Italian Chicken & Sausage with Peppers

Pressure cooking time: 10 minutes
Other cooking time: 15 minutes Yields: 4-6 servings

Ingredients:
   
1 tablespoon olive oil
4 Italian link sausages, about 12
oz. total
1 frying chicken, skin removed, cut
into serving pieces
1 medium onion, about 4 oz.
2 medium green bell peppers,
about 10 oz.
2 large cloves garlic
2 tablespoons red wine Vinegar
1 can ( 16 oz.) diced tomatoes
3/4 teaspoon dried basil
1/4 teaspoon fennel seeds
Crushed red pepper flanks to taste
Salt and freshly ground black
pepper to taste
   
Heat oil in the pressure cooker. Prick the skin of the sausages in several places with a fork. Add the sausages & chicken to the oil & cook until well browned on all sides.
While the chicken is cooking, dice the onion. Cut the green peppers into 3/4 inch thick strips. Mince the garlic.
When the chicken & sausages are browned, remove them from the pan & set aside. Add onion, green peppers & garlic to the cooker to cook, stirring often, until they begin to soften, about 4 minutes. Add vinegar & stir the browned bits from the bottom of the cooker. Add chicken & sausages, tomatoes, basil, fennel, red pepper to taste. Close pressure cooker & bring upto full pressure. Reduce heat to stabilize pressure & cook for 10 minutes. Release pressure & adjust the seasoning.