Instant Pot Low Carb and Keto Chicken Soup, is a warm comforting soup filled with bits of tender chicken, vegetables, herbs, and delicious broth. This healthy dinner is super simple and fast, making it perfect for an easy weeknight meal. Chicken soup freezes well so it also works great as a quick make-ahead, meal prep recipe.
Instant Pot Low Carb and Keto Chicken Soup
Instant Pot Chicken Soup is an easy soup recipe! This low carb & keto soup is healthy and can be customized to your taste and nutritional requirements. So easy you can whip together even if you’re sick! Perfect keto recipe for beginners or the first time instant pot user!
Looking For An Easy Instant Pot Dinner That is Keto and Low Carb?
This chicken soup is the easiest recipe. As you might know by now, I am all about simple recipes. You can make your own broth if you would like, but sometimes you’re in a hurry and need to use store-bought chicken stock. It’s totally okay, I do it a lot. Other than dicing the onion, carrots, and celery this recipe is quick and easy and requires very little effort.
As I have mentioned before, I am the only one on a ketogenic diet in my house and I love a recipe that everyone in my house will eat. I do not like making multiple meals so anything I can do to avoid this is a winner in my recipe book!
I love that this recipe is easily adaptable to your needs and tastes. It doesn’t have to be keto or low carb. It can be low calorie and have pasta if you wish. Feel free to add more vegetables like zucchini curls in place of pasta, or use chicken thighs instead of chicken breasts depending upon the fat content you are looking for. Try playing around with different herb combinations, adding in your favorites to taste. You can even substitute the butter for ghee, or use a different oil, or a nonstick spray. The options are endless!
What You Need to Make This Pressure Cooker Chicken Soup
Tools
- pressure cooker (this is my pressure cooker and I love it!)
- chefs knife
- cutting board
- measuring cups
- measuring spoons
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 cup onion, diced
- 1 cup carrots, peeled and sliced
- 2 stalks of celery, sliced
- 3 cloves of garlic, minced
- 2 quarts of chicken stock or chicken bone broth
- 6 boneless skinless chicken thighs (you can also use chicken breast, but for a keto diet chicken thighs work best)
- 2 tbsp fresh dill or thyme (or, 2 tsp of dried)
- salt and pepper to taste
How to Make This Instant Pot Low Carb Chicken Soup
A super easy recipe that you can tackle on a crazy evening! Here are the steps:
Prep all vegetables, dicing according to directions.
Cube the chicken thighs into 1″ pieces
Set your pressure cooker to medium-high (or saute setting), melt butter and saute vegetables for 5 minutes.
Add chicken, chicken broth, herbs, salt, and pepper to vegetables. Lock your lid on, then set your instant pot on High for 5 minutes.
When cooking is complete, let the pressure release naturally. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Add additional dill if desired.
Serve it up! You’re done! Enjoy…
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Easy Instant Pot Chicken Soup (Low Carb and Keto)
Instant Pot Low Carb and Keto Chicken Soup, is a warm comforting soup filled with bits of tender chicken, vegetables, herbs, and delicious broth. This healthy dinner is super simple and fast, making it perfect for an easy weeknight meal. Chicken soup freezes well so it also works great as a quick make-ahead, meal prep recipe.
Ingredients
- 4 tbsp butter
- 1/2 cup onion, diced
- 1 cup carrots, peeled and sliced
- 2 stalks of celery, sliced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 quarts chicken stock, or chicken bone broth
- 6 boneless skinless chicken thighs (or breasts), cut into 1" cubes
- 2 tbsp fresh dill or thyme (or, 2 tsp dried)
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
Instructions
- With your Instant Pot/pressure cooker on Saute setting (high), melt butter and saute onion, carrots, celery, and garlic for 5 minutes.
- Add chicken, broth, herbs, salt, and pepper to the pot.
- Seal lid and set pressure cooker to High for 5 minutes. Let pressure release naturally.
- Adjust salt, pepper, and herbs as necessary.
- Voila! One-pot yum.
Notes
Feel free to to substitute other oils or ghee in place of butter.
If you wish to increase your fat content use boneless skinless chicken thighs in place of breast.
Add spirals of zucchini to add "pasta". Anyone not on a keto diet may want to add pasta and make this a chicken noodle soup.
Try adding thyme instead of dill for a change.
Try a small squeeze of lemon and lemon thyme with some dill. It's good!
Nutrition Information:
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 263Total Fat: 12.9gSaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 137.1mgSodium: 1258.9mgCarbohydrates: 5.3gNet Carbohydrates: 4.3gFiber: 1gSugar: 2.4gProtein: 30.5g
Desir'ee says
Good morning. Just to clarify, the the chicken is raw going in not precooked?
Michelle says
You do not have the amount of onion listed in your ingredients list. I’m just going to go ahead and add a whole yellow onion but it’s not listed here.
seekinggoodeats says
Thank you for letting me know Michelle! The recipe is corrected now…with onion 🙂
Heather says
Ingredients don’t say onion yet instructions do
seekinggoodeats says
Thank you for letting me know Heather! The recipe is corrected now…with onion 🙂
Sue says
Cook time 45 minutes? Instructions say 4
seekinggoodeats says
Hi Sue! You’ll need to set the pressure cooker for 4 minutes on High. 45 minutes is the approximate total time the soup will be cooking in the pressure cooker from the time it builds pressure, pressure cooks 4 minutes, and releases its pressure naturally.
Kim says
What if you don’t have a pressure cooker, I have a crockpot though.
seekinggoodeats says
Hi Kim! Yes, you can definitely cook in the slow cooker. Add all ingredients and then raw chicken breasts or thighs. Turn on low for 6 to 8 hours until chicken is done and veggies are tender. Remove the chicken and either dice or shred it, then add back to your slow cooker! You gave me an idea to add these instructions to the post, thanks!
Charlynn says
What are the nutritional facts of this soup
seekinggoodeats says
Hello! Nutritional facts are in. Had a technical glitch 🙂
Stacy says
How would you add the zucchini noodles? Raw at the end? I would think they would cook pretty quickly considering how hot the soup is. ???
seekinggoodeats says
Hello! Yes, add raw at the end. I just let them sit in the hot soup, giving them a stir here and there and they soften pretty quickly. Love adding more veggies to the soup! 🙂
Kay Grace says
Did I miss something – I don’t see indicated where the chicken is actually added? And I don’t see a response to the question asked in late 2018 – is the chicken added raw? Looks like a good recipe. Thanks!
seekinggoodeats says
Hi Kay, I’m sorry sometimes spam filters will pick up legitimate comments and hide them from me. Got this one though! The chicken is raw, yes. And the recipe does say to add the chicken, broth, etc. It does have a comma, perhaps it looks like add “chicken broth”, when it’s actually “chicken, broth”? Hope that helps! When it’s all finished do a taste and adjust the salt and pepper to your liking. Enjoy! 🙂