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Sit down, rest yourself a moment, and settle in with a bowl of healthy Instant Pot Chicken Noodle Soup. It won’t demand much from you—just a quick 15 minutes of ingredient prep—and you’ll be rewarded with soul-soothing spoonfuls of nourishing healthy goodness.

This soup is a full-on classic, just like my original Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup and Crock Pot Chicken and Rice Soup recipes.

The Instant Pot (here is the model I own), makes this soup especially weeknight-friendly (like this Instant Pot French Onion Soup and these Instant Pot Beef and Noodles).

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Every element of it, from the veggies to the chicken to the noodles, cooks in a pressure cooker from start to finish.

If you want to make a chicken noodle soup from scratch the quick and easy way, you’ve come to the right place!

If you elect to use boneless chicken for this recipe, I suggest using chicken stock or a high-quality bone broth instead of broth. Stock or bone broth will provide the soup with at least some of the added flavor and nutrients lost by not cooking with bone-in chicken. But I’ll repeat: I wholly recommend using bone-in chicken.

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If you want to make Instant Pot chicken noodle soup without egg noodles, you may swap it for any pasta variety you enjoy. Instant Pot chicken noodle soup with macaroni or rigatoni are fine swaps.

I like to use a mix of butter and olive oil, though you can use all of one or all of the other if you prefer.

You can make this Instant Pot chicken noodle soup with rotisserie chicken that you already have on hand, or you can use your own pre-cooked shredded chicken. Your broth won’t be as flavorful, but it’s a speedy choice.

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The Instant Pot is the perfect tool for speeding up many of your favorite recipes. This one is easy to use and works well for this soup!

The only reason this recipe calls for chicken with the skin on is that most bone-in chicken comes with the skin on. If you’re able to find bone-in chicken without the skin, feel free to use it (and save yourself the trouble of removing it). I do not recommend leaving the skin on the chicken, as it won’t crisp and will make the soup greasy.

Yes. Even though pressure cookers, like the Instant Pot, cook foods quickly, the high temperatures and pressure they cook with means they can easily overcook recipes, including soups. Overcooking is frequently why your Instant Pot chicken breast is rubbery. Every model of pressure cooker is a little different so it can take some time to get the total time just right with your unit. Practice makes perfect!

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The soup setting is simply a predetermined amount of time and pressure your pressure cooker manufacturer decided is right for soup—how would they know what recipe you are making?! I don’t recommend using the soup setting for this reason. For the best outcome, follow the instructions and cook times listed in the recipe below.

Healthy Instant Pot chicken noodle soup with chicken breasts or thighs, vegetables, and egg noodles. A quick and easy pressure cooker recipe!

Serving: 1 (of 6) Calories: 379 kcal Carbohydrates: 23 g Protein: 47 g Fat: 11 g Saturated Fat: 3 g Polyunsaturated Fat: 2 g Monounsaturated Fat: 4 g Trans Fat: 1 g Cholesterol: 139 mg Potassium: 1158 mg Fiber: 3 g Sugar: 5 g Vitamin A: 12803 IU Vitamin C: 9 mg Calcium: 65 mg Iron: 2 mg

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Hi, I'm Erin Clarke, and I'm fearlessly dedicated to making healthy food that's affordable, easy-to-make, and best of all DELISH. I'm the author and recipe developer here at and of The Well Plated Cookbook. I adore both sweets and veggies, and I am on a mission to save you time and dishes. WELCOME!This Instant Pot / Pressure Cooker Chicken Noodle Soup is a classic comfort food. You’ll get the same great flavor as a traditional homemade chicken noodle soup, but this pressure cooker version will be ready in under 30 minutes!

I love making soups in the pressure cooker; they’re so quick and easy, but they still taste like you’ve let them simmer for hours on the stovetop.

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This Pressure Cooker Chicken Noodle Soup recipe will work in any brand of electric pressure cooker, including the Instant Pot, Ninja Foodi, or Power Pressure Cooker XL.

I love cooking chicken noodle soup from scratch in the pressure cooker! It’s so much more fresh and flavorful than anything you would get from a can.

This chicken soup pressure cooker recipe is really flexible, and it’s easy to customize the chicken you use to what you have on hand.

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You can also use frozen chicken, with no change to the cook time, if the meat has been diced and frozen flat before adding to the recipe.

However, if you’re short on time, you can use store-bought, canned chicken broth. This quick substitute is still MUCH better than any canned chicken soup you can buy, and it will be ready to eat in less than 30 minutes!

Make sure to saute the celery, carrots, onions, and garlic before adding the chicken broth. Use a spoon to scrape the bottom of the pan to ensure that all the flavor is incorporated into the broth.

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I usually stick with store-bought egg noodles. However, when someone’s sick, I use whatever I have on hand, including ditalini, shells, or orzo.

I prefer to cook the noodles separately because they get mushy when they sit in the broth too long or when you reheat them.

Generally, I don’t add them to the soup before I serve it. I let each person fill their bowl with as many noodles as they like, then ladle the broth and vegetables over the top to suit their taste.

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Plus, the soup reheats much better if the noodles are frozen separately. Noodles require less time to reheat, and heating them separately keeps the noodles from absorbing all the broth.

For me, the spring of fresh thyme is the secret to a great homemade chicken noodle soup recipe. I wouldn’t omit it, though you can use dried thyme in a pinch!

If you have a favorite homemade chicken noodle soup recipe, you can use my Instant Pot Chicken Noodle Soup recipe as a template to adapt yours!

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If you want a creamy chicken noodle soup, add 1/2 cup half-and-half or heavy cream. Stir to combine, and add more as desired.

For a thick chicken soup that sticks to your spoon, make a cornstarch slurry using 1 tablespoon cornstarch mixed with 1 tablespoon water. Select Saute and add to the cooking pot and stir until soup thickens, about 1 minute.

Keep in mind that it will continue to thicken as it cools; however, if you want it thicker, add more cornstarch slurry until it reaches desired consistency.

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When my kids are sick, I don’t thicken it. But if I’m serving it for dinner in a bread bowl, I prefer it thickened with cornstarch.

To make a double batch, I like to reserve 2 cups chicken broth or more to ensure the ingredients are below the max fill line. Cook at High Pressure as directed, then add the remaining broth after pressure cooking.

*If you're using chicken stock, you can choose omit the garlic and thyme here. (Just depends on how strong you like those flavors.)

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TIP: I like to make up a big pot of soup and freeze it in individual servings in freezer zipper bags for lunches. Many soups freeze well, but soups with noodles, potatoes, or rice freeze better if you freeze the noodles, potatoes or rice in a separate single serving bags and reheat them separately.

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We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.The other day my friend Michele asked what I put in my chicken noodle soup. My reply: “Nothing fancy! Chicken, egg noodles and enough onions, carrots, celery, and garlic to make it taste good. Oh, and I add some dill.”

As much as I love a pot of soup simmering on the stove, I love that I can make classic chicken noodle soup in just minutes in my pressure cooker. Because, let me tell you, I think a good 40% if my winter diet consistsof soup–and a lot of that is chicken noodle soup.

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