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How to Make White Bean Chicken Soup in the Instant Pot

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My white bean chicken soup is a one-pot meal that is easy to make, full of hearty, healthy ingredients, and is full of flavour.

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This has been one of my go-to meals to make in the fall and winter months for a few years now. But I recently craved it and made up a batch and discovered this meal goes well in any season. I’ve now added it to my year-round family favourite recipes. I’ll list a few of our family’s favourite recipes below.

Benefits of cooking with an Instant Pot

  • I love making this recipe in the Instantpot. I recommend the 6 quart Instant Pot. This size is plenty for a family of 3. We like to make big batches of food at once and either eat it over a few days or freeze for later when we need a quick meal.
  • The instant Pot is easy to clean! The pot itself can be washed by hand or put in the dishwasher. The lid should be washed by hand. Remove the seal and wash separately.
  • Using the pressure cooker setting does cut down on cooking time. I can cook a whole chicken in 20-25 mins with results of fall off the bone tenderness.
  • Not just a pressure cooker. When I got my Instant Pot, I got rid of my rice cooker and slow cooker and pressure cooker pot. I no longer needed these 3 separate appliances.
  • The saute function allows for one pot cooking. As you will see in this recipe, you can use the saute function to pre-cook the food before using the pressure or slow cook options. Like saute vegetables or brown meat.
  • If you don’t have an Instant Pot and I haven’t convinced you to get one ;), you can adapt this recipe to a stove top soup pot.
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White Bean Chicken Soup Ingredients

  • 10-12 boneless, skinless chicken thighs or 1 whole chicken
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 cup carrots, chopped
  • 1/2 cup cellery, chopped
  • 2 tsp salt (or less if the chicken broth has salt added)
  • 1 tsp cracked black pepper
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 4 cups bone broth
  • 1 ear of corn, cut off cob
  • 1 can white kidney beans (540 ml)
  • 1/4 cup parsley, chopped
parsley, chopped carrots, celery and an ear of corn on a cutting board

Cooking the Chicken in the Instant Pot

  1. Prepare the instant pot. Add the rack to the pot and add in 1 cup of water. Place the chicken thighs on the rack.
  2. Pressure cook the chicken thighs for 15 minutes. Slow release the pressure.
  3. Move chicken to a large bowl.
  4. Using two forks, shred the chicken thighs.
  5. Drain the water from the instant pot but don’t clean the pot. Place the pot back in the instant pot base.

Preparing the Soup

  1. Press the Saute function on the instant pot.
  2. Stir in the butter, garlic, onions, carrots, and celery.
  3. When the vegetables begin to soften (about 10 min), stir in the salt, pepper, and cumin.
saute vegetables in an instant pot, adding seasoning
  1. Add in the bone broth. I make my own from leftover chicken or turkey bones. Learn How to Make Bone Broth in the Instant Pot.
3 mason jars filled with broth on a counter
  1. Add in the corn (off the cob).
  2. Set the instant pot to Soup/Broth function for 15 minutes.
  3. Quick release pressure valve.
  4. Stir in the shredded chicken and drained beans.
  5. Replace the instant pot cover and let sit for 5-10 minutes. This will warm the chicken and beans.
  6. Before serving stir in the chopped parsley.
white bean chicken soup in a bowl with a spoon

The Finishers

Serve warm in a bowl, top with any combination of the below add-ons. Goes great with a side of cornbread, french crusty loaf or sliced sourdough bread.

  • Sour cream
  • Diced avocado
  • Sourdough croutons
  • Chopped bacon
  • Shreeded smoked cheese
  • Crushed tortilla chips, cilantro and freshly squeezed lime
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White Bean Chicken Soup

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Equipment

  • Instant Pot

Ingredients
  

  • 10-12 boneless, skinless chicken thighs or 1 whole chicken
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 cup carrots, chopped
  • 1/2 cup cellery, chopped
  • 2 tsp salt (or less if the chicken broth has salt added)
  • 1 tsp cracked black pepper
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 4 cups bone broth
  • corn from 1 cob
  • 1 can white kidney beans (540 ml)
  • 1/4 cup parsley, chopped

Instructions
 

Cook the Chicken in the Instant Pot

  • Prepare the instant pot. Add the rack to the pot and add in 1 cup of water. Place the chicken thighs on the rack.
  • Pressure cook the chicken thighs for 15 minutes. Slow release the pressure.
  • Move chicken to a large bowl.
  • Using two forks, shred the chicken thighs.
  • Drain the water from the instant pot but don't clean the pot. Place the pot back in the instant pot base.

