Italian Chicken and Sausage with Peppers Recipe

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil
4 Italian sausages (about 12 oz total)
1 frying chicken, skin removed cut into serving pieces
1 medium onion (about 4 oz)
2 medium green bell peppers (about 10 oz)
2 cloves garlic
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 (16 ounce) can diced tomatoes
3/4 teaspoon dried basil
1/4 teaspoon fennel seed
Crushed red pepper flakes
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Preparation

Step 1

1. Heat the oil in the pressure cooker. Prick the skin of the sausages in several places with the tines of a fork. Add the sausages and chicken to the oil and cook until well browned on all sides.

2. While the chicken is cooking, dice the onion. Cut the green peppers into 3/4" thick strips. Mince the garlic.

3. When the chicken and sausages are browned, remove them from the pan and set aside. Add the onion, green peppers and garlic to the cooker to cook, stirring often, until they begin to soften, about 4 minutes. Add the vinegar and stir up the browned bits from the bottom of the cooker. Add the chicken and sausages, tomatoes, basil, fennel, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper to taste.

4. Close pressure cooker and bring up to full pressure. Reduce heat to stabilize pressure and cook for 10 minutes. Release pressure and adjust the seasoning.
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REVIEWS:

This was great! Inspired by a similar recipe, I added cut-up red potatoes and about 1/2 c red wine, and 8 oz of mushrooms. This made for a very yummy stewlike one-pot meal with a delicious rich broth. The fennel is a great touch--I think it's a sadly underutilized herb.

This was great! I used 3 leg quarters cut into pieces, and 1 pound of sausage. Served over spaghetti with Parmesan on top. Yum! .

This is a great recipe, both hubby and I enjoyed it. I had to make a few changes: I didn't have a pressure cooker - so cooked it in the oven for about 2 hours (this recipe prompted me to go buy a Pcooker-- I LOVE it!). Since I only had hot Italian sausage handy, I eliminated the red pepper flakes, but I could of left them in -- not too spicy for this TX gal. Also used a frozen bag of chopped green peppers in lieu of fresh peppers. Served with Dreamfield's low-carb pasta -- great since we are both diabetics. Yummy! .

The BF really enjoyed this - although he said it needed more veggies. think I'll increase the amount of the peppers next time and serve it with zucchini or spaghetti squash. I'll be making this often.

I finally replaced my elec. pressure cooker (Bravetti bad, Oster good) so I'm back to making recipes in it. For the chicken I used breasts but everything else did it pretty much as written. Came out very tasty and we enjoyed the hint of licorice flavour from the fennel. Tasty recipe, thanks for sharing.

Excellent! This is an easy, flavorful recipe. As we are currently in the midst of a move and have but one pot... a pressure cooker... we enjoyed it with a warm flaky loaf of sourdough bread and a garden salad. Very hearty meal that will satisfy the manliest of appetites!

Loved this recipe. I used boneless/skinless chicken thighs and cut them up. I didn't bother mincing the garlic, just browned 4 or 5 cloves (we love garlic)... in the pressure the garlic falls apart anyway. You really don't need to follow this exactly and it still comes wonderful.

Great Recipe! My family loves it as well, I can eat this without pasta. I do substitute red and yellow peppers for the green.

I have made this a couple of times and my family loved it. I also make spaghetti with it as this comes out a lot like chicken cacciatore. The cooking times are right on the money.

This was excellent. I couldn't find Italian sausages so I used chorizos and they gave it an extra kick but made it a little fatty for me (partner loved it). Next time though I will dice up the chorizos so they are balanced thorughout the dish. This is fantastic food for boys nights, particularly served on rice, and it is great as microwavable leftovers (take the bones out first.)

I wasn't crazy about it. It was good, but my husband and 17 year old son couldn't get enough of the chicken! Said it was the best and a definite keeper! That makes it highest on my book!