slice up the breast meat into 1″ slices attached so the pressure can penetrate that meat, the dark meat was as good as baked turkey. 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