Instant Pot Chicken Soup Recipe | Seeking Good Eats (2024)

Instant Pot Chicken Soup is a warm, comforting soup filled with bits of tender chicken, vegetables, herbs, and delicious broth. This healthy soup is super simple and fast - making it perfect for an easy weeknight meal. Make ahead, meal prep, and freeze it too!

Watch: How to make Keto Chicken Soup

You'll love this Instant Pot Chicken Soup

This Instapot chicken soup recipe is quick and simple. As you might know by now, I am all about easy recipes. You'll love the homemade taste! -Kori

Easy Soup Recipe

Other than dicing the onion, carrots, and celery chicken soup in the instant pot is quick and easy and requires very little effort. Gotta love an easy soup recipe!

You can make your own broth if you would like, but sometimes you're in a hurry and need to use store-bought chicken stock. It's totally okay, I do it a lot.

Comfort Food

Chicken soup in the Instant Pot is total comfort food. There is just something about it that instantly makes you feel better. This recipe is designed to be easy so if you need comfort in a hurry you got it.

Truth be told, several years ago, I had a cold, and I wanted real home-cooked chicken soup - not from a can. This soup is the result - I think you'll love it! 🙂

Healthy Instant Pot Recipe

You'll love that this soup is healthy, low in carbs, gluten-free, keto-friendly, dairy-free, and sugar-free. It's also loaded with vegetables, vitamins, and minerals.

No pasta or rice is used making it low in carbs and gluten free.

To lower the fat in this recipe use less butter or substitute olive oil. Use chicken breast instead of thighs.

There are 2 other ways to make this soup: low carb and chicken noodle. Check them out!

Everything you need for this Chicken Soup Instant Pot recipe

Here are the ingredients and equipment you will need to make Instant Pot chicken soup:

Ingredients

• Butter - use salted or unsalted. Olive oil can be used instead of butter.
• Onion - white or yellow onions work great.
• Fresh Carrots - use fresh carrots, peeled and sliced or if you're in a hurry buy the bagged baby carrots.
• Fresh Celery
• Garlic - use "jarlic" if you need to save some time.
• Chicken Stock or Broth - vegetable broth can be used in a pinch.
• Boneless Skinless Chicken Thighs or Breasts - use either one. Chicken breast has less fat than chicken thighs.
• Fresh Dill or Thyme
• Bay Leaf
• Salt
• Ground Black Pepper

Equipment

• Instant Pot - or other brand.

How to make Instant Pot Chicken Soup

A super easy healthy low carb and keto chicken soup recipe that you can tackle on a crazy evening (or if you don't feel well)! Here's how to make it:

Saute Vegetables

Set your Instant Pot to medium-high (or saute setting), melt butter, and saute vegetables for 5 minutes.

Add Remaining Ingredients

Add chicken breast or thighs, chicken broth, herbs, bay leaf, salt, and pepper to the pot.

Pressure Cook

Lock your lid on, then set your instant pot on High pressure for 5 minutes.

When the cycle is complete, quick release the pressure.

How to serve Keto Chicken Soup

Here are a few ways to serve this Instant Pot Chicken Soup:

Season with salt, pepper, and additional herbs if desired.

Meal Idea! Serve with crackers, crusty bread, or rolls and a fresh salad with dill dressing.

Instant Pot Chicken Soup Recipe variations

This Instapot chicken soup is easily adaptable to your needs and tastes. Here are some ideas for customizing your soup:

• Make it a chicken noodle soup and add egg noodles before pressure cooking. Other pasta can be used and even rice.
• Make it an Instant Pot chicken and rice soup by adding 1/2 to 2/3 cup of rice.
• Substitute zucchini spirals in place of pasta or even riced cauliflower instead of rice.
• Frozen chopped chicken breast can be used.
• Feel free to add more vegetables. Zucchini, squash, or a little chopped spinach or kale is nice.
• Use chicken thighs or chicken breast depending upon the fat content you are looking for. Chicken thighs have a higher fat content than chicken breasts.
• Play around with different herb combinations, adding in your favorites to taste.
• Substitute ghee for the butter, or use a different oil such avocado or olive oil.

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How to store Keto Chicken Soup

Store leftover chicken soup in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days.

Can you freeze this Instant Pot Chicken Soup?

Yes! Chicken soup can easily be frozen. After it has cooled place in an airtight and freezer proof container. Freeze for up to 3 months. Thaw in your refrigerator and reheat slowly on your stove on in a crock pot.

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More Instant Pot Soup Recipes

Here are some more Instant Pot soup recipe you might enjoy:

• Instant Pot Chicken and Rice Soup
• Creamy Beef Taco Soup (Instant Pot Soup Recipe)
• Keto Broccoli Cheese Soup with Beer Brats (Keto Instant Pot Recipe)
• Easy Tomato and Basil Soup (Instant Pot and Slow Cooker Soup)
• 20+ Low Carb Keto Soups (Easy Soup Recipes)
• Green Enchiladas Chicken Soup (Keto Slow Cooker Mexican Soup) - if you're looking for keto instant pot chicken soup recipes, look no further! This is a good one!

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Instant Pot Chicken Soup is an easy soup to make! This sugar free, gluten free, low carb & keto soup is a healthy recipe and can be customized to your taste and nutritional requirements. So easy you can whip together even if you're sick! Perfect keto recipe for beginners or the first time instant pot user! #chickensoup #instantpot #ketorecipeforbeginners #lowcarb #keto #ketosoup #healthyrecipe