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Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 3 pounds bone-in chicken pieces (leg quarters, backs and/or wings), hacked with meat cleaver into 2-inch pieces
- 1 onion, chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, lightly crushed, skins discarded
- 3 quarts water
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 bay leaves
Preparation
Step 1
Makes 3 Quarts
If using a 6-quart stovetop or electric pressure cooker, this recipe will fill a 6-quart pot two-thirds full. No additional alterations are needed if using a 6-quart electric pressure cooker.
Heat oil in pressure-cooker pot over medium-high heat until smoking. Brown half of chicken on all sides, about 6 minutes; transfer to bowl. Repeat with remaining chicken; transfer to bowl.
Pour off all but 1 tablespoon fat left in pot, add onion, and cook over medium heat until softened and well browned, 8 to 10 minutes. Stir in garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Stir in 1 cup water and scrape up all browned bits from bottom of pot using wooden spoon. Stir in remaining 11 cups water, salt, bay leaves, and browned chicken with any accumulated juices.
Lock pressure-cooker lid in place and bring to high pressure over medium-high heat. As soon as pot reaches high pressure, reduce heat to medium-low and cook for 1 hour, adjusting heat as needed to maintain high pressure.
Remove pot from heat. Quick release pressure, then carefully remove lid, allowing steam to escape away from you.
A number of recipes recommend roasting the chicken parts first for both color and flavor. To mimic this effect without requiring the extra hours of work, we simply brown the chicken in the pot before browning the onion and adding the vegetables and water.
Once the broth is finished, you need to strain off the solids. Be sure to press firmly on the solids in the strainer to extract as much liquid as possible. Also, after you strain out the solids, you can strain the broth again to make it less cloudy if desired.