Are you ready for the best tasting soup you have ever eaten? This Instant Pot Crack Chicken Noodle Soup recipe is so easy and ready in about 20 minutes using your electric pressure cooker. Perfect for super picky eaters, this is a great family-friendly meal that everyone will love!
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Have you ever made a recipe and knew it was going to be a winner before you even tasted it? That was my experience with this pressure cooker chicken soup recipe. One of my family’s favorite recipes is crack chicken and my Instant Pot Crack Chicken sandwiches are my most popular recipe on our site. The last time I made it, I thought to myself that a version of it would make the best homemade chicken noodle soup and I was right!
Our Instant Pot Crack Chicken Noodle Soup uses spaghetti noodles. I love to buy them on sale and this makes for a very frugal meal for your family. It is filled with all of the yummy ingredients you expect in a crack chicken soup: chicken, carrots, celery, ranch mix, cheddar, and half and half to make it creamy and delicious. It is the perfect kid-friendly Instant Pot meal.
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Making soup in our pressure cooker is one of my favorite things to do. The Instant Pot makes everything taste like it has been slow cooking for hours, yet it takes just minutes. We love recreating our restaurant favorites like our Olive Garden Copycat Zuppa Toscana soup and Broccoli Cheese Soup. As well as creating fun new soups to try like our Instant Pot Irish Colcannon soup.Whatever cuisine you are feeling like, the pressure cooker can make it taste even better in a fraction of the time.
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Instant Pot Crack Chicken Noodle Soup
Ingredients:
- 1lb chicken breast, cubed
- 6 slices bacon, cut into small pieces
- 1 small onion, diced
- 1 cup carrots, chopped
- 1 cup celery, chopped
- 1 packet, dry ranch seasoning
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 8 ounces spaghetti, uncooked
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 cup half and half
- salt and pepper
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Directions:
Place chicken breast, bacon, and onion into the instant pot. Use the saute function to cook the chicken and bacon, stirring frequently.
Add carrots, celery, ranch seasoning and broth and mix well.
Break spaghetti pasta in half to fit into the instant pot if necessary. Press the spaghetti into the broth so the pasta is coated with liquid.
Place the lid on the pot and secure it closed. Close the pressure release valve. Set the instant pot to manual, high pressure for 5 minutes.
When cooking cycle is complete, quick release the steam and carefully open the pot.
Stir in cheddar cheese until completely melted.
Stir in half & half until completely combined.
This Crack Chicken Noodle Soup is now a favorite in my family. Let me know what your family thinks of this! Enjoy!
Serves 6-8
Instant Pot Crack Chicken Noodle Soup
Servings: 6