PRESSURE COOKER FOR CANNING RECIPES

Steps:

• Set your pressure cooker to sauté. Add in the oil and onion and allow the onion to cook for three or four minutes, until it is soft.
• Add in oregano, garlic, and paprika and cook for about a minute, until they become fragrant.
• Add in rice and broth and then salt and pepper to season. Stir these into your pressure cooker. Add in chicken, carrots, and bell peppers. Mix and season with salt and pepper generously.
• Close the lid on your pressure cooker and set to pressure cook. Cook for 8 minutes on high. After the food is done cooking, allow the pot to naturally decompress for about 10 minutes before relieving the pressure. Then, take off the lid and shred the chicken.

Steps:

• Rinse peas under cold water.
• In a pressure cooker, add oil, onions, carrots, celery and garlic and saute 4-5 minutes. Add ham bone, peas, water, chicken bouillon and bay leaf. Cover and cook high pressure for 15 minutes. Let the pressure release naturally then open, remove the bone and bay leaf and stir, the soup will thicken as it stands.
• Saute the ham on a hot skillet if desired and use for garnish on the soup with chives.
• To make without a pressure cooker, add 2 more cups water and simmer covered on low for 2 hours.