Pressure Cooker Italian Chicken and Sausage with Peppers
photo by KateL
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
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4-6
ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 4 Italian sausages (about 12 oz total)
- 1 frying chicken, skin removed cut into serving pieces
- 1 medium onion (about 4 oz)
- 2 medium green bell peppers (about 10 oz)
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 (16 ounce) can diced tomatoes
- 3⁄4 teaspoon dried basil
- 1⁄4 teaspoon fennel seed
- crushed red pepper flakes
- salt & freshly ground black pepper
directions
- Heat the oil in the pressure cooker.
- Prick the skin of the sausages in several places with the tines of a fork.
- Add the sausages and chicken to the oil and cook until well browned on all sides.
- While the chicken is cooking, dice the onion.
- Cut the green peppers into 3/4" thick strips.
- Mince the garlic.
- When the chicken and sausages are browned, remove them from the pan and set aside.
- Add the onion, green peppers and garlic to the cooker to cook, stirring often, until they begin to soften, about 4 minutes.
- Add the vinegar and stir up the browned bits from the bottom of the cooker.
- Add the chicken and sausages, tomatoes, basil, fennel, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper to taste.
- Close pressure cooker and bring up to full pressure.
- Reduce heat to stabilize pressure and cook for 10 minutes.
- Release pressure and adjust the seasoning.
Questions & Replies
Reviews
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Wonderful weeknight meal, served with Recipe #513049. Used 4 chicken thighs and 3 hot Italian sausages, which fed us 2 seniors. I saved the remaining sauce, from which I will discard the congealed fat before topping tomorrow's potatoes. There may be more gourmet recipes, but this smelled wonderful while cooking and satisfied us completely. I will definitely make this again. Note: used Chef Essentials 6-qt. electric pressure cooker, so extended time at pressure to 12 minutes; after starting cooker's climb to pressure, I began measuring and rinsing rice for Recipe #513049, which completed before this recipe finished releasing pressure naturally. Made for Zaar Chef Alphabet Soup tag game.
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This is a great recipe, both hubby and I enjoyed it. I had to make a few changes: I didn't have a pressure cooker - so cooked it in the oven for about 2 hours (this recipe prompted me to go buy a Pcooker-- I LOVE it!). Since I only had hot Italian sausage handy, I eliminated the red pepper flakes, but I could of left them in -- not too spicy for this TX gal. Also used a frozen bag of chopped green peppers in lieu of fresh peppers. Served with Dreamfield's low-carb pasta -- great since we are both diabetics. Yummy!
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TishT
Las Vegas, Nevada
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