Greek Chicken Pastitsada

METHOD:

1. For the chicken marinade: mix all the marinade ingredients and marinate the chicken for 2 hours minimum up to overnight

2. Remove the chicken from marinade and set the marinade aside, don’t discard. Set the pressure cooker to sauté program and heat oil. Add the chicken and brown on all sides. You don’t have to fully cook the chicken; it will cook later on with the sauce. Set the browned chicken aside

3. In the same pot, add the onion and scrape the bottom of the pot to collect all the chicken flavors, cook until onion start to turn transparent add the garlic and mix for 30 sec until you can smell the garlic. Add fresh tomato, tomato paste and the chili paste if you added any. Cook it for 3 minutes until the tomatoes start to release their juices. Add the chicken broth and chicken marinade that was kept aside and mix everything together

4. Add back the chicken pieces, some salt and pepper and bring the mixture to boil. Close the pot lid; set the vent position to sealing; cancel the sauté program; set the cooker on high pressure for 15 minutes; let the recipe cook; after the 15 minutes have passed let the cooker naturally release the pressure for 10 minutes

5. Quick-release the remaining pressure and open the lid, taste for seasoning and adjust to taste

6. Cook the pasta according to package and serve the chicken with the sauce on top of the pasta

Recipe presented by Nutricook