PRESSURE-COOKER CHICKEN CURRY
I came up with this pressure-cooker chicken curry after searching for a flavorful chicken dinner. Making it in a pressure cooker, like an Instant Pot, means it's easy to whip up on weeknights. Plus, leftovers taste great for lunch. -Jess Apfe, Berkeley, California
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 15m
Yield 4 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Select saute or browning setting on a 6-qt. electric pressure cooker. Adjust for medium heat; add 1 tablespoon oil. When oil is hot, brown chicken. Remove. Add remaining 1 tablespoon oil to pan. Add onion, curry, turmeric and cumin. Cook and stir until onion is tender, 3-5 minutes. Add broth, stirring to loosen browned bits from pan. Stir in tomatoes, tomato paste, ginger, garlic, sugar, chicken and salt. Press cancel. , Lock lid; close pressure-release valve. Adjust to pressure-cook on high for 5 minutes. Let pressure release naturally. Press cancel. Select saute setting and adjust for medium heat. In a small bowl, whisk together cornstarch and 1 tablespoon of water. Add cornstarch mixture to pot and let simmer, uncovered for 5 minutes. , Serve in shallow bowls with rice or naan. Sprinkle with cilantro.
Nutrition Facts :
SPICY CORNISH GAME HENS - PRESSURE COOKER
You can use any other meat that has bones for this recipe. The meat should detach easily from the bone after cooking.
Provided by Chef Chino
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 30m
Yield 1 pot, 2 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Heat oil in pressure cooker at medium heat, and brown Cornish hen for about 3 minutes on each side.
- Combine all other ingredients in a bowl, and pour over hen.
- Close lid securely with pressure regulator on vent pipe.
- Cook at high heat until pressure regulator starts to rock.
- Turn heat down to medium high and continue cooking for 15 minutes.
- Remove from heat, and let pressure drop on its own.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 336.9, Fat 17.9, SaturatedFat 3, Cholesterol 108.8, Sodium 362.5, Carbohydrate 18.4, Fiber 3.9, Sugar 8.9, Protein 26
PRESSURE COOKER BEEF CURRY
Make this beef curry in a pressure cooker for an easy midweek meal. Serve with rice or naan bread to mop up the juices
Provided by Esther Clark
Categories Dinner, Main course
Time 1h
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Heat 1 tbsp of the oil in a pressure cooker. Season the beef and fry in batches for 5-8 mins, turning occasionally until evenly browned. Set aside on a plate.
- Heat the remaining oil and butter in the pan and fry the onion gently for 10 mins or until golden brown and caramelised. Add the garlic, ginger, chilli, turmeric, coriander and cardamom and fry for 2 mins. Stir in the beef and cook for 1 min to coat the beef in the spices.
- Tip in the tomatoes, stock and sugar and bring to a simmer. Lock the lid onto the cooker and bring up to high pressure. Cook for 15 mins, then turn off the heat and let the pressure drop naturally. Give everything a good stir and add more water if the sauce is already thick.
- Lock the lid back in place and give it another 10 mins, then let the pressure drop naturally. Check the meat is tender - depending on the cut it might need 5 mins more.
- Take it off the heat, stir through the garam masala and cream, if you like. Season to taste. Scatter over the coriander and serve with naan bread or rice.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 337 calories, Fat 19 grams fat, SaturatedFat 6 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 11 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 8 grams sugar, Fiber 3 grams fiber, Protein 29 grams protein, Sodium 0.3 milligram of sodium
COOKING UNDER PRESSURE: CORNISH GAME HENS
There are two reasons why you might want to cook a game hen when it is frozen solid like a rock. 1. You forgot to defrost them. I HATE it when that happens. 2. Because you can. Years ago, pressure cookers were a dangerous item to have. You put it on your stovetop, fired that bad boy up, and stood back a safe distance. Today with electric models, like the Instant Pot, pressure cooking is easy/peasy lemon/squeezy. Using a pressure cooker, will have a frozen game hen, along with some taters, cooked and on the table in under an hour. So, you ready... Let's get into the kitchen.
Provided by Andy Anderson ! @ThePretentiousChef
Categories Chicken
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- PREP/PREPARE
- The other day, I picked up four Cornish Game Hens. The goal was to find the right pressure and time to cook a rock-solid frozen hen. I went through all four of the birds to get it right, but we had fun eating the mistakes.
- You will need a pressure cooker, or Instant Pot. In addition, if you are doing the optional step of putting it under the broiler, to crisp the skin, you will need a parchment-lined baking sheet. More on that later.
- What are Cornish Game Hens Cornish game hens look like a small chicken, and to a certain extent that is precisely what they are. In 1950 three farmers in Connecticut cross-bred a standard Cornish Chicken, a White Plymouth Rock Hen, and a Malayan Fighting Cock (I would have paid good money to see that) and out popped what we know as a Cornish Game Hen. According to the rules, they must be between 1 - 2 pounds (0.45 - 0.90 kg), must be processed before they are 5 weeks old, and can be either male or female. Although you can find them fresh in some specialty stores, in most cases you will likely find them frozen. They can be defrosted and cooked in much the same way you would prepare any standard chicken. In our case we will be cooking it from frozen in the Instant Pot. The flesh of a Game Hen tastes delicate, slightly sweet, with a fall-off-the-bone consistency. In addition, they have a fattier skin than regular chickens, which helps to naturally baste the meat as it cooks. And, despite the name, there is nothing "gamy" about the flavor.
- Prepping the Bird Actually, since we are doing this bird from frozen, there is little, if any, prepping necessary. However, there is one thing to look for when you a Game Hen with the intention of cooking it from frozen... Make sure there are no giblets in the cavity (it will specify whether the bird has giblets on the packaging). The reason is that since the bird is frozen, you will not be able to remove the giblets, and I do not fancy having a plastic sack filled with giblet bits cooking inside my bird. If you are going a more traditional route and defrosting the bird before cooking, then it does not really matter. As a matter of fact, you could use the giblets and the stock to make a yummy sauce.
- Serving Size Cornish Game Hens, have a small meat-to-bone ratio, so it is not uncommon to have one hen per person. However, I like to serve them with other things (a couple of sides, a salad, lots of wine... more wine), so I usually cut them in half, which is what the final presentation photos show in this recipe.
- The Stock The stock I am using is fairly simple with few spices; however, feel free to jazz it up with some chopped or sliced onions, carrots, and/or garlic. In addition, after the bird is cooked, you could throw the stock on the stovetop add some flour and make a thick sauce. I prefer to leave it the stock as is and use it with the potatoes to loosen them up a bit, like a rustic mash, and then pour a bit over the chicken before serving. My preferred cooking liquid for soups, stews, sauces, the lot, are stocks (chicken, beef, veal, fish, etc.), but there is also something called broth. It takes about one hour to make a broth, and 4 - 5 hours to make a decent stock. Stocks have a deeper, richer flavor that only time can produce, and the other important thing to consider is the sodium levels. While stocks have almost no sodium in them, broths are sodium heavy. As a matter of fact, a low-sodium broth will have more salt in it than a regular stock. So, if you are using broth, cut back on the salt levels of the recipe. In this particular recipe, if you are replacing the stock with broth, you could probably get by with a quarter teaspoon, or maybe just a pinch or two of sodium. Remember you can always add spices, like salt, but if you add too much, it is rather difficult to take it out. As one of my instructors was always fond of saying: Computers have undo keys; recipes do not.
- The Potatoes Since the potatoes will be cooking with the hen, you want something that can stand up to that pressure without turning into mush. Russets will not do here; you need a good red or yellow waxy variety. And make sure that you cut them in half. Whole potatoes placed in a pressure cooker will explode. And we HATE it when that happens. One more thing, I usually keep the skins on the potatoes, but if you want them peeled, do so. You are in charge.
- Storage A fresh, unfrozen hen will last 3 - 4 days wrapped up in the fridge. Frozen and wrapped up in the freezer for about 5 - 6 months. Vacuumed sealed, a year or more. Never refreeze a thawed bird (or pretty much any poultry, fish, pork, or beef). Thawing and refreezing causes the item to lose flavor, and in the case of things like poultry will change their texture (mushy).
- Gather your ingredients (mise en place).
- Wash the potatoes and cut in half.
- Add the potatoes to the bowl of your pressure cooker; along with the chicken stock, and bay leaves.
- If you are adding additional veggies, do so now.
- Add a trivet over the taters.
- Take the hen from the freezer, remove the wrapping, and place on the trivet. Then brush on a bit of oil and sprinkle on the dry spices.
- The amounts given for the dry spices are just to give you a start, use more or less, to your particular tastes.
- Place into the pressure cooker and cook on high for 30 minutes, then allow a natural release for about 15 minutes.
- Bleed off any remaining steam and open the lid.
- OPTIONAL STEP The great thing about pressure cooking is that you get fast results; however, the downside is that you do not get crispy skin. The remedy is to pop it under a broiler for a few minutes and Bob's your uncle.
- Place the game hen on a parchment-lined baking sheet. If you happen to have a cooling rack that fits the baking sheet, you could use it to keep the bird above the parchment.
- I cut the hen in half and brushed a bit of rendered bacon fat over the skin. This will assist in the crisping process and will add another level of flavor. If you do not have any bacon fat, a bit of butter would not be amiss.
- Pop under a broiler until it begins to crisp up and brown in spots, just a few minutes should do the trick.
- Whenever putting something under a broiler, you should never leave your post. Broiled foods can go from yummy golden brown, to burned in less than 30 seconds.
- Just remember this: If your kitchen smoke detector is your cooking timer, you are doing something wrong.
- PLATE/PRESENT
- For this particular recipe I took two potato halves, slightly mashed them, and then added some of the broth to loosen them up a bit, cut and buttered some nice freshly baked crusty bread, added the hen to the plate, drizzled a bit more broth over the hen, and served while still nice and warm. Enjoy.
- Keep the faith, and keep cooking.
JUICY CORNISH GAME HENS
Make and share this Juicy Cornish Game Hens recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Chuck in Killbuck
Categories Poultry
Time 1h
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Melt butter and stir in honey and chili powder; mixing well.
- Stir in orange juice, salt and pepper and remove from heat.
- Cut each hen into two halves.
- Rinse well and pat dry with paper towels.
- Place hens in baking dish, skin side down, and place in oven for 6-8 minutes.
- Turn hens over and baste generously with all of the mixture.
- Bake for approximately 45 minutes or until well browned.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 297.6, Fat 15.9, SaturatedFat 8.4, Cholesterol 139.3, Sodium 227.6, Carbohydrate 14.7, Fiber 1, Sugar 13.4, Protein 24.5
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