It’s soup season here in our house. My chicken noodle soup is made in the Instant Pot in only 7 minutes. There is just something about homemade soup that warms the heart. Am I right?!
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Whether you’re fighting off a cold or want a wholesome meal, this soup is your go-to for comfort and nourishment. Plus, it’s super easy to make, and your kitchen will smell amazing!
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What You Need:
You will need chicken breast, carrots, onion, celery, chicken broth or chicken paste (mixed with water), uncooked homestyle noodles, butter, thyme, salt, and pepper. I highly recommend the chicken base. It was so flavorful! That is what I use, but either one will work.
- Chicken breast
- Carrots
- Onion
- Celery
- Better with Bullion Chicken Paste (mixed with water), or Chicken broth
- Uncooked Homestyle noodles
- Butter
- Thyme
- Salt & Pepper
✨ Why You’ll Love It:
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- Tender, juicy chicken 🐓
- Hearty egg noodles 🍜
- Fresh, flavorful veggies 🥕🥬
- A rich, soul-warming broth 🫕
This soup is delicious and one of the easiest recipes I have made! This is my first time using an Instant Pot, also known as an electric pressure cooker. When I think of a pressure cooker, I think of the ones that go on the stove—the ones our Grandmothers used when we were kids—the ones most people are afraid of. Not this one. It’s much safer than the stovetop ones. You will be amazed!
This is seriously the most incredible kitchen invention ever! If you do not own one, I highly recommend getting one. It seriously pays for itself. Put it on your Christmas this year. Trust me. This is the one I am now using.
Update: I now have a different pressure cooker. The one in this photo stopped working after about a year. I am now using the brand Instant Pot.
Chicken Noodle Soup in Instant Pot
Ingredients
- 3 pieces chicken breast cubed (a little over a pound)
- 1/2 onion diced
- 3 ribs of celery sliced
- 3 large carrots sliced
- 1 tablespoons butter
- 1 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt or season to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground pepper or season to taste
- 2 – 2 1/2 cups uncooked Homestyle Noodles extra wide
- 7 cups chicken broth or 7 cups of water mixed with 7 teaspoons of Chicken Base
Instructions
- Add a dash of pepper to the cubed chicken.
- Melt butter in the pressure cooker.
- Next, lightly brown cubed chicken in the pressure cooker for about 1 minute. 30 seconds on each side. Then turned off the pressure cooker.
- Add celery, carrots, thyme, sea salt, fresh ground pepper, uncooked noodles and broth mixture.
- Close the lid and turn pressure cooker on and cook for 7 minutes.
- Once finished open the quick release of the pressure cooker.
- You can also do a natural release, but this takes an addition 10-12 minutes before the lid will be ready to open. NOTE: I typically do a quick release with anything noodles and a natural release with roasts and large meat items.
- Serve and Enjoy.
Notes
You may also like my Healthy White Chicken Chili recipe in the pressure cooker. See the recipe here.
You may notice new photos if you have been on this page before. I recently updated this post with newer photos. Nothing with my recipe has changed, though.
If you make this recipe, I would love to hear your thoughts. Leave me a comment and let me know. Enjoy!
Mmmmm. That looks really yummy.
I just ordered my pressure cooker yesterday and LOVE chicken noodle soup. Thanks!
Hi Candy!! Yay for the pressure cooker! This recipe is so easy and delicious! I plan on making it this week. 🙂
This is great! Just made it – so easy!! Thank you for sharing!
Yay Dana! sl glad you liked it! Thank you so much for leaving me a comment, letting me know. 🙂
Amy, I just made your soup and it’s DELICIOUS! This is exactly what I want when I think of “homemade chicken noodle soup”. I followed your recipe exactly, although after cooking for 7 minutes I allowed a Natural Release and then after 10 more minutes I released what little pressure was left. Everything was perfectly cooked – the veggies and the homestyle noodles were tender, not hard or mushy, and it smells divine. THANK YOU for sharing this simple but wonderful recipe!
Hi Melissa, Thank you so much for sharing!! I am so so tickled to hear you loved the soup!! I might try the natural release method next time. 🙂 xoxo
Do you think putting chicken on the bone instead of breasts will alter the cooking time of this recipe? I just never buy chicken breasts and would love to make this recipe soon!
Hi Kristen, Since the chicken is cut up into small pieces, it should not matter if it’s from the breast or chicken on the bone. I hope that helped. It’s our favorite chicken noodle soup. 🙂
Works great.I’ve always used these same ingredients ts.but then cook first.cause it will fall apart an you’ll be picking bones out,don’t want to mix with noodles..whole chicken.30 min.fall off the bone tender
How many servings, or did I miss that?