Prepare the Soup

  • Press the Saute function on the instant pot.
  • Stir in the butter, garlic, onions, carrots, and celery.
  • When the vegetables begin to soften (about 10 min), stir in the salt, pepper, and cumin.
  • Add in the bone broth and the corn (off the cob)
  • Set the instant pot to Soup/Broth function for 15 minutes.
  • Quick release pressure valve.
  • Stir in the shredded chicken and drained beans.
  • Replace the instant pot cover and let sit for 5-10 minutes. This will warm the chicken and beans.
  • Before serving stir in the chopped parsley.

Toppings

  • Sour cream
  • Diced avocado
  • Sourdough croutons
  • Chopped bacon

Notes

Pairs well with sliced sourdough bread or cornbread.

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How to Make Bone Broth in the Instant Pot

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I used to have store-bought broth as a pantry staple – until I learned how easy it was to make homemade bone broth and learned the benefits. Now I always have some homemade bone broth ready to use in the fridge instead. I prefer making my own broth because I am in control of the ingredients. I like keeping my food simple and one way I do that is through the ingredients I use. For instance, I don’t add salt to the broth, instead, I wait until I am using it in a recipe and will add salt accordingly.

Below is the ingredient list for Campbell’s Ready to Use Chicken Broth

CHICKEN BROTH (WATER, CHICKEN STOCK), SALT, YEAST EXTRACT (BARLEY), NATURAL FLAVOUR (CONTAINS CELERY), SUGARS (DEXTROSE), CANOLA, OR SOYBEAN OIL.

Not sure about you, but I prefer not adding salt, oil, sugar, or yeast to my broth.

What is bone broth?

Bone broth is the result of slow-simmering animal bones in water for 20+ hours. When refrigerated, the broth congeals into a gel-like form, whereas broth remains in liquid form. This is an easy way to tell the difference between bone broth and regular broth.

jelly bone broth

Benefits of Bone Broth

The BBC Good Food series, high-lighted 7 top health benefits of consuming bone broth. I’ve listed them below. If you want to learn more I highly recommend reading the full article here.

  1. Source of animo acids
  2. Good for digestion and gut health
  3. May support immune function
  4. Supports the production of anti-aging molecules
  5. May support weight-loss
  6. Can support joint health
  7. May help you get to sleep

What you’ll need

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Ingredients

  • The carcass of a whole chicken or turkey
  • Apple vinegar
  • Leftover root vegetable scraps
  • Spices for flavouring (I use 2-3 bay leaves)

Steps

  1. Place the basket insert in the instant pot.
  2. Fill the basket with the left-over chicken or turkey carcass.
  3. Cover with the scrapes of root vegetables like onions peels, celery staulk and carrot peels.
Pouring water over chicken bones and vegetables in an Instant Pot
  1. Add 2 -3 bay leaves.
  2. Add filtered water to the fill line
  3. Lock the Instant Pot lid in place. Turn the valve to lock.
  4. I don’t use the Soup/Broth function as I run it longer than this function. I set the time to 180 minutes.
  5. Once time is up yuo can either let the pressure release naturally or turn the open the valve to release the pressure. Remove the lid and pull out the basket. Be careful, the contents are hot!
basket full of chicken carcass and vegetables
  1. Carefully pour the broth into mason jars. I use a small strainer to filter out any pieces that fell through the basket.
mason jar in a sink with a strainer on top
  1. Place lid on jars when broth is still hot. This helps form a tight seal.
  2. When jars have cooled, store in fridge for up to 3 months unopened or in the freezer for 6 months. Once opened use with a week.
3 mason jars filled with broth on a counter

Uses of Bone Broth

  • Use it in any recipe that calls for broth.
  • Use it instead of water when cooking rice or quinoa, for added flavour.
  • Check out my White Chicken Bean Soup recipe

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