When we had our “toss everything out of the freezer” moment Sunday morning, I found a zipper bag of chicken breasts. I never put anything in the freezer that isn’t vacuum sealed and I’m guessing I opened a package of 4 chicken breasts, only needed 2 and stuck the other 2 in a zipper bag, planning to use them soon. They were not yet freezer burned so I stuck them in the fridge and planned to fix them today but wasn’t quite sure what I was going to do with them.
Vince came home with a stuffy nose yesterday and wasn’t feeling good this morning when he left for work.
I figured I’d use either the pressure cooker or air fryer since I knew I’d have the stove tied up making English muffins. When I opened Pressure Cooking Today, the first recipe was Chicken Porridge and that looked to be just what a stuffed up hubby might want for lunch.
Chicken Porridge
I did a few things differently. We need seasonings in our food! I seasoned the chicken with Slap Ya Mama and browned it, then added the onions, garlic, celery and carrots. Instead of using plain water, which sounded a bit blah to me, I added 2 teaspoons of chicken flavored Better than Bouillon, which gives it the yellow color. I also added a good bit of Slap Ya Mama to the finished product. It still needed salt for our tastes but because I wanted to use the Black Truffle Salt in my bowl (and Vince doesn’t like that), I didn’t add any additional salt.
This is definitely a recipe I’ll make again.
Liz says
I saw that recipe and wondered about the title. The picture looks more like a thick soup and something great for an upset stomach. I have a couple chicken breasts that need to be used up.
I don’t think I need another complete Insta Pot (yet), but I might just get an extra insert so I can cook one item and keep it warm while cooking another part of the meal. I made Pioneer Woman’s Burgundy Mushrooms last weekend. I am close to finishing the mushrooms, but I might use the left over liquid to pressure cook the barley. I’m thinking of mixing the mushrooms back into the barley and add some beef chunks. I guess it would be considered to be a bowl of barley porridge. Hmm, sounds good.
Keep warm everyone!
Barbara Schieving says
So nice to hear it was a hit. Sounds like a great way to change it up.
diana in RR, TX says
Will give that one a try. I have started to single pack the chicken beasts for that reason. And sometimes they are big enough we can split one.