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Boiled Chicken
(5 Litre pressure cooker)

Serves:	Pressure Cooking Time 10 minutes
¾ cup water  3½ lb (1.6 kg) chicken pieces  1 tsp salt  1 stalk celery cut into 1½ inch (4 cm) pieces 1 medium (5 oz / 150 g) carrot cut into 1½ inch (4 cm) pieces 1 small (4 oz / 120 g) onion cut into quarters 12 peppercorns
Method
1 To cook reduced quantities : do not reduce water at all. 2 Pour water into cooker. Put grid in cooker. Place chicken on grid, putting in remaining ingredients among chicken pieces. 3 Close cooker. Bring to full pressure on high heat. Reduce heat and cook for 10 minutes. 4 Remove cooker from heat. Allow to cool naturally. 5 Open cooker. Remove chicken. Discard vegetables and peppercorns. 6 This chicken can be used in salads, casseroles, soups, pies, etc. Allow the chicken to cool, pull it from the bones and shred, chop or dice as desired.