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Chicken Cacciatore

Instant Pot Mom’s Chicken Cacciatore

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes

Servings

8 Servings

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon canola oil
  • 1 large sweet onion like Vidalia, cut in half and thinly sliced
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 pound white button mushrooms sliced
  • 2 cups flour can be gluten free
  • 1 tablespoon onion powder
  • 1 tablespoon garlic power 
  • 1½ teaspoons paprika
  • ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • ½ teaspoon sea salt
  • 2 small 3-pound chickens, cut into eighths (skin removed – optional)
  • 1 16-ounce can tomato sauce 
  • 1 6-ounce can tomato paste
  • 1 cup

Instructions

  • 1 Set the EPC to sauté/brown mode. Add the canola oil, then the sliced onion and minced garlic.
  • 2 Sauté until the onions are slightly caramelized, stirring occasionally with a heat resistant spatula.
  • 3 Add the mushrooms and continue cooking until the mushrooms are soft.
  • 4 Turn off the EPC.
  • 5 Remove the vegetables from the EPC pot and place in a medium bowl. Set aside.
  • 6 Place the flour in a large casserole dish. Add the onion powder, garlic powder, paprika, freshly ground black pepper and salt. Stir to blend.
  • 7 Add the 1 cup of ADDED WATER to the EPC pot. Scrape the bottom of the pot with a heat resistant spatula to remove any additional browned bits that may be stuck to the bottom.
  • 8 Place a rack in the EPC pot.
  • 9 Dredge each piece of chicken in the flour until completely coated. Set the coated chicken on the rack in the EPC pot. Repeat with the remaining pieces, stacking them evenly.
  • 10 Cover the chicken with the tomato sauce. Top with the mushrooms and onions.
  • 11 Lock the lid and close the pressure valve. Cook using manual high pressure mode for 20 minutes. Naturally release the pressure for 15 minutes, then manually release the pressure.
  • 12 Remove the chicken and rack from the EPC pot.
  • 13 Stir the tomato paste into the remaining hot sauce until it is completely blended.
  • 14 Serve the chicken hot, topped with sauce, mushrooms and onions.