We love soup, especially during these colder months, and sometimes even after. Our creamy chicken and rice soup is super simple to make and is the perfect creamy dippable soup.
Recipe Ingredient Notes
To make our Instant Pot creamy chicken and rice soup, you need the following ingredients:
- Low-sodium chicken broth
- Uncooked brown rice
- Chicken breasts tenderloins
- Onion
- Large carrots
- Celery stalks
- Frozen corn kernels
- Garlic powder
- Onion powder
- Poultry seasoning (like THIS kind)
- Dried thyme
- Salt
- Ground pepper
- Half and Half
- Cornstarch
- Frozen peas
While you will probably find most of these ingredients in your pantry, poultry seasoning might be one that you could be missing. If that is the case, take a look at this recipe from Allrecipes.com to make your own homemade poultry seasoning!
Equipment Needed
For this recipe, you only need a few simple kitchen tools. We recommend using the following equipment:
I know there are so many different versions and sizes of the Instant Pot now that it can make it hard to choose “the right one”.
Well, I’d have to say that you will not go wrong with any of them! But, I have the Instant Pot LUX 6 Quart 6-in-1 Programmable Pressure Cooker. It’s basically 6 appliances in 1 – pressure cooker, rice cooker, saute, steamer, cake maker, and warmer. It is awesome!
How to Make Instant Pot Creamy Chicken and Rice Soup
- Plugin your Instant Pot.
- Then, pour the chicken broth and brown rice into the inner pot and mix them together.
- Cut up the chicken tenderloins into bite-sized pieces and add it to the broth mixture.
- Then add the diced onion, sliced carrots, sliced celery, garlic powder, onion powder, poultry seasoning, thyme, salt, and ground black pepper.
- Once all of that has been added, place the lid on and turn it, making sure it locks into position.
- After the Instant Pot lid is in it’s proper position, turn the valve to the SEALING position and then press the MANUAL or PRESSURE COOK button and set the timer for 18 minutes.
- When the cooking time is over, let the Instant Pot naturally release some pressure for 10 more minutes (this allows for the necessary additional cooking time as the pressure gradually reduces).
- After the additional 10 minutes, turn the valve to the VENTING position to release the remaining pressure from the inner pot.
- Remove the lid once all of the pressure has escaped.
- In a small mixing bowl, combine together the half and half and cornstarch.
- When the half and half mixture is completely combined, add it into the Instant Pot along with the peas and stir everything together.
- Then, press the SAUTE button on the Instant Pot and allow it to cook the soup with the cream mixture, while stirring the soup constantly.
- Cook the soup until it has thickened up and is bubbly. This should take about 2-3 minutes then is perfect and ready to serve with your favorite bread for dipping!
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Instant Pot Creamy Chicken and Rice Soup Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 cups low-sodium chicken broth
- ½ cup uncooked brown rice
- 2 pounds chicken breast tenderloins, cut into bite size pieces
- 1 onion, diced
- 3 carrots, sliced
- 3 celery stalks, sliced
- 1 ½ cups corn kernels, frozen
- 1 ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 ½ teaspoon onion powder
- 1 ½ teaspoon poultry seasoning
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ground pepper, to taste
- ¾ cup half-and-half
- 1 Tablespoon cornstarch
- ¾ cup frozen peas
Instructions
- Place inner pot inside your Instant Pot.
- Mix together broth and rice inside pot.
- Add in chicken, onion, carrot, celery, corn, garlic powder, onion powder, poultry seasoning, thyme, salt and pepper. Close and lock the lid.
- Turn the valve to SEALING. Select MANUAL (or Pressure Cook). Set the time for 18 minutes.
- When cooking ends, let the pressure release naturally for 10 minutes. Then carefully turn the valve to VENTING to release the rest of the pressure. Remove the lid.
- In a small bowl, mix half-and-half and cornstarch together. Add mixture to pot along with peas, and stir.
- Select SAUTE function and continue to cook soup, stirring constantly. Let the soup cook until it's thickened and bubbly (about 2 to 3 minutes).
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Hey I veganized this recipe. I used veggie chikn broth, soy protien like soy curls and a soy cream instead of the 1/2 and 1/2. It was so delicious. I often use your 1\2 1\2 that the recipe called for. I use a lot of your instant pot recipes and just veganize them for my family. Thanks for the awesome recipe it was so delicious.
I’m not sure what went wrong but my recipe came out very starchy, thick and over cooked. I definitely didn’t need the starch w the cream but I had already mixed it together bf I opened the pot and saw how thick it was. I like all the ingredients and your picture looked delicious. Mine looked like mush. I get frustrated with my instant pot bc it seems to over cook most recipes. I’m trying to figure it out. Maybe different models take less time. Any advice? Thanks
We are so sorry you had a problem with this recipe. We have heard that some Instant Pots can run hot. If you are having problems with recipes burning, you may want to reduce your cooking time and see if that helps.
We subbed marjoram for the poultry seasoning and this recipe has fast become a family favorite! So good!
Our family loved this recipe! I followed it as written and it was a hit with even our picky grandkids!
Sorry that I forgot to rate it. 5 stars from us!
Recipe sounds amazing but it is super frustrating to keep getting the burn notice because the countdown timer even starts.