First, inject your whole chicken with your Tony Chachere’s Injectable Marinade (or your marinade of choice). There is a lot of marinade in these bottles so you could use it for two different meals or you can rub the outside of your chicken with any that is leftover.
Next, generously rub your Tony Chachere’s Seasoning (or your seasoning of choice) thoroughly on the outside of your whole chicken.
Then, place your trivet and 1 ½ cups of water in your Instant Pot.
Place your whole chicken on your trivet in your Instant Pot.
Close the lid and turn the steam release valve to the “sealing” position.
Then press the “Pressure Cook” button. Next, press the “Pressure Level” button until you have selected “High Pressure”.
We use the Instant Pot cook guide time which states 8 minutes of high pressure per pound. Turn the timer on for 44 minutes if you have a 5.5-pound whole chicken. Once the pressure builds up, the timer will start counting down. Once the timer has completed allow your Instant Pot to do a Natural Pressure Release. This means you do not open the quick-release pressure valve and instead let the pressure release on its own. It should take about 20 minutes.
Once the pressure has all released open the lid to your Instant Pot. I placed a tray on the counter next to my Instant Pot. My trivet has handles so I used this to take my chicken out of my Instant Pot and placed it on my tray. Now you want to spray the outside of your whole chicken with your Avocado spray and sprinkle it again with extra seasoning.
Dump the remaining liquid out of your Instant Pot and wipe it down with a napkin. Then place the inner pot, the trivet, and your whole chicken back in your Instant Pot. (side note- you can add a little corn starch and cold-water slurry to the juices you just dumped out and simmer on the stove fora few minutes to make a gravy!!) Now place your air fryer lid on your Instant Pot. Set it to 400 degrees for 10 minutes. If you like your skin extra crispy you can air fry it for a second round at 400 degrees for another 10 minutes again!!
That’s it! You can now serve your delicious Instant Pot Whole Chicken! Enjoy!