It makes like 4-6 bowls. Depending on how big your bowl is. We always have leftovers.:)
Great idea… you just gave me my go to for the week recipe. I prep on Sundays for the week. LOVE the recipe… I am not a fan of the Better than Bouillon but I use bouillon cubes from Israel… Telma Brand. find they are less salty.
thank you though the great idea!!!
This will be my first attempt in our new power pressure cooker xl! What size are you using? I’ve got the smaller one, 6 quart. Was just wondering if 7 cups of stock is an overkill in this size.
This will be my first attempt in our new power pressure cooker xl! What size are you using? I’ve got the smaller one, 6 quart. Was just wondering if 7 cups of stock is an overkill in this size.
Hi Lesly, I am pretty sure I have the 6 quart now (I just bought a new one). I would maybe cut the liquid down by maybe a cup and see if that works.:) Let me know if you have any other questions.
Just made this today on my electric pressure cooker and it was delicious. I doubled the recipe and cooked half the noodles in my large pot. Everything else was prepared in the pressure cooker. Once it was ready just added to the noodles in my large pot and dinner was served. Everyone enjoyed. Thanks for sharing.
Brenda, I am so thrilled to hear this!! Thank you Thank you! And thank you so much for sharing this with me!! xoxo
I’m anxious to try this recipe. I just bought a pressure cooker this weekend and can’t wait to start cooking in it. I assume I would use the saute setting to brown the chicken but what setting do I use to start cooking? The soup setting or continue with the saute setting?
Yes, just use that one to brown the chicken then cancel that setting. Then find the setting where you can set your own cooking time. It’s different on each pressure cooker, but I am sure the users manual will show you. I hope you love it! 🙂
I finally caved and got the Instant Pot because everyone was raving about it. Your chicken noodle soup recipe is the first thing I made. It was super easy and delicious! The chicken was so tender too. Very excited about trying more recipes!!! Thank you.
Hi Gloria, I am so glad you loved it!! You are so welcome!! Thank you so much for sharing this with me! 🙂
I made this today. It is the first recipe I have made in it, as I just bought my Insta Pot. Delicious!
I am so glad to hear this Jane! Thanks so much for sharing! 🙂
I made this tonight. Delicious and simple. I was out of egg noodles so threw in rigatoni instead.
Oh thank you April! I love that idea! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Just made this in my Instant Pot and turned out great, I gravitate towards simple recipes. I chose this recipe over one that was in an Instant Pot 500 recipe’s cook book. Almost the same but that one didn’t brown the chicken and said to cook on high pressure for 35 minutes. Also it did not include any noodles. Can’t help but think the veggies would be super mush after that long, they are just right after 7 minutes? Wondering if this would work the same with regular noodles or does it have to be this extra wide of this brand?
Hi Rick, I am so glad to hear it turned out. I do think the vegeatables would end up being mushy. I tested this recipe out several times to come up with the cook time. You can use any noodle. I have used the wide and regular.:) Both work great.
Do you think the instant pot out performes the pressure cooker?
Hi Bonnie, the insta pot is the same as the electric pressure cooker. I have the Fagor brand and love it. I have heard great things about the insta pot too. 🙂 I hope that helps.
My son has Celiac’s. Do you think this would work with a gluten free egg noodle?
Hi Dianne, Absolutely. Should work perfectly. 🙂
Same cooking time? The package says to cook for 10 minutes.
I made this for the second time today, to rave reviews from the hubby! I use 4 cups chicken stock + 3 cups chicken broth, and I add a tablespoon of chopped minced garlic. We’re gluten-free so I used gluten-free spaghetti noodles broken into fourths. Cooked for the same amount of time (7mins manual pressure) and the noodles are perfect! Thank you for the recipe!!
You are so welcome! I love to hear this!! Thank you for sharing! 🙂
Haven’t tried eating it yet, but did the instant pressure release and the broth spewed out everywhere. I now have a bunch of clean up to do! I reset the pressure and will wait for a natural pressure release and can clean up while I’m waiting. 🙁 It smells delish and have high hopes it will taste as good!
Hi Carrie, That’s happened to me too. Just decrease the liquid a little bit next time. I hope it was yummy.
Carrie, next time do a “controlled” quick release, that is where you open the vent just slightly to let small amount of steam come out or you can let short burst out at a time too.
Hi! Making this soup as we speak =)
New to instant pot. For browning would I pick sauté?Then to cook for 7 min- would you pick manual setting and adjust to 7 min?
Thank you!
Hi Sandra, Yes the saute feature and then pick the manual setting for 7 minutes. I hope you love it! 🙂
Have you tried this with frozen egg noodles (I have those on hand)? I have a house full of sick people and chicken noodle soup is needed!
