Instant Pot Chicken and Rice Soup
If you are looking for a steaming hot bowl to warm you up after a long day, look no further. This chicken and rice soup is filling and comforting and easy to cook using your instant pot.
Servings: 6 Servings
Calories: 314kcal
Ingredients
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 1 Tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 medium onion diced
- 2 large carrots peeled and diced
- 1 celery stalk diced
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- ½ teaspoon dry basil
- ½ teaspoon dry thyme
- ½ teaspoon dry oregano
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 5 cups chicken stock
- 1 teaspoon salt or to your liking
- ¾ cup long grain white rice
Optional:
- Parsley for garnish
Instructions
- Turn on your instant pot to the sauté option, add oil and butter and wait for the butter to melt.
- Add chicken breasts and cook briefly for about 2 minutes in each side.
- Stir in onions, celery and carrots and keep cooking for about 3 minutes more.
- Stir in garlic and cook for another 30 seconds then add oregano, basil, thyme and black pepper and mix well
- Add in about a cup of chicken broth scrapping the bottom of the pot to get bits unstuck.
- Pour in the remaining stock and rice mixing all well.
- Turn the sauté option off and cover with lid.
- Move the valve to seal option and pressure cook on high for 12 minutes.
- Manual release the pressure in bursts then carefully remove the lid.
- Take the chicken out and shred with fork.
- Return the chicken to the pot keeping it in the keep warm setting.
- Taste and adjust to see if you need more salt.
Notes
- If the chicken breasts are large cut in half or even third to ensure they will be fully cooked. I actually like to cut the chicken breasts into about 2 inch stripes to ensure even cooking.
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Nutrition
Calories: 314kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 24g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 59mg | Sodium: 732mg | Potassium: 626mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 3469IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 35mg | Iron: 1mg