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Ninja Foodi chicken zucchini ginger bisque for Full GAPS

Ninja Foodi Chicken Zucchini Bisque for Full GAPS

A Full GAPS Ninja Foodi chicken zucchini bisque made with fresh pressure-cooker poultry stock, peeled zucchini, ginger, and tender chicken thighs.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Pressurizing, Natural Release, and Cooling 35 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 35 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Course: Dinner, Lunch, Soup
Cuisine: GAPS

Ingredients
  

Ninja Foodi Chicken Zucchini Bisque
  • 4 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs raw
  • 3 cups filtered water
  • 4 teaspoons natural sea salt
  • 2 pounds zucchini peeled and cut into large even chunks
  • 3 tablespoons fresh ginger finely grated

Equipment

  • Ninja Foodi FD401 eight-quart Deluxe XL Cooker with stainless inner pot and separate pressure lid
  • Ninja BN801 blender with 72-ounce pitcher and lid
  • Heat-safe liquid measuring cup
  • Chef's knife and stable wooden cutting board
  • Stainless-steel tongs and wooden or stainless serving spoon
  • Covered freezer-suitable glass containers

Method
 

  1. Put the bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs into the stainless Ninja Foodi insert. Add the filtered water and sea salt. Lay the peeled zucchini chunks over and around the chicken, keeping the pot comfortably below the maximum fill line.
    Bone-in chicken thighs and peeled zucchini loaded into Ebonie's Ninja Foodi FD401
  2. Install the separate pressure lid and turn the pressure-release valve to Seal. Select Pressure, choose High, and set the time to 40 minutes. The countdown begins after the cooker reaches pressure.
  3. When the cycle ends, let the cooker release pressure naturally. Open only after the float valve drops and the FD401 is fully depressurized.
  4. Lift the chicken thighs to a cutting board or shallow dish. Measure exactly 2 cups of the hot chicken stock for this bisque and reserve any extra stock in a separate heat-safe glass container.
  5. Put all cooked zucchini, the grated ginger, and 1 cup of the measured chicken stock into the Ninja BN801 72-ounce pitcher. Secure the lid, pulse briefly to a thick coarse purée, and pour about half back into the clean Foodi insert.
  6. Add the second cup of measured chicken stock to the blender pitcher and blend the remaining purée until smooth and pale ivory-green. Pour it into the insert and stir the smooth and coarse portions together.
    Peeled zucchini ginger bisque blended smooth in Ebonie's Ninja BN801
  7. Pull the cooked chicken meat and softened usable tissue from the bones. Discard the hard bones. Chop or tear the chicken into bite-size pieces and stir it into the bisque.
  8. Use Keep Warm to heat gradually, or select Sear/Sauté on Low and stir often for 5 to 10 minutes. Stop when the bisque is steaming and serve hot.

Notes

Full GAPS: This is a Full GAPS recipe, not an Introduction Diet recipe.
Stock technique: Rachael Mamane's Mastering Stocks and Broths controls the 40-minute pressure-cooker poultry-stock time and full natural depressurization used here.
Raw meaty chicken: Use bone-in, skin-on thighs rather than boneless skinless pieces so the stock step includes bone, skin, connective tissue, and meat.
Meat stock: This is fresh meat stock from raw meaty pieces, not long-cooked bare-bone broth.
Extra stock: Reserve any liquid beyond the measured 2 cups for another meal.
Scaling: Numeric ingredients scale. Confirm the FD401 maximum fill line before making 2x, and blend in safe batches within the BN801 maximum liquid line.

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