Pressure Cooker Chicken Cacciatore
This Pressure Cooker Chicken Cacciatore is a healthy dinner under 500 calories that is packed with Italian spices, olives, basil and garlic. Its rich, aromatic and flavoursome and all cooked in the one pot.
Servings 6 people
Calories 478kcal
Equipment
- Pressure Cooker
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons Olive Oil
- 3 chicken drumsticks
- 500 grams/1 pound of Chicken thigh skin removed
- 1 medium brown onion sliced thickly
- 2 tablespoons Crushed garlic
- 1 tablespoon Finely grated ginger
- 1 teaspoon chilli flakes
- 3 drained anchovy fillets crushed
- ½ cup dry white wine
- ⅓ cup chicken stock/broth
- ⅓ cup Tomato passata
- 2 tablespoons Tomato Paste
- 2 tablespoons orange juice freshly squeezed
- 2 teaspoons Finely chopped basil
- 1 cup Chopped fresh tomatoes
- ½ cup Kalamata olives seeds removed, and chopped
- 2 tablespoons Cream
- 1 teaspoon Sea salt
- 6 medium white potatoes peeled and chopped
- 2 tablespoons Cornflour/Cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons water
Instructions
- Add chicken and oil to the inner pot of the Pressure Cooker
- Brown Chicken: Press SAUTE/SEAR HIGH TEMP button cook for for 10 minutes, keeping the lid OFF.
- Once chicken is browned off, add the onion, tomato, garlic, ginger, anchovy, chilli flakes and cook until onion and tomato softens soft – about another 4 to 5 mins on the SAUTE/SEAR HIGH TEMP setting.
- Add all remaining ingredients (except potatoes): wine, stock/broth, passata, orange juice, basil, salt and cream. Stir the ingredients to combine.
- Seal the lid on the Pressure Cooker and cook on the MEAT/POULRTY setting for 20 minutes. (Don’t forget to press start on the pressure cooker after selecting the setting and adding the time)
- When you are finished with the chicken and it is cooking in the pressure cooker, Get the potatoes on. Half fill a saucepan with water and set stove temperature to high. Peel and chop potatoes roughly and add to saucepan.
- Once chicken is cooked and timer has gone off, release pressure valve and remove lid.
- If it looks like the sauce needs thickening, make a cornflour slurry by adding the 2 tablespoons of cornflour to 2 tablespoons of water and mix together. Add to the sauce and stir in with a spoon until it gradually thickens.
- Stir in the chopped olives.
- Test the potatoes are cooked using a skewer or fork. If it goes through, they are ready. Mash the potatoes with ½ cup of milk and 2 tablespoons of butter. Salt and Pepper to taste.
- Serving up: Serve the chicken with a generous amount of the sauce, mashed .
Notes
- Cooking starts once pressure has been maintained
- Set the Valve to “Seal” position and check that the float valve is in the down position.
- Instead of potato, you could try, pasta, spaghetti, cous cous, or brown rice .
Nutrition
Calories: 478kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 36g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 4g
