Are you short on time for dinner? This Instant Pot Chicken Tortellini Soup is ready in under 40 minutes and is full of rich flavor that tastes like it simmered all day.
Soup is Year Round Comfort Food
We love soup at my house and eat it pretty much all year long, no matter what the temperature is. As much as I love soup, I don’t tend to order it very often at restaurants.
For the most part, I find that soup in restaurants tends to either have little flavor or it’s way too salty. Thankfully, most homemade soup is not that difficult or time consuming to make and it’s far superior to most restaurant soup.
Making the Chicken Tortellini Soup
This Instant Pot chicken tortellini soup is one that’s so easy to make. After a little chopping, everything but the tortellini goes into the Instant Pot. Once the Instant Pot has done its thing, you remove the chicken and add the tortellini.
While the tortellini cooks, you shred the chicken to stir back in and then dinner is done. The results are soup that’s full of flavor and tastes like it took hours to make instead of 40-ish minutes.
This makes a big batch which is great because the leftovers are perfect for a quick and easy lunch. That, my friends, is a win-win situation.
A delicious dinner AND enough leftover for a couple of scrumptious lunches, all with little effort on your part. What’s not to love about that?!
Instant Pot Chicken Tortellini Soup
Are you short on time for dinner? This Instant Pot Chicken Tortellini Soup is ready in under 40 minutes and is full of rich flavor that tastes like it simmered all day.
Ingredients
- 4 boneless chicken breasts, about 1 1/4 lbs
- 2 large carrots, peeled and sliced
- 2 large stalks celery, sliced
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tbsp fresh thyme, minced
- 1 tbsp fresh oregano, minced
- 2 (15 oz) cans diced tomatoes
- 8 cups low sodium chicken stock
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 (9 oz) pkg fresh cheese tortellini
- 2 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped
- 2 tbsp fresh basil. chopped
Instructions
- Place the chicken breasts in the bottom of the Instant Pot in a single layer.
- Add the carrots through the bay leaf to the pot.
- Set the Instant pot to manual for 10 minutes.
- Once finished, quick release the steam.
- Uncover and set pot to sauté to bring to a boil.
- Remove chicken breasts from the pot and place in a bowl.
- Once soup has come to a boil, add tortellini and cook for 7 minutes.
- While tortellini cooks, shred chicken and add back to the pot.
- Stir in parsley and basil before serving.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
8Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 183Total Fat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 64mgSodium: 1132mgCarbohydrates: 10gFiber: 2gSugar: 2gProtein: 27g
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Madi
Friday 2nd of March 2018
I'm always looking for more instant pot recipes! Yum!
Michele @ Bacon Fatte
Thursday 1st of March 2018
i'm with you... I love making soup at home, but I never order it out. This would be a big hit in our house... Love it!
Deanna
Wednesday 28th of February 2018
I just got an instant pot and looking for recipes for it!!! This is great and want to make this weekend!
Debra C.
Monday 26th of February 2018
I am salivating looking at this delicious bowl of soup! What a treat this will be!! Love that you used the IP too, I'm really enjoying using it. Thanks for another delicious recipe!!!