Pressure Cooker Garden Chicken Cacciatore Recipes

PRESSURE COOKER CHICKEN CACCIATORE

Steps:

• Sprinkle chicken with 1/4 tsp. of the salt and black pepper. In a 6-qt. electric pressure cooker use the sauté setting to brown chicken, half at a time, in 1 Tbsp. hot oil over medium-high heat. For a stove-top cooker, cook directly in the cooker. Remove chicken; drain off any fat. In the cooker heat remaining 1 Tbsp. oil over medium-high heat. Add onion, mushrooms, and remaining 1/4 tsp. salt; cook 4 to 5 minutes or just until tender, stirring occasionally. Add garlic; cook and stir 30 seconds. Remove cooker from heat; carefully add wine. Return to heat; simmer 5 minutes. Add tomatoes, sweet pepper, rosemary, crushed red pepper, and chicken to cooker. Lock lid in place. Set an electric cooker on high pressure to cook 8 minutes. For a stove-top cooker, bring up pressure over medium-high heat; reduce heat enough to maintain steady (but not excessive) pressure. Cook 8 minutes. Remove from heat. For both models, release pressure quickly. Open lid carefully.
• Sprinkle with parsley. Serve with pasta.

CHICKEN CACCIATORE (PRESSURE COOKER)

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a 4-quart or larger cooker. Add the shallots and bell pepper and cook over medium-high heat, stirring frequently, until the shallots soften slightly, about 2 minutes.
• Stir in the wine and boil until about half evaporates. Scrape up any browned bits sticking to the bottom of the cooker.
• Stir in the mushrooms and garlic. Set the chicken on top. Cover the chicken with crushed tomatoes. Do not stir. Plop the tomato paste on top.
• Lock the lid in place.
• Over high heat bring to high pressure. Reduce the heat just enough to maintain high pressure and cook for 8 minutes.
• Turn off the heat.
• Allow the pressure to come down naturally. Remove the lid, tilting it away from you to allow steam to escape.
• Stir in the olives, parsley, red pepper flakes, cheese, and salt and pepper, to taste.

PRESSURE COOKER CHICKEN CACCIATORE

Steps:

• Brown onions on medium heat, then add garlic and cook a few minutes longer.
• Add mushrooms and cook until soft.Transfer mushrooms, onion and garlic to pressure cooker, covering the bottom evenly.
• Add red and green peppers to pan and cook until crisp-tender, then transfer to pressure cooker, layering on top of mushroom mixture.
• Brown chicken in pan and layer on top of peppers. DO NOT STIR.
• Add 1/4 cup pasta sauce to the pan, and scrape up the brown bits, then transfer the pasta sauce with brown bits to pressure cooker.
• Pour remaining pasta sauce over chicken, add oregano and tomato paste on top. Do not stir.
• Cook at 15 psi for 8 minutes.
• Release pressure with natural release.

INSTANT POT® CHICKEN CACCIATORE

Steps:

• Rinse chicken thighs and pat dry with paper towels. Heat oil in the pot of an electric pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot®) on "Saute" mode; add chicken. Cook until browned, about 6 minutes per side. Transfer chicken to a plate, reserving drippings in the pot.
• Place celery, onion, and mushrooms in the pot; cook and stir until soft, about 5 minutes. Add garlic; cook until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Place chicken back in the pot; add tomatoes and tomato paste. Sprinkle with herbes de Provence. Top with water and bouillon.
• Close and lock the lid. Select high pressure according to manufacturer's instructions. Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build. Cook for 11 minutes.
• Release pressure carefully using the quick-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, about 5 minutes. Unlock and remove lid carefully, turning it away from you. Test chicken for doneness; an instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Season the chicken to taste with red pepper flakes and black pepper.

PRESSURE-COOKER CHICKEN CACCIATORE

Steps:

• Place onions in a 6-qt. electric pressure cooker. Add the next 11 ingredients. Lock lid; close pressure-release valve. Adjust to pressure-cook on high for 15 minutes. , When finished cooking, allow pressure to naturally release for 10 minutes; quick-release any remaining pressure. Discard bay leaf. Serve chicken with sauce over pasta.