Hi Kristen, I have not used frozen noodles before, but I think it would be fine. Maybe just add an additional minute to the cooking time. Sorry to hear about your family being ill. I hope the soup helps. 🙂
It turned out marvelously!
Yay!! I am so glad to hear this!! Thanks for sharing with me. 🙂 xoxo
Delicious. Enjoying a bowl as I type.
For someone who said better than boullion is too salty. I saw a low sodium version on in the shelf in the market yesterday.
Oh and I used half a cooked rotisserie chicken (it went on manager’s special $3 last night)
And I didn’t have thyme-I used Trader Joe’s 21 season salute.
And last time I used egg noodles they kinda dissolved so this time I tried penne. Everyone is raving.
Thanks for your recipe. Laugh if you must at my tweaks (out of necessity haha)
I love the idea of using low sodium broth as well as the cooked chicken. Sounds like it turned out great! 🙂
Its a hit! Making again with half a rotisserie chicken as I type. Made the day my dad CV and out of hospital with pneumonia. Next day he said it and a night in his own bed cured him (not like a week’s worth of antibiotics helped).
Penne was too big. Now using elbow macaroni. And doubled the recipe. ❤
I pass this on when my friends get an insta pot!! Thsnks again!!!
Made this today great soup. Did a minor change roasted a whole chicken 2 days ago and saved the broth from it added 4 cups of chicken broth and it has a great favor.I used the leftover chicken from roasting instead of cutting up fresh chicken. Still followed the recipe with the butter and browning the chicken. No leftovers everyone ate 2 bowls.
What a great idea to use the roasted chicken and broth! Sounds amazing! So glad it was a success! 🙂
This was one of the first things I made in my instant pot and it was fantastic. I have celiac disease so I subbed in gluten free noodles. I was worried they might fall apart but they held up nicely and it was a hit. Thank you.
Hi Wendy, I am so glad you loved it!! I love to hear this!! xoxo
Thanks so much for this recipe! We have made it several times. We (I) don’t like celery, so we leave that out. Sometimes I add in parsnips and it gives it an added flavor that is super yummy!
I am so glad Ally!! Parsnips would be great in it. So glad you loved it! <3
Is the manual time the same if the chicken is frozen?
I would add additional time if the chicken is frozen. 🙂
Thank you SO much for sharing your recipe! I just got an IP this weekend, and no better timing too, as I’m now sick with a cold. This is the best CNS recipe I’ve tried so far! Think I’ll keep it this way.
Hi Katie,
I am so glad you loved it!! Hope you are feeling better. 🙂
I’m looking online for an electric pressure cooker, any suggestions on brand. I haven’t used one in 30 years and I was terrified of it!!!!
I really like the Fagor. It can also be used as a crock pot. The electice pressure cooker is said to be much safer than the stovetop ones. 🙂
When everyone says that the noodles are perfect, do they mean ala dente? I like my noodles cooked softer.
I would consider the noodles to be a bit more soft after I cook them. Any softer and they would probably fall apart. I hope that helps. 🙂
I just made this for my husband and I for lunch. Oh it’s so easy and delicious. It was my first time making soup.
Thanks for sharing!
Yay!! I am so glad you loved it! I made it last night for my family. We love it! 🙂
I wanted to relieve my wife from some of the cooking chores so I made this recipe with homemade noodles. It was awesome. Everyone liked it.
That was so nice of you! I am so glad it was a hit! Thank you for sharing! <3 🙂
Made this (1/2 recipe) in my electric pressure cooker – so easy and delish. I need to use my pressure cooker more often. thanks for a good and simple recipe!
This is awesome Patti!! I am so glad it was a hit! This makes my day! xoxo
I made this the other night, it turned out great other then I thought there wasn’t very much juice, like the noodles absorbed it all. What could I have done different?
Hi Tina,
Try using little fewer noodles. Maybe cut it down by 1/2 cup and see if that works. Let me know if that works. :
Great recipe. I added a splash of white wine for flavor. Thanks for posting.
Love this idea! So glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
I’m a dad who doesn’t cook a lot and I made this for my wife tonight because she is not feeling well. It actually came out pretty good. Thank you for sharing this recipe!
Oh I so glad it was a hit! Thank you!!!
I followed the instructions without any changes. It was delicious. Will be made over and over this winter! Thank you.
Thank you Ronnie! I am so glad you enjoyed it. It’s our favorite.
AWESOME Ronnie! I love this! Thank you for sharing with me!
Made this tonight. I substituted with egg noodles. Next time I’d cut the thyme amount in half and up the salt. Thanks for the recipe!
You are so welcome. Glad you liked it. 🙂
I love this recipe and have made it before. It looks like you recently updated it and I no longer see the recipe 🙁
Thank you Relenie. There was a problem with my post, but it is now fixed. 🙂 Thank you for letting me know.
The recipe seems to be hiding from me! I have looked several times, in different browsers even, and still do not see the actual recipe. I do see the wonderful pictures, and general ingredient list, and descriptions of how easy and wonderful this soup is . I am trying to find out the amounts for each ingredient. Thanks for any help.
Hi Andreana, I am so sorry about that. Something went wrong but is now fixed. 🙂 Thanks for letting me know.
I just made this on a cold day and it’s delicious! Thank for sharing! The true test, will my kids eat to tonight? To be continued…
Making this in my instant pot for the first time for the sick kids. I added extra onion and a bit extra broth and chicken but not by much, hope it’s a huge hit
We just opened our pressure cooker that we got as an early Christmas present 🙂 This was the first recipe we tried. It was perfect! Can’t wait to see more of your pressure cooker recipes.
Using frozen whole chicken breast, how much more time would I need to add if making the recipe exactly the same other than the frozen chicken breasts?
Hi Robin, I have not used frozen chicken for this recipe, so I am not sure. I might try to cook it for 13-15 minutes. Let me know how it turns out. 🙂
Hi there…just opened my Instant Pot 3 days ago and tried this today. The flavor is absolutely delicious, but I think I put in way too many noodles, because the consistency was less soup than thick noodle stew. When I rehear, can I just add more chicken broth to make up for the missing liquid? I’d love to save this lovely dish.
Hi Genie, Sure you can add more broth as long as it does not go over the line near the top of the pressure cooker. If you overfill, the liquid will spray out the top when the pressure is being released which results in a big mess and someone could be burned by the steam. I know this because I have done it. lol .You can also cut down on the number of noodles you used. I put about 2 1/2 cups and if I want more noodles I’ll add 3 cups. I hope this helps. 🙂
We’re all sick here today & I wanted some soup. Searched through a lot of recipes, but yours was the least complicated & used such simple ingredients so yours was the winner. Made it tonight & it’s absolutely delicious! So simply & yet so flavorful!! Thank you for posting!
This past fall everyone in my house was sick with a rotten cold. I had barely enough energy to put a boullion cube in a cup of hot water. My husband and i discussed different soups but I always came back to chicken noodle. Told him about all the good ingredients in the soup and not to forget what our mothers always said about Jewish penicillin. We bought a pressure cooker to play around with. One on the stoveNever heard of an instant pot or an electric power cooker. Lucky for us it is the dead of winter here in upstate N.Y. my husband is partial to French onion soup. (Me too) however I just finished making your recipe of chicken noodle and had my 1st bowl. Oh my god!!!!!!! This is heaven . How awesome is this that you can put all the ingredients plus the noodles and within 10 minutes cooking time from melting the butter to scooping out all the deliciousness into my sample bowl I didn’t know that I could feel so much better than an hour ago and I’m not even sick. Thank you thank you thank you. Oh yeah besides the soup being awesome so are you. You have my up most respect.
I almost forgot that we bought the power cooker and we are always ready to try new recipes
Just wondering, what would the time for cooking be if I’m using frozen chicken breasts (cubed)? I’m new to all this and feeling so anxious about uncooked chicken, yet overcooked noodles!
Hands down the best chicken noodle soup I have ever had!! My hubby raved about it and devoured two big bowls full. I added a little more chicken and noodles than the recipe called for, and I stirred in about 1 tablespoon of the Better than Bouillon into the chicken before adding 2 boxes of chicken broth. I have tried all of your Instant Pot recipes so far and all have been great – please keep posting them! Thank you so much 🙂
Thank you for sharing your recipe, Amy. It’s my first time using the pressure cooker and I am so impressed at how delicious the soup turned out with such an easy recipe. My two friends loved it as it is perfect for getting through their cold.
Tastes as if this soup simmered for hours! Great flavor in only 7 minutes of pressure.
Thank you so much!! I am so glad you enjoyed it! It’s a favorite in our house. 🙂
Amazing! Perfectly seasoned rich broth. Texture and consistency of all other ingredients was perfect!
Thank you! I am so glad to hear this!
I love this recipe. I recently purchased my pressure cooker and wanted to cook something simple to start. This recipe was easy to follow and the ingredients were inexpensive. I used “better than bouillon” instead of chicken broth in the can. The only thing I changed was I cooked everything for 15 minutes. It came out perfect. My family loved it and asked for seconds. I’ll definitely make this recipe again. Thanks