How Do You Pressure Cook A Whole Chicken?
Learning to cook in a pressure cooker is a good way to save energy in the kitchen. You can cook food so much more quickly in a pressure cooker compared to stove top or oven cooking. And pressure cooked food has more nutrients, because the cooking time is shorter, and virtually no water is lost to evaporation. Remove the chicken from the wrapper, and wash the bird thoroughly inside and out. You can add the neck to the pot for more flavor, but pressure cooking the heart, liver, and gizzard is likely to turn them to mush. Pat the chicken dry. Heat the pressure cooker and add 2 T of olive oil. Brown the chicken thoroughly on all sides. Remove the chicken, and put the pressure cooker rack on the bottom of the pressure cooker, and add the minimum water required for your particular pressure cooker. As it cooks, the chicken will release a lot of liquid. Add the chicken to the pot, breast side up. Turn the burner on, and allow the pressure cooker to vent for the required amount of time, and the
