SIMPLE BONE-IN TURKEY BREAST in the Instant Pot

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Raise your hand if you LOVE your Instant Pot! This simple bone-in turkey breast in the Instant Pot cooks for just 30 minutes. Now, you won’t get that beautiful golden color that you do in the oven, but it’s a small price to pay to have a turkey dinner done so quickly.

For our Instant Pot Bone-In Turkey Breast you will need:

• 6 lb. bone-in turkey breast
• 3 rosemary sprigs
• half lemon, sliced
• one onion, chunked
• 3 stalks of celery, chunked
• 1/2 stick butter, sliced
• 2 cups broth
• 2 tsp. seasoned salt
• 1/2 tsp. poultry seasoning
• 1/2 tsp. dried parsley
• 1/2 black pepper

To make Instant Pot Bone-In Turkey:

Take the turkey out of the packaging and remove the gravy pouch, if included. Next, rinse the turkey and pat it dry with paper towels. Add the onion, celery, lemon, and rosemary to the turkey cavity. My turkey also had the neck skin still attached so I cut that off. Next carefully add the pats of butter underneath the skin of the turkey.

Seasoning:

For the outside of the turkey, you will need 2 tsp. seasoned salt, 1/2 tsp. each of black pepper, poultry seasoning, and dried parsley. If you prefer unseasoned salt that is fine as well. Mix it together. Then rub the seasonings on the outside of the turkey. Pour the 2 cups of broth into the bottom of the Instant Pot liner. We used Better than Bouillon, chicken flavor, to make our broth. Add the trivet to the liner and place the turkey on it, breast side up. Close the lid and turn the valve to sealing. Set the Instant Pot to manual, high pressure for 30 minutes.

Note:

We used a 6 lb. bone-in turkey breast and cooked it for 30 minutes. If you have a 3 to 4lb turkey you will want to adjust the time to 25 minutes. Just make sure the internal temperature gets to 165 degrees on your meat thermometer. It will take some time to come up to pressure, then the timer will start at 30 and count back until done. Once the timer beeps, turn the Instant Pot to OFF and allow to natural pressure release for 10 minutes. When the 10 minutes are up, turn the valve to venting and release the remaining pressure. When the pressure is released, the pin will drop and you can open the lid.

To brown or not to brown:

Carefully remove the turkey from the Instant Pot. If you would like to brown the turkey under the broiler in the oven for a couple of minutes do that now. Otherwise, put the turkey on a plate or platter and cover it with tin foil, and allow it to rest until ready to serve.

To make turkey gravy:

Pour the liquid from the Instant Pot liner through a mesh strainer into a pot on the stovetop. Whisk together 3 Tbsp. water with 3 Tbsp. corn starch and add to the pot. Boil and whisk mixture until thickened. You can also just do this right in the Instant Pot, but my veggies had escaped so I chose to do it on the stovetop. To thicken the gravy in the Instant Pot, remove the trivet and press the saute button. Add the cornstarch and water mixture and whisk until thickened. If you love Cranberry Sauce, our Orange Cinnamon Cranberry Sauce is so good! My husband and I both usually prefer gravy on our turkey over cranberry sauce, but this cranberry sauce changed our minds. A turkey dinner feast in a fraction of the time, especially if you also make our Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes. We hope you give this Instant Pot Bone-In Turkey Breast a try! It comes out perfectly moist and flavorful and the rosemary and lemon make it bright and yummy. It would be the perfect Thanksgiving Turkey for a small group. Remember to follow our adventures on Facebook and Instagram and subscribe to be notified of new posts.