Recipe: Perfect Instant Pot Chicken and Potato Soup

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Instant Pot Chicken and Potato Soup. Warm yourself up with a comforting bowl of Instant Pot Chicken and Potato Soup. This is a creamy based soup that is loaded with chicken, tender potatoes, onions, carrots, and celery. Top with some crunchy bacon and fresh parsley and you have a dinner dish the whole family will love.

My instant pot cheesy chicken and potato soup is the best thing you can make on a chilly day. It will warm the body and soul at the same time. It's both hearty and delicious, and easy to make for when your kids are home because of a "snow day". You can cook Instant Pot Chicken and Potato Soup using 20 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Instant Pot Chicken and Potato Soup

  1. Prepare of Chicken.
  2. You need 4 Cups of Vegetable Broth.
  3. You need 1 Tablespoon of Oregano.
  4. It's 1 Tablespoon of Basil.
  5. It's 1 Tablespoon of Dashi (optional).
  6. It's 3 of Bay Leaves.
  7. You need 6 Cloves of Garlic.
  8. It's 1 Teaspoon of Black Pepper.
  9. Prepare 4 of Chicken Breasts.
  10. You need of Veggies.
  11. It's 4 of Medium Russet Potatoes Peeled and Diced.
  12. It's 1 of Large Carrot Diced.
  13. It's 2 of Celery Hearts Chopped.
  14. You need 1/2 of Large Red Onion Diced.
  15. Prepare 1.5 Cups of Water.
  16. You need of Finishing.
  17. Prepare 1.5 Cups of Heavy Cream.
  18. Prepare 2 Tablespoons of Corn Starch miced with water.
  19. It's of Salt and Pepper.
  20. Prepare of Green Onion For Garnish.

Set Instant Pot to "Sauté" and adjust to "Normal". Once its hot, add bacon and cook until crisp, stirring occasionally. How to Make Instant Pot Potato Soup. To start you'll melt a few tablespoons butter in the Instant Pot on the saute setting.

Instant Pot Chicken and Potato Soup step by step

  1. Add first 7 ingredients into instant pot bowl. Stir. Add chicken. Cook on max pressure for 18 minutes, natural release for 5 minutes then quick release..
  2. While that is cooking, prep all veggies..
  3. After pressure releases remove chicken. Remove 2 cups of broth and set aside. Add veggies and water to pot. Cook on Max pressure for 5 minutes. Instant release..
  4. While veggies are cooking, shred 2 chicken breasts. Cover. The other 2 breasts extras for another recipe, do with them whatever you wish..
  5. After release, turn Instant Pot to Saute on High. Add heavy cream and stir. Bring to boil Add salt and pepper to taste. Boil for 8 minutes, stirring frequently and gradually mashing some potatoes with the end of your spoon..
  6. Add cornstarch slowly while stirring. Mix well. Add chicken. Continue to cook for 5 minutes. Turn off instant pot and allow to cool before serving. Garnish with liberal amount of green onion..

Then add in onions and celery and saute briefly, following that add in some chicken broth, potatoes, carrots and season with salt and pepper and cancel that saute setting. This Healthy Instant Pot Chicken and Potato soup is SO easy to make! But turning it into Instant Pot Potato Soup makes it even better! What makes this Instant Pot Potato Soup so great is that you don't have to cook the potatoes then drain them. No baking, no draining, no hassle.