whole chicken in a pot or pressure cooker

[sheisaeval]

Hey guys, we're in Korea right now, so that means no oven (not even a toaster oven).

We're craving some chicken but since we can't bake it (the usual way we make it), we figure maybe pressure cook it or boil it? Does anyone have an ideas? We can get whole chicken and MAYBE breast or legs. We want it to be tender and flavorful, not dry and bland.

Comments

[basking_lizard]

Could you sauté it in a pan rather than boiling? The only time I boil chicken is when I'm going to be making soup out of it later.

No idea about the pressure-cooking, sorry.

[sarlania]

Well, once or twice, when my mom can't be bothered cooking chicken separated, she would place some legs in a rice cooker (along with the rice) and pressure cook it. The meat is tender, but not really flavoured if you just use plain rice, although we would soak it in salt for a while before cooking it and eat with sweet chili sauce afterwards. =)

Don't know if that's been of any help.

[bobbysan]

I "roasted" a chicken in a gumbo pot once.
I put a metal beer can chicken holder in the bottom upside down, piled some potatoes and carrots and onions on top of that and then put in the chicken.
Put a lid on it and cooked it that way. The pot got hot and the beer can insert protected the chicken. Didn't do too bad actually. The last hour (I cooked it for like...3 maybe...it's been years) I put chicken stock in there and let it steam up a bit too. Really good and all in one pan and on the stove top.

[charlottesmtms]

You could also just open a can of beer to do this. The beer butt chicken method also works well in a gas grill. Supposed to be quite tasty!

[hazakaza]

Do you have a crock pot? I know nothing of pressure cookers, but a crock pot can make awesomely tender, fall-off-the-bone tasty chicken. I would reccomend searing the outside in a pan (I know it's unweildy, just get it a little toasty) and then putting it in the pot, surrounded in garlic and thyme. Toss in plenty of (cold) butter on top of the breast (to help keep the white meat tender) and maybe a cup or two of white wine. There are plenty of other variants on this, with lemon and other stuff too. Give it a shot!

[brightflight]

In Korea = no ovens?

[sweetest_asylum]

yeah wow. no ovens. am i taking my oven for granted. how do your neighbors or the people where you got the chicken cook food? what do they use or is it just you who doesn't have an oven?

[sashayaki]

In Japan too, where I'm studying abroad for the year. I was really surprised when I came here