Green Chili Chicken Pressure Cooker Recipe

- Serves: 4
- Time: 40 min
- Date added: 2025-09-07
Description
A fast and easy weeknight meal loaded with peppers, onions, and chunks of tender chicken.
Why It Works
- Adding all the ingredients to the pressure cooker with no added liquid makes for an intensely flavored stew that cooks in its own juices.
- Fish sauce adds umami depth to the dish once it's cooked.
Ingredients
- 3 pounds bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs and drumsticks
- 1 pound poblano peppers, roughly chopped, seeds and stems discarded (about 3 peppers)
- 12 ounces tomatillos, husks discarded, quartered (about 4 tomatillos)
- 10 ounces white onion, roughly chopped (about 1 medium)
- 6 ounces Anaheim or Cubanelle peppers, roughly chopped, seeds and stems discarded (about 2 peppers)
- 2 Serrano or jalapeño peppers, roughly chopped, stems discarded
- 6 medium cloves garlic, peeled
- 1 tablespoon whole cumin seeds, toasted and ground
- Kosher salt
- .5 cup loosely packed fresh cilantro leaves and fine stems, plus more for garnish
- 1 tablespoon Asian fish sauce, such as Red Boat
- Fresh corn tortillas and lime wedges, for serving
Directions
- Combine chicken, poblano peppers, tomatillos, onion, Anaheim peppers, Serrano peppers, garlic, cumin, and a big pinch of salt in a pressure cooker. Heat over high heat until gently sizzling, then seal pressure cooker, bring to high pressure, and cook for 15 minutes. Release pressure.
- Using tongs, transfer chicken pieces to a bowl and set aside. Add cilantro and fish sauce to remaining contents of pressure cooker. Blend with an immersion blender or in a countertop blender and season to taste with salt. Return chicken to sauce, discarding skin and bones and shredding if desired.
- Transfer to a serving platter, garnish with chopped cilantro, and serve immediately with tortillas and lime wedges. ## Notes