In the Kitchen With Mattie

Tonight I had defrosted some chicken breasts and was going to make some chicken cordon bleu with them and then time just got away from me, faced with having a very late dinner if I went ahead with the time consuming cordon bleu preparation I decided I needed to come up with something else that ultilized the chicken breats. I had tomatoes, chicken broth, assorted pastas and seasonings ready to go so I threw it all in the pressure cooker for 9 minutes and it came out fine, the pasta was al dente which did surprise me as I thought it might come out overdone. It is a really simple dish to do and will be good on nights when you come in from work and don’t think you can do one more thing because you’re so tired, as long as you have a digital pressure cooker handy you can be eating in about 20 minutes, and it will taste like you cooked it all day.

                                                 Chicken with Fusilli

2-3 large boneless chicken breasts, trimmed of all fat and cut into large chunks

28  ounces diced tomatoes with their juice

3 cups home made or low salt chicken broth

1 medium onion diced fine

4 cloves garlic, minced

1 teaspoon mixed Italian herb blend

1/4 teaspoon oregano

1 cup dry white or red wine

3 tablespoons tomato paste

1 pound DeCecco Fusilli Pasta

2 tablespoons oil

Heat a digital pressure cooker on the browning cycle until it is hot, add the oil and allow it to heat. When hot add the onion, garlic and seasonings and let saute until the onion gets translucent, add the wine and allow it to reduce by at least half, add the chicken chunks and allow to cook while stirring for 5 minutes. Add the chciken broth, pasta and then the tomatoes, DO NOT Stir, leave the tomatoes on the top. Put the top on the pressure cooker and set the timer for low pressure 8 minutes, when the timer shuts off release the pressure manually and then add the tomatoe paste, stir the contents well, set the timer to the browning mode and bring to a boil until the sauce thickens up to your liking. Put into bowls and top with grated cheese if wanted.