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Pressure cooker chicken chile verde, served as tacos

J. Kenji López-Alt · ♥ 8.9K likes · 370.7K views · 25 min video

Read about thighs in the BrightCulinary Book

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Ingredients
Method
Techniques
  • 2 whole poblano peppers
  • anaheims
  • 1 whole serrano chili
Split the poblanos and anaheims in half and remove seeds and ribs; roughly chop with one serrano. Put in the pressure cooker insert.
Choosing and seeding the chilies
  • tomatillos
  • ½ whole onion
  • 3 cloves garlic
Add the tomatillos, half a large onion and three whole garlic cloves.
Rinse the vegetables in the insert and pour off the water, leaving a little to help generate steam.
Rinsing and starting on the stove
Start heating the insert on the stovetop so it begins to steam.
  • boneless, skinless chicken thighs
  • 2 whole boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  • salt
  • cumin
Add the boneless, skinless chicken, a big pinch of salt and freshly ground cumin.
Choosing the chicken
  • ½ cup homemade chicken stock
Add about half a cup of chicken stock, just enough to get steam going; the vegetables and raw chicken release the rest of the liquid.
Stock and the no-sear choice
Move the insert to the electric pressure cooker and cook at maximum pressure (12 to 15 PSI) for 15 minutes after it comes to pressure; about 10 minutes on high in a stovetop pressure cooker.
How a pressure cooker works
Quick-release the pressure.
Quick release
  • store bought tortillas
  • water
  • rendered duck fat
Meanwhile dip store-bought tortillas in water with a little fat and heat on a griddle until pliable; stack, wrap in a towel and let them steam.
Refreshing tortillas
Lift out the chicken, blend the sauce with a hand blender, return the chicken and shred it with a spoon.
  • cilantro
Roughly chop cilantro and mix with diced onion.
Variations
  • diced onion
  • 1 whole lime
  • hot sauce
Build tacos with chicken and sauce, cilantro and onion, a squeeze of lime and hot sauce.