Pressure Cooker Adventures

We have, up to this point, only used our pressure cooker a few times, but now that I feel like I can successfully use it without blowing up our apartment, I'm in love!  I found a recipe for shredded bbq chicken that I wanted to try, and the first step was to basically just chuck a bunch of chicken breasts and thighs together in the pressure cooker with a bottle of beer.

Well, my first mistake was that I didn't look into the pressure cooker carefully, and thinking the insert was present, thew in the chicken and only realized when the beer started running out the bottom, that it was missing.  Then, we started it up and for about 25 minutes it made scary noises and shot steam out like crazy (we were both peeking in the kitchen but a little nervous about walking in) and I discovered that I didn't have the pressure cork thing in the right spot. Oops!

In any case, turned out very moist and delicious made with Bass ale! We split it up into a few different batches and I made up the following sauce for part of it. It's a modification of the recipe I found, and turned out kind of mole like and quite yummy!

Seasoning:
cinnamon
smidge of garlic
  smidge of clove
crushed red pepper
hot sauce
masterpiece bbq sauce
honey
ground sage (tiny pinch)
chili powder
spicy brown mustard
cider vinegar

I was basically playing kitchen chemist and adding things I thought would go until it tasted good, and it turned out very well, and with a bit of a kick!


We served some up with some Indian sides, like chick peas & potatoes, and some peas & cottage cheese.