
Chicken with Bacon Dumplings
16 March 2016
Category
Main
Serves
4
Cooking Time
35
Ingredients
For the chicken
For the dumplings
To garnish
Instructions
1Assemble the chicken ingredients. Rub the bird with a little of the oil. Sprinkle with pepper and salt, then remove the trivet and separator from the pressure cooker
2Put the remaining oil into the pan. Heat well; add the chicken and then brown first one breast for 1 minute, then the other over medium heat
3Turn the chicken over onto its back. Brown for 2 minutes more, then remove
4Put the chicken, breast up, into the trivet. Set the separator in the base of the pan and put the chicken on top. Set carrots all around. Pour 500ml boiling stock into the pan
5Cover the pan according to instructions. Bring to 12lb pressure and cook for 20 minutes
6To make the dumplings; combine the flour, butter, milk and parsley in a bowl. Stir to a dough
7Scissor-chop in the bacon. Divide the dough into 12 walnut sized balls
8Reduce the pressure quickly. Uncover. Lift out the trivet
9Put the dumplings into the base and add 125ml boiling water
10Replace the trivet and cover the pan. Bring to 12lb pressure
11Cook for 5 minutes more. Remove from the heat and uncover the pan. Serve hot.