Pressure Cooker Italian Chicken Soup

Name: Pressure Cooker Italian Chicken Soup
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 425 grams chickpeas (garbanzo beans), drained; 1 bone-in chicken breast half, skinless; 710 milliliters chicken stock; 237 milliliters green lentils; 118 milliliters chopped fresh parsley; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 2 teaspoons olive oil; 1 medium onion, diced; 118 milliliters pearl barley; 237 milliliters mild salsa; 4 Italian turkey sausage links, casings removed; 454 grams fresh spinach leaves, chopped

Pressure Cooker Italian Chicken Soup is a dairy free recipe with 8 servings. This recipe covers 35% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains about 28g of protein, 9g of fat, and a total of 346 calories. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Autumn. It works well as a rather cheap main course. This recipe is typical of Mediterranean cuisine. A mixture of olive oil, garlic, spinach leaves, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. To use up the salsa you could follow this main course with the Dessert Strawberry Salsa as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 50 minutes.

Instructions

heat 1 teaspoon olive oil in a pressure cooker over medium heat.

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Olive Oil

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Add sausage meat, and cook until browned, breaking it into crumbles.

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Ground Pork Sausage

Remove sausage to a plate and drain oil.

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Sausage

Cooking Oil

Add another 1 teaspoon of olive oil to pressure cooker; cook onion and garlic until onion is transparent.

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Olive Oil

Garlic

Onion

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Add barley and stir 1 minute. Return sausage to pressure cooker.

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Sausage

Barley

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Add lentils, chicken, parsley, and chicken stock to cooker, adding enough stock to completely cover chicken. Close cover securely; place pressure regulator on vent pipe. Bring pressure cooker to full pressure over high heat (this may take 15 minutes). Reduce heat to medium high; cook for 9 minutes. Pressure regulator should maintain a slow steady rocking motion; adjust heat if necessary.

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Stock

Whole Chicken

Lentils

Parsley

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Remove pressure cooker from heat; use quick-release following manufacturer's instructions or allow pressure to drop on its own. Open cooker and remove chicken; shred meat and return to soup.

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Soup