Pressure Cooker Chinese Take Out Sweet N Sour Chicken Food

PRESSURE COOKER CHINESE TAKE-OUT SWEET 'N SOUR CHICKEN

Steps:

• Trim fat from chicken and cut into bite size pieces.
• In a medium mixing bowl, add Potato Starch, Chinese Five Spice, Salt and Pepper and combine. Add Chicken to Potato Starch and coat well. Dip chicken into the egg mixture and set aside.
• Select Saute, Browning or other button on your Pressure Cooker and allow pot to fully heat.
• Add oil to the cooking pot. Using tongs, pick up Chicken pieces, shake off excess Egg and place into Pressure Cooker cooking pot, being careful not to crowd chicken. Sear Chicken on all sides and remove to a plate. Repeat, until all Chicken has been seared and puffy.
• Add water and deglaze pot. Add in sauce and whisk together. Carefully place Chicken into sauce.
• If making this a One Pot Meal, add the Prepared PIP Rice now.
• Lock on lid and close Pressure Valve. Cook at High Pressure for 3 minutes. When Beep sounds, allow a 10 minute Natural Pressure Release.
• Remove lid. (Remove Rice and cover tightly to allow the rice to finish cooking) Remove Chicken to a bowl. If desired, simmer sauce until thick.

PRESSURE COOKER SWEET 'N SOUR CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat oil in a 4 or 6-quart pressure cooker.
• Brown chicken a few pieces at a time; set aside.
• Return all chicken to pressure cooker; add celery and green pepper.
• Combine pineapple juice, brown sugar, vinegar, soy sauce, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, and ginger; pour over chicken.
• Close pressure cooker cover securely.
• Place pressure regulator on vent pipe.
• Cook for 8 minutes, at 15 pounds pressure, with regulator rocking slowly.
• Cool pressure cooker at once (cold water method).
• Remove chicken and vegetables to a warm platter.
• Mix cornstarch with cold water; blend into hot liquid.
• Cook and stir until mixture boils and thickens.
• Add pineapple chunks and heat.
• Pour sauce over chicken.
• Serve with rice.