We think that many of you had to use a pressure cooker to cook some dishes, especially if you are in a hurry somewhere and you want to quickly cook dinner. In it without much effort and quickly you can boil the broth, put out the meat or vegetable stew, boil the vegetables that you need to quickly apply to the salad. Cooked chicken meat in a pressure cooker turns out soft and soft. There are many interesting recipes that are designed specifically for cooking in a pressure cooker, and with some of them we will get to know you on the page of our site.
Recipe 1: Chicken in a pressure cooker
Ingredients Required:
- chicken legs or thighs - 6 pcs .;
- garlic clove;
- sour cream - 250 g;
- water - 100 ml;
- seasoning for chicken, salt and pepper.
Preparation:
Grease the bottom of the pressure cooker with oil and dip the prepared chicken drumsticks into it. Salt a little on top and sprinkle with pepper. Garlic clove skip through the press and together with chopped greens dipped in the pan. Finally, add sour cream and add 100 grams of water. Right now we need to close the pressure cooker and put it on the stove. As soon as the pressure cooker starts to hiss and make familiar whistling sounds, turn down the heat to medium and continue to cook for another 15 minutes. While our chicken is being cooked in a pressure cooker, you can cook a side dish in a separate bowl - boil pasta or potatoes, for example.
When the time is up, turn off the stove and after 2-3 minutes open the lid of your pressure cooker. Looking into the middle, and there is tender chicken meat, in a fragrant creamy garlic sauce - beauty. Serve meat on the table, decorate with chopped dill and enjoy the taste of tender meat and sauce.
Recipe 2: Chicken in a pressure cooker with ginger
Great recipe for cooking chicken in a pressure cooker in a sweet and sour sauce.
Ingredients Required:
- chicken - 1 pc .;
- vegetable oil - 1 tbsp. l .;
- pepper and salt;
- red sweet paprika - 0.5 tsp;
- oregano or marjoram - 0.5 tsp;
- chopped ginger root - 0.5 tsp;
- dry white wine - 4 tbsp. l .;
- chicken broth - 4 tbsp. l .;
- apricot jam - 4 tbsp. l .;
- Apple cider vinegar - 2 tbsp.
- Honey - 2 tbsp.
Preparation:
So, we first grease the bottom of the pressure cooker with butter. Wash the chicken, dry it with a towel and divide it into portions. Put the pressure cooker on medium heat and move portions of meat there. Neatly fry them on all sides. I usually do this process in a skillet - it is more convenient for me. Choose meat, season it with salt, pepper, paprika, dry marjoram. Drain the excess fat from the pressure cooker if you cooked chicken in it. Pour wine and broth into the pan, and place the fried pieces of meat.
Now close the lid of the pressure cooker, and with high pressure continue to cook another 8 minutes. Open the lid and check the meat for readiness. If the meat is already cooked, select it from the pan and put it on a wide dish. Add honey, vinegar, apricot jam and grated ginger to the pan. Bring the contents to a boil, but this time do not close the lid of the pan. Cook the sauce for about 10 minutes, until it boils down to the state of sour cream. We pour chicken meat with ready gravy and serve it to the table.
Recipe 3: Chicken in a pressure cooker (jelly)
We all love jelly, but not every time we want to cook it. We offer recipe for chicken jelly in a pressure cooker.
Ingredients Required:
- chicken backs - 2 pcs .;
- pork skin - 200 g; - Onions - 1 pc .;
- carrots - 1 pc .;
- Chilli - 0.58;
- Coriander seeds - 20 pcs .;
- peppercorns - 10 pcs .;
- garlic cloves - 5 pcs .;
- Thyme - 1 tsp;
- A bunch of greens;
- gelatin - 20 grams.
Preparation:
My chicken and cut it into large chunks. With the edge of the knife we clean the top of the pork skin, rinse it in cold water. Along with the chicken put it in the pan. Fill the contents with water so that the water completely covers the meat. Close the pressure cooker and put it on a small fire. Leave to cook for about 2 hours.
In the meantime, get to the vegetables. Peel carrots and onions, cut them into two pieces and set them to bake under the grill, cut up. After 2 hours, add the cooked carrots, onions, hot peppers, bay leaves, peas and salt to the pan.
Pay attention to the contents of the pan - the level of broth should not be above the dash MAX! Otherwise, in the process of further preparation instead of steam, broth will flow out of the valve !!! Put the pressure cooker on the stove, set the pressure to 1 and cook another 30 minutes.
After that, open the lid of the pressure cooker and add the thyme to it. Now you need to close the lid again and leave in this position for another 4-5 minutes.
Drain the broth from the pan and filter through a thick sieve.
Carefully remove all the bones and cut the meat into small pieces. Add garlic passed through the press to the meat and mix gently. Pour gelatin into a cup and fill it with water and wait until it swells. During this time, our broth will have time to cool down a bit. Add the swollen gelatin to the broth and mix well. If you notice that you have enough rich broth, I recommend that you remove excess fat with a spoon, because after cooling, it forms an unattractive oily film. Chicken meat gently lay out in the form and pour the top with broth. We put in the refrigerator until complete contraction. The remaining vegetables, which were cooked in a pressure cooker, are not recommended for decorating the jelly.
Recipe 4: Chicken in a pressure cooker with buckwheat
Cook in a pressure cooker chicken with buckwheat.
Ingredients Required:
- buckwheat groats - 1 cup;
- Chicken - 400 g;
- water - 1 cup;
- sour cream - 2 tbsp. l .;
- carrots and onions - 1 pc .;
- Salt and vegetable oil.
Preparation:
Cut meat into cubes. Carefully chop carrots and onions and send them to fry in vegetable oil. Then add the pieces of meat. Close the lid of the pressure cooker and cook another 15 minutes. Then pour buckwheat into the pan. Sour cream mixed with water and topped up in a pressure cooker. We boil all the contents for a few minutes for a few minutes, then close the lid and continue cooking for 25-30 minutes in the porridge mode. To the finished fornication add chopped dill and serve to the table.
Chicken in a pressure cooker - secrets and useful tips from chefs
- In order for you to get beautiful and ruddy chicken meat in a pressure cooker, we recommend that you first fry it until golden brown on high heat, and only then lower it into the pressure cooker to cook it completely.
- Fragrant herbs that you want to add to your dish should be added to the pressure cooker only after the main dish is ready. To do this, just close the lid of the pressure cooker, and in this position, hold for 5 minutes. The grass during this time will have time to give all its aromas.
