Instant Pot Chicken Tortilla Soup
The ultimate comfort food, this Instant Pot Chicken Tortilla Soup is packed with flavor from tender chicken, beans, and vibrant vegetables. It’s an easy weeknight dinner that warms your soul and is sure to satisfy. Give it a try tonight!
Equipment
- Instant Pot
- Cutting Board
- Mixing Bowl
- Wooden Spoon
- Chef's Knife
Ingredients
- 1.5 lb chicken breasts boneless, skinless
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 green bell pepper chopped
- 1 onion small diced
- 1 zucchini chopped
- 1 cup chunky salsa
- 1 can diced tomatoes 14.5 oz.
- 1 cup corn
- 1 can kidney beans rinsed
- 1 can black beans rinsed
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 0.5 lime Juice of 1/2
- 2-3 garlic cloves minced
- 1 tbsp chili powder
- 0.5 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 0.25-0.5 tsp crushed red pepper optional
- 0.5 tsp pepper
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 0.5 cup cilantro chopped
Instructions
- Place chicken breasts into pressure cooker. Add in veggies, beans, broth and spices. (Essentially everything but the cilantro). Stir ingredients gently to allow the spices to mix.
- Close Instant Pot (pressure cooker), lock it, and set steam release to “sealing” and set to pressure cook for 10 minutes and start.
- When cook time is complete, allow for manual release of about 5 minutes and then quick release the rest of the pressure.
- Check that meat is 165°F and then pull breasts out individually and shred, placing back into the pot once shredded.
- Add in the chopped cilantro, stir and then serve it up with your favorite toppings!
Notes
This soup can be made super thick and chunky or more on the broth side. Add about 2 cups of broth for thick and closer to 4 if you prefer yours much more broth based. It varies for me depending on my mood. Spice level can certainly be adjusted for this one. I typically have to play it safe for the little guy and then add all of the spice for Anthony and myself. You can play around with the type of salsa you use, adding more crushed red pepper, or changing up the paprika for smoked paprika (a MUST in my opinion!). So essentially you never have to make the same version twice!