First, add your 1 cup of water and your rack or trivet into your Instant Pot.
Next, generously rub your seasoning of choice all over your chicken drumsticks. We get our chicken already seasoned with cajun/creole seasoning from our grocer.
Then place your chicken leg quarters standing up 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”.
Turn the timer on for 32 minutes if you have 4 lbs. of chicken leg quarters. We used the Instant PotChicken Cook Guide which states 8 minutes of high pressure per pound of chicken. Once the pressure builds up, the timer will start counting down.
Then, once the timer has completed allow your Instant Pot to naturally release the pressure.
Next, brush your chicken leg quarters with your bbq sauce.
Now you can either place your leg quarters on a pan under the broiler in your oven on high for a few minutes to make the skin and bbq sauce crispy or, you can use your InstantPot air fryer lid. If you have an air fryer lid proceed to step #10. For those who are using the broiler on their oven for this step place your chicken leg quarters on a pan and broil for 5-10 minutes.
Dump out any remaining liquid from your InstantPot. Place your air fryer lid on top of your Instant Pot and cook at 400 degrees for 5 – 10 minutes.
That’s it! You can now serve you InstantPot Chicken Leg Quarters. Enjoy!