Pressure Cooker Italian Chicken And Sausage With Peppers

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 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

Recipe

• 1 heat the oil in the pressure cooker.
• 2 prick the skin of the sausages in several places with the tines of a fork.
• 3 add the sausages and chicken to the oil and cook until well browned on all sides.
• 4 while the chicken is cooking, dice the onion.
• 5 cut the green peppers into 3/4" thick strips.
• 6 mince the garlic.
• 7 when the chicken and sausages are browned, remove them from the pan and set aside.
• 8 add the onion, green peppers and garlic to the cooker to cook, stirring often, until they begin to soften, about 4 minutes.
• 9 add the vinegar and stir up the browned bits from the bottom of the cooker.
• 10 add the chicken and sausages, tomatoes, basil, fennel, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper to taste.
• 11 close pressure cooker and bring up to full pressure.
• 12 reduce heat to stabilize pressure and cook for 10 minutes.
• 13 release pressure and adjust the seasoning.