Quick Chicken Broth (Pressure Cooker)
Quick Chicken Broth (Pressure Cooker)
Many recipes call for boiled chicken; shredded, cubed, or diced, here is a way to make both the chicken, and as a bonus, chicken broth. I call this Quick Chicken Broth as we are only going to cook the chicken needed for another dish, but with the celery, carrot, onion, and peppercorns = quick broth = juicy and flavorful chicken, win win. And if the other added items are not available, this still makes excellent broth. Times for cooking are different for bone in and boneless pieces. I use my stovetop 9 liter (9½ quart) 80 kPa (12 psi) pressure cooker, follow all safety precautions for your model of pressure cooker.
Equipment
- Pressure Cooker
Ingredients
- 1-2 kilos chicken pieces, (2-4 lb)
- 1 carrot, chopped
- 1 onion, quartered, or 2 small onions
- 1 stalk celery, plus the top, chopped, Thai celery use one bunch
- palmful black peppercorns
- 2 quarts water, (8 cups)
Instructions
- If using bone in chicken quarters, separate them into legs and thighs. Add the chicken to your pressure cooker. If using boneless chicken breasts, leave the skin on and add to your pressure.
- Chop the vegetables and add to the pot.
- Add the water to the pot.
- Place the lid on the pressure cooker and lock that, add the weight (jiggler) to the top, and turn on the heat to high. (Keep in mind, with a lot of water, it takes longer to come up to pressure, and the same in reverse, it takes longer to cool as well.)
- When the jiggler starts to move and venting pressure, indicating full pressure, reduce the heat to low or medium low to maintain the jiggler movement and venting. Start timing for 10 minutes for bone in pieces and 2 minutes for boneless breasts.
- When the 10 or 2 minutes have passed, turn off the heat and carefully move the pressure cooker to an unused burner, and allow a natural release of pressure.
- When you have indications of no pressure in the cooker, remove the weight, and unlock the lid and remove.
- Now this step is optional but highly recommend, leave the lid off the cooker and leave the chicken in the broth and allow to cool to room temperature, this can take an hour or so but the result is juicier chicken.
- Remove the chicken with a slotted spoon to a bowl and use as you need.
- Pour the contents of the pot through a cheesecloth lined strainer. Pour the strained broth into mason jars or container of your choice (then taste it, it is delicious) and place in the fridge. Any fat in the broth will float and harden in the fridge, simply remove that before use.
Notes
Used in Recipe Listed on this Site:
- Chicken Piccata.
- Homemade Stove Top Stuffing, made it, GO-TO recipe.
- Sinfully Delicious Chicken Casserole, made it, GO-TO recipe.
- Hoppin John (Slow Cooker), made it, GO-TO recipe.
- Little Ribs in Paprika Sauce.
- Hearty Soup.
- Unwrapped Wonton Soup.
- Chicken Sausage.
- Italian Chicken Bean Soup (Slow Cooker).
- Mediterranean Rice (Rice Cooker).
- Beer Cheese Soup.
- Chili Verde Chicken Stew.
- Beer & Cheese Soup (Slow Cooker).
- Rice A Roni (Rice Cooker), made it, GO-TO recipe.
- 11 Bean Soup I (Slow Cooker).
- Homemade Country Gravy.
- Slow Cooker Chicken & Gravy II, made it, GO-TO recipe.
- Ham, Peas, & Creamy Noodles, made it, GO-TO recipe.
- One Pot Pasta with Chicken.
- Caesar Chicken Sandwich (Slow Cooker).
- Creamy Lemon Chicken Piccata Meatballs, made it, GO-TO recipe.
- Chicken & Mushrooms (Slow Cooker).
- Saffron Curry Rice, made it, GO-TO recipe.
- Creamy Skillet Noodles with Peas.
- Lemon Thyme Rice (Rice Cooker).
- Onion Rice (Rice Cooker).
- Chicken in Dill Sauce & Broccoli.
- Chicken Piccata.
- One Pot Chickpeas & Pasta (Pasta e Ceci).
- Chicken Ritz Casserole.
- Hot & Sour Soup.
- Leftover Turkey in Creamy Mushroom Sauce.
- Chicken & White Bean Stuffed Peppers.
- Creamy Hamburger Vegetable Soup (Slow Cooker).
- Slow Cooker Cabbage & Mushrooms, made it, GO-TO recipe.
- White Beans & Sausage, made it, GO-TO recipe.
- Baked Chinese Chicken & Rice, made it.
- Crock Pot Chicken Noodle Soup.
- Crock Pot Chicken & Noodles II, made it, GO-TO recipe.
- Minestrone Soup (Pressure Cooker), made it, GO-TO recipe.
- Chicken Paprikash.
- Pasta Fagioli Kidney Bean.
- Chicken Macaroni Salad, made it, GO-TO recipe.
- Chicken & Rice Casserole.
- Crockpot Turkey Breast.
- Fancy Chicken Salad, made it, GO-TO recipe.
- Chicken Salad with White Wine Dressing.
I made this again on 17 Dec 2021 to cook 4 boneless chicken breasts, used the 2 quarts of water and no other add ins, the time on 2 minutes pressure was perfect and the chicken was tender and juicy!
I made this on 4 July 2018 to cook the chicken for another dish, my wife tasted the broth and said that is the only way we are making broth again! It is delicious! She liked the chicken as well 🙂