Coq au Vin (Pressure Cooker)

Coq au Vin (Pressure Cooker)

Adapted from an internet recipe.
This is a classic French recipe changed to use a pressure cooker. However, I am going to prepare the mushrooms and potatoes separately (mushrooms will be sauteed, potatoes will be steamed). On my to cook list. I will be using my 9½ quart stove top pressure cooker. Follow all the safety precautions for your model of pressure cooker.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 32 minutes
Course Main Dish
Cuisine French
Servings 4 servings

Equipment

  • Pressure Cooker

Ingredients
  

  • 1 kilo chicken pieces, bone in, skin on, thighs or quarters perfect, (2 lb)
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • 250 grams smoked bacon, diced, (8 oz)
  • 2 brown onions, sliced
  • 2 cloves garlic, smashed and minced
  • cups red wine
  • 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
  • 1-2 bay leaves
  • 200 grams white button mushrooms, or Shiitake with stems removed, (7 oz)
  • 3 small potaoes, per serving or large and diced large
  • salt and pepper, to taste
  • fresh parsley, chopped, for garnish

Instructions
 

  • With the lid off your pressure cooker, heat the oil, when hot, brown the chicken, working in batches, set browned chicken aside.
  • Add the bacon and onion to the cooker, browning the bacon, stir often to get a nice brown, then add the garlic and cook until just fragrant.
  • Add the chicken back to the cooker and sprinkle on the flour and mix everything together.
  • Add the wine then season as desired with salt and pepper and add the bay leaves.
  • Place the lid on and lock, add the weight (jiggler), bring up the heat to high, when the jiggler starts to move and vent pressure, reduce the heat to low or medium low to maintain pressure release. Start timing for 12 minutes.
  • While the chicken is cooking, add water to a saucepan and fit it with a steamer basket (or as I will do, use a rice cooker with a steamer basket). When you have good steam, add the potatoes and steam until fork tender. Skin on or off potatoes is up to you. Keep an eye on the time for the chicken.
  • While the chicken is cooking, and potatoes steaming, heat a non stick skillet with a splash of olive oil and a tablespoon of butter if you like, when hot, add the mushrooms and saute until they have released their moisture and starting to brown. Keep an eye on the time for the chicken.
  • When 12 minutes are up for the chicken, turn off the heat and move to an unused burner and allow a natural pressure release, about 10 to 15 minutes.
  • When the potatoes are fork tender, remove from the steamer. When the mushrooms are starting to brown, remove the skillet from heat.
  • When it is safe to open the pressure cooker, meaning it has vented to atmosphere and no pressure remains inside, open and remove chicken to a large serving tray, arrange potatoes and mushrooms around the chicken, sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve.

Notes

Chicken will cost about 52 Baht/kilo for quarters. For 4 servings, this is about 41 cents per serving. Great value.

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