INSTANT POT CHICKEN CASSOULET

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This French-inspired peasant stew of chicken and beans is what gourmands might call cassoulet. Pressure cooking reduces this cassoulet to less than 2 hours.

Provided by @MakeItYours

Number Of Ingredients 18

COOK:
6 strips thick-sliced bacon, diced
ARRANGE:
4 chicken hindquarters, trimmed, seasoned with salt and black pepper
ADD:
4 chicken garlic sausages (2 oz.), cut into thirds
1 cup chopped onions
2 Tbsp. sliced garlic
DEGLAZE:
1 cup dry white wine
2 fresh bay leaves
2 large sprigs thyme
STIR IN:
1 1/2 cups low-sodium chicken broth
1 cup dry lima beans
3 Tbsp. tomato paste
Salt and black pepper to taste
2 Tbsp. minced parsley

Steps:

  • Preheat Instant Pot on "Sauté"
  • setting and "Normal" temperature.
  • Cook bacon in Pot until crisp,
  • transfer to a paper-towel-lined
  • plate and discard all but 3 Tbsp.
  • drippings.
  • Arrange hindquarters in Pot skin-sides
  • down; sauté until skins are
  • brown and naturally release from
  • Pot, 8-10 minutes. Transfer
  • hindquarters to plate with bacon.
  • Add sausages, onions, and garlic
  • to Pot; sauté until onions softened,
  • 3 minutes.
  • Deglaze Pot with wine, scraping
  • up any brown bits. Add bay leaves
  • and thyme and cook until wine
  • is reduced by half, 5 minutes.
  • Stir in broth, lima beans, and
  • tomato paste; return bacon and
  • hindquarters to Pot. Close lid, lock
  • Pot, select "Manual" or "Pressure
  • cook" setting, "High" temperature,
  • and 25 minutes time. Pressure
  • cook hindquarters until time is up,
  • then natural release until steam
  • subsides; open Pot. (If beans are
  • unevenly cooked, transfer
  • hindquarters to a plate and keep
  • warm. Select "Sauté" setting and
  • cook bean mixture until tender,
  • 5-10 minutes more.) Discard
  • bay leaves and thyme stems.
  • Season cassoulet with salt and
  • pepper; top servings with parsley.

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