Queen of the pressure cooker!

Gosh msolga, I’ve been away for a while and it looks like you are no longer a novice at this pressure cooking. As you now know, it’s a trial and error thing. You put in meat, add a little of this and that voila you have dinner.
I make a quick Chicken dinner this way, but it doesn’t have a name.
I’ll try to explain my version of this recipe as best as I can.

I take a small whole cleaned chicken and skin it. Put it in the pressure cooker with salt and pepper, onion, garlic, Italian seasonings and lots of chopped green pepper. I then add a jar of readymade spaghetti sauce and fresh mushrooms if I have them. If the sauce seems a little too thick add water (I usually add about a cup and a half of water). Once the pressure cooker builds up a good pressure, time the chicken for 12-15 minutes. The chicken will fall apart and is very tasty. Serve this with pasta, or rice or whatever.

Welcome back!
Yes, I've definitely kicked on, colorbook. But still worry (just a little) about the vent thing! :wink:
Actually, if you left out the spaghetti sauce, I cooked a very similar dish to yours a couple of days ago. Who knows, I may be writing a book called Pressure Cooking: Expert Advice! before too long!

Yum, you guys are making me very hungry.

I just inherited my Grandmother's OLD (like 30ish years) pressure cooker. I grew up on Beef stew with dumplings that she used to make in it. I used to help her cook when I was a kid but I haven't seen the thing in about 10 yrs. I'm trying it out this week, hope I can remember how long to cook the stew....

Wish me luck. If it goes well I might just try that chicken recipe from colorbook.

Hello ocelot & welcome!

Why not try boiling a couple of cups of water in it first, to see if it's still functional? And make sure you check the rubber thingy that seals the food in! If it's old & worn there could be a problem.

Good luck & let us know how it turns out!

I just found your recipe, colorbook. Hey, that looks good! AND easy! I'm gonna try it!

About ten years ago I was experimenting with different spices to make Indian kebabs, I'd done about ten lots none of which were particularly successful, and then Eureka I found the PERFECT combination, they were absolutely wonderful beyond belief.

I did a batch of about 50 and instead of having them as a starter they were so good I used to eat them as a main course.

When I came to do some more I found that I had kept the wrong recipe and thrown the "magic" one away.

To this day I have never been able to recreate that dish.

Ah, but Gautam could help on that. He is quite a connoisseur of indian food..

A few weeks ago, my husband talked me into buying a small pressure cooker. I had not used one in decades. There was a cheapie on sale, so I figured, "What the hell". Anyhow, not only did I buy it, but I bought a book about pressure cooker recipes. The new cookers are not at all like the ones that I used years ago. They have many safety features, to prevent having spaghetti sauce all over the ceiling!

After using it, (quite successfully) a few times, the mechanism stopped working, so I returned it. I was stuck on the concept, so I ordered a much better one. I should be getting it tomorrow, and will let you all know how it works out.

And you'll eventually have to buy a bigger one as well, Phoenix! You're hooked!

By the way, Phoenix (& anyone else with an interest), it would be wonderful to have some new, grand-spanking pressure cooking recipes! I haven't used mine for ages!