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Pressure Cooker Chicken With 40 Cloves of Garlic | DadCooksDinner.com

Pressure Cooker Chicken With 40 Cloves of Garlic


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  • Author: Mike Vrobel
  • Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
  • Yield: 8 chicken thighs 1x

Description

Pressure Cooker Chicken With 40 Cloves of Garlic recipe. The classic farmhouse recipe from Provence, updated for a pressure cooker.


Ingredients

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  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 8 chicken thighs (about 3 pounds)
  • 2 teaspoons fine sea salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
  • 40 peeled cloves garlic
  • 1/2 cup white wine
  • 1/2 cup chicken stock
  • 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves (about 10 sprigs)
  • 2 tablespoons flour (optional, to thicken sauce)

Instructions

  1. Brown the skin side of the chicken thighs: Heat the olive oil in the pressure cooker pot over medium-high heat until shimmering. (I use sauté mode adjusted to high in my Instant Pot pressure cooker.) Sprinkle the chicken thighs with the salt and pepper. Sear the thighs in 2 batches: put 4 thighs in the pot, skin side down, and sear until the skin is golden brown, about 5 minutes. Move the browned chicken thighs to a bowl, then sear the second batch of thighs, and move them to the bowl as well. The thighs will render a lot of fat - pour out all but 1 tablespoon of fat from the pot before moving on to the next step.
  2. Lightly toast the garlic, then deglaze the pot with wine: Add the garlic cloves in a single layer into the pot and toast until just turning golden brown, about 2 minutes. (Don’t overcook the garlic - burnt garlic tastes bitter.) Pour in the wine and bring to a simmer. Simmer for 1 minute to boil off some of the alcohol, then scrape the bottom of the pot with a flat edged wooden spoon to loosen all the browned bits of chicken into the sauce.
  3. Pressure cook for 25 minutes with a natural pressure release: Pour in the chicken stock, then add the bowl of browned chicken thighs and any juices. Try to submerge the thighs as best you can in the liquid in the pot. Sprinkle the fresh thyme leaves over the top of the chicken, then lock the lid. Pressure cook on high pressure for 25 minutes in an electric PC, 20 minutes in a stovetop PC, then let the pressure come down naturally, about 20 minutes more.
  4. Thicken the sauce and serve: Scoop the chicken thighs and garlic cloves to a platter with a slotted spoon. Put 2 tablespoons of flour in a small bowl (I use a 2 cup pyrex), then whisk in 1/2 cup of the cooking liquid from the pot to make a flour slurry. Whisk the flour slurry back into the pot, set the pot back to medium-high heat (sauté mode in my IP), bring to a simmer, and simmer for 1 minute. Taste the sauce for seasoning - it should be highly seasoned, and may need some more salt and pepper. Ladle some sauce over the chicken and garlic, and pass the rest of the sauce at the table.

Notes

  • This recipe fits in a 6 quart or larger pressure cooker. (I love my 6 quart Instant Pot)
  • 40 cloves of garlic sounds so exact. I just dump a 6 ounce container of pre-peeled garlic into the pot…or, 3 heads of garlic, if I have to do all the work myself. 6 ounces seems to be the usual size of a package of pre-peeled garlic, but if you could only find, say, 4 ounces..you’ll be fine. That’s still a lot of garlic.
  • Don’t want to use wine? Use more chicken stock (or water) instead.
  • Prep Time: 10 min
  • Cook Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
  • Category: Weeknight Dinner
  • Method: Pressure Cooker
  • Cuisine: French