Pressure Cooker Fried Chicken By Kim Tilley

I love my pressure cooker! I was afraid to use one at first, but now I could not live without it. Meats cooked in the pressure cooker are similar in texture to crock pot meats, but are done very quickly. There are so many things you can fix in a pressure cooker. You'll be amazed at the amount of time you'll save and how tender meats and beans come out. This recipe allows you to make a big batch of fried chicken, then you can keep it in the freezer and heat in the oven when you want a quick meal -- much more economical than the store bought frozen fried chicken varieties. Click here for our Pressure Cooker Primer and learn all about this invaluable kitchen tool as well as recipes and safety precautions.

1/2 C flour 1/2 teaspoon pepper 1/2 teaspoon paprika 1 tablespoon salt 1/2 cup shortening 1/4 C diced onions 1 1/4 cup water

For a 6 quart pressure cooker: Mix all dry ingredients in bag, add chicken and shake. Put shortening in pressure cooker and fry chicken just like on regular frying pan without the lid or rack. Once browned remove chicken add diced onions and water put rack back in pressure cooker put chicken back in pressure cooker on rack put on lid after the gauge thing on top starts to toggle back and forth time for 15 mins. After 15 mins of cooking remove and let sit 5 mins or until you no longer hear the pressure hissing out -- run cold water over cooker for a few minutes. I put the chicken on a tray and put it in the freezer until well frozen then put in bags for us to pick individual pieces as needed. If you cook it right from the pressure cooker it just goes right in to the oven until crisp. But like I said I will be removing mine from freezer and putting in oven until crisp. It is so good and so easy if you are having a busy day and need something quick. Fabulous Foods Recommends: Lorna Strass has several books out, including one on vegetarian pressure cooking. She's one of the best pressure cooking cookbook authors that I have seen. Click for more information or to order these great books through Amazon.com. Good luck! Cooking Under Pressure Great Vegetarian Cooking Under Pressure Kim Tilley, a tightwad at heart, is a wife, a mother of three active boys and the founding editor of Frugal-Moms.com. Frugal by force and later by choice, Kim cut her income by 60% to stay at home with her children and discovered that anyone can live better for less. Her work has appeared in print publications such as The Tightwad Gazette. In her free time, she entertains herself by chasing kids and finding ways to create something from nothing!