Instant Pot Chicken Soup

Instant Pot Chicken Soup

Dinner
70 min
8 servings
176 kcal / serving

Make this hearty Instant Pot chicken soup with chicken thighs and breasts: it's full of celery, onion, and carrots in rich broth flavored with herbs.

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoonolive oil
  • 5stalks celery, diced
  • 1 largeonion, diced
  • 2 smallheads garlic, peeled and chopped
  • 1container chicken bone broth
  • 1container chicken broth
  • 4boneless chicken thighs, cut into 1-inch pieces
  • 2boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch pieces
  • 1package baby carrots
  • 2 tablespoonsherbes de provence
  • 1 tablespoonchicken broth base (such as superior touch™ better than bouillon™)
  • 1 ½ teaspoonsred pepper flakes
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • 2bay leaves

Directions

  1. 1

    Turn on a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot) and select Sauté function. Add oil, celery, onion, and garlic. Cook until slightly softened, 3 to 5 minutes.

  2. 2

    Mix bone broth, chicken broth, chicken thighs, chicken breasts, carrots, herbes de Provence, broth base, red pepper flakes, salt, pepper, and bay leaves into the pot. Close and lock the lid. Select low pressure. Set timer for 25 minutes. Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.

  3. 3

    Release pressure using the natural-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, allow 10 to 40 minutes. Remove bay leaves before serving.