Pasta Under Pressure

Submitted by Chelsey
Recipes by Chef Brad
These are simple pressure cooker recipes using the electric pressure cooker. It works well because of the not stick qualities and the controlled heating. It cuts the time way down when cooking pastas. No need to precook the pasta, just throw it in and cook for 6 minutes and it is done.

*To start I always turn on the pressure cooker to sauté. This is 2 recipes. To make the chicken one do the "or" to do the sausage one do everything in the left. Two meals completely different taste.

Prep Time: 5 min.
Cook Time: 10 min
Total Completion Time: 15 min
Yield: enough for the family

Ingredients:
Amazing meals can be made in the electric pressure cooker.

2 large Italian sausages or 2 chopped boneless breast of chicken (used ground turkey)

½ cup chopped onion, celery, and carrots

1/3 cup uncooked quinoa or 1 cup cooked kamut (used Quinoa)

3 garlic cloves minced

3 tablespoons olive oil

1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar or 1 tablespoon white balsamic vinegar

2 teaspoons good quality Italian seasoning or 2 teaspoons fresh minced rosemary

1 large bottle spaghetti sauce or one very large can cream of chicken soup

Water

1 noodles, ziti is great for sausage, flat noodles for chicken

1-2 cups cheese, mozzarella for sausage, Fontina for chicken


Directions:
In your pressure cooker turned on to sauté, add Italian sausages.. Using a potato smasher, break up sausage. Cook until almost done and add onion, celery, carrots, and garlic with olive oil. Sauté for 3 minutes. Add sauce and fill empty sauce bottle half way with water and add that with pasta, grains, seasoning, and vinegar. Change setting to pressure high and place lid on and cook for 6 minutes. Let pressure down naturally and then stir and tip with cheese.



Chef Brad Tip: This is a formula for you. Now you can create your own creations with dried pasta in the pressure cooker. Just make sure the sauce is not dry, it is better to have to much liquid than to little.