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    Aromatic Lemon Chicken in a Pressure Cooker

    Published: May 23, 2022 · Modified: Sep 1, 2022 by Audrey · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    Easy and flavorful Aromatic Lemon Chicken requires just a few ingredients and less than an hour to cook to tender juicy perfection. Use whole chicken, bone in chicken or boneless chicken.

    Welcome to #LemonWeek 2022 hosted by Lynn from Fresh April Flours and Rebecca from Devour Dinner.  This week is sponsored by Rodelle and La Tourangelle. I may have received product samples from these sponsors to help in the creation of my recipes. All opinions are my own.

    Come join me and my fellow Lemon Week bloggers as we bring you recipes from appetizers to drinks to entrées and desserts!

    whole chicken topped with lemon and text overlay "aromatic lemon chicken in pressure cooker"

    This is an old recipe from my mom's original version of That Recipe. Though she baked it in the oven (375 degrees for about 45 minutes). I opted for the pressure cooker/ broil method so I didn't heat up the kitchen quite so much.

    What are Aromatic Bitters?

    Aromatic bitters is a flavorful liquid infusion of aromatics, flowers, herbs and spices in an alcohol base. It is most often used as a flavoring agent for cocktails such as a Manhattan or Old Fashion.

    For a mocktail you can add it soda water for an Ango Soda.

    Yes, there is alcohol in bitters. But, in this recipe you are using 1 tablespoon for 6-8 servings, and some of that cooks off. The resulting alcohol is negligible per serving.

    What kind of chicken should I use for Aromatic Lemon Chicken?

    The great thing about this recipe is that you can use a whole chicken, a cut up whole chicken , all chicken breasts or all chicken thighs with or without bones.

    The difference is the amount of pressure cooking time, from 6 minutes for boneless thighs or breasts up to 32 minutes for a whole chicken.

    Boneless chicken pieces are a great convenience because they cook faster and you don't pay for the inedible bones, but you pay for that. Chicken with bones weigh more but costs significantly less per pound.

    While the bones are "inedible", you can use them to make your own chicken stock that costs nothing more than a few extra quarts of water. So, you technically get two products for the price of one.

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      Ingredients
       

      • 3 to 3 ½ pound chicken whole, bone-in pieces
      • 2 to 3 lemons
      • 1 tablespoon aromatic bitters
      • 1 cup water
      • black pepper to taste (optional)

      Instructions
       

      • Place trivet in pressure cooker and add 1 cup water.
      • Slice lemons thinly and remove all seeds.
      • Sprinkle all sides of the chicken with bitters and sprinkle with black pepper (optional). Place on trivet in pressure cooker
      • Cover the chicken with lemon slices (and stuff in the cavity for whole chicken).
      • Seal the lid and cook at high pressure:
        whole chicken, 8 minutes a pound
        bone in chicken pieces, 12 minutes
        boneless chicken pieces, 6-8 minutes
      • Keep pressure cooker closed for 8 minutes after cooking, then release the remaining pressure.
      • Place chicken (in a single layer for pieces) on a broiler pan with some of the lemon slices. Broil on high until the chicken is browned, about 5 minutes.

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      Until next time, happy eating!
      ~Audrey

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