ITS TUESDAY!

I hope you are all having a FANtastic week so far! Here in Nebraska it is COLD and a BLIZZARD. Like really. Is it time for weekends by the pool yet? I am hoping that my readers are enjoying my posts! If you make it through this next one, leave me a comment and let me know which one has been your favorite so far! Do you like the IP posts? Vegetarian? Or do you like when they are short? Long? LET ME KNOW! I welcome your feedback and am looking forward to reading what your thoughts are! 😉

Todays post is another rendition of 'What else can Bailey make in the Instant Pot?!' (spoiler alert: the options are endless, so buckle up folks!)

I absolutely LOVE Chicken Marsala! Who doesn't? I have made it on the stove top and in the crock pot too many times to count, but last night, I used the Instant Pot and OHHHH BOYYYY was it a game changer! I feel like I am in this new relationship (with the pot) and we are in this honeymoon phase where everything is perfect. I would characterize the relationship with my IP as being, sunshine and rainbows (its THAT good). And because I cant go more than 24 hours without spending some time with my new love, I whipped up a killer dinner last night and you guys HAVE GOT to try this!

The recipe is as listed below, with my edits! 😉

Pressure Cooker Chicken Marsala -

4 boneless skinless chicken breasts (I used 2 chicken breasts, because there is 2 of us...)

S&P to taste (among other spices)

2 cloves minced garlic 

1 cup sliced mushrooms

1 cup Marsala cooking wine (I used regular Marsala wine, because the grocery store sucks)

1/2 cup chicken stock

1/4 cup cornstarch (I used flower because my mom said I could 😉)

Fresh parsley (optional) (we went without)

Cooked egg noodles (we used rice, because we have to change everything about all recipes)

So now that we have our ingredients in order, lets get pott-ing! Insta-ing!? Hmm, maybe I just created an online phenomenon! Probs not, so lets move on.

Ok, so this recipe is BOMB. It is so easy to do! I filled my pot with some olive oil (the recipe said to spray your chicken with cooking spray, um WHAT? So I did NOT do that because WHAT?). Once the shock of the first instruction wore off (WHAT), I turned it to the sear function, let the oil get hot and I dropped in the chicken breasts (S&P'd) to brown on both sides. This only took about 3 minutes per side which was amazing! While my chicken was searing, I chopped up some goodies (the mushrooms and garlic) so that they were ready to go! Once the chicken was browned to my likening, I added the chopped mushrooms, garlic, Marsala wine, more S&P and some garlic salt! Once that was all in and looking scrumptious, I closed the lid and set it to manual high pressure for 7 minutes. SEVEN MINUTES. Whoa, this thing is nuts.

While my chicken was cooking I got to work on the rice. That took me 30 seconds, so I did some push-ups while I waited.

Just kidding, I cant do a push-up, so I sat on the couch for the longest 7 minutes of my life! DING DING! The dinner bell was ringing! I let it do a natural release for about 10 minutes before releasing the rest. Once I cracked that lid open, I knew we had done good! The smell alone was enough for me to know this was going to be amazing! The picture above does not do it justice you guys. That sauce was bubbling, the chicken was perfect and the steam was ALL OVER my camera lens!

 

I pulled the chicken out, set them on a plate and finished up by returning the IP to sear, bringing the contents to a boil and adding the flour and chicken broth (which I mixed to avoid clump-age). I stirred it for about 3 minutes until thick, returned the chicken to the sauce and let it simmer for a minute. But that was it. I couldn't wait any longer, it was time for dinner! YOU GUYS.

Holy hell this is good. I could not get enough! Not to toot my own horn or anything, but I am basically Julia Childe, and those are just the facts.

I had dinner prepped, cooked, eaten and cleaned up all before 6:30! That is unheard of! 2 thumbs up, 5 stars and 100% on rotten tomatoes. You guys need to go out, get an instant pot and make this RIGHT NOW! You will not be disappointed!

Also, just a quick question unrelated to food. How does my cat become a model because COME ON!

Until next time!