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Middle Eastern Chicken With Yogurt

Type: Chicken, Poultry
Courses: Main Course
Serves: 6 people

Recipe Ingredients

6   Chicken breast halves
1/3 cup 20g / 0.7ozFlour
1/4 cup 59mlOlive oil
6   Green onions - minced
3   Garlic cloves - crushed
1/3 cup 30g / 1.1ozParsley - minced
1 tablespoon 15mlDried spearmint
1 teaspoon 5mlGround cumin
1/2 cup 118mlChicken broth
3 tablespoons 45mlFresh lemon juice
8 oz 227gYogurt
1 teaspoon 5mlSalt
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlFreshly-ground white pepper
2   Egg yolks
1 tablespoon 15mlFlour
  Steamed rice and vegetables - for serving

Recipe Instructions

Dust chicken pieces wiht flour, shaking to remove excess flour. In pressure cooker, heat oil. Add chicken and saute in hot oil until browned, turning. Transfer chicken to a platter and reserve.

Add green onions, garlic, and parsley and saute in hot oil 2 minutes. Add chicken and stir. Sprinkle with spearmint and cumin. Add broth, lemon juice, yogurt, salt, and pepper. Stir well.

Secure lid. Over high heat, develop steam to high pressure. Reduce heat to maintain pressure and cook 10 minutes. Release pressure according to manufacturer's directions. Remove lid.

Place chicken in serving dish. Ladle out 1/2 cup of hot broth and whisk into egg yolks. Add flour or potato starch to yolk mixture. Stir into cooking liquid. Cook, stirring, until thickened. Serve with steamed rice and vegetables.

This recipe yields 6 servings.

Source:
The Pressure Cooker Cookbook by Toula Pasoulis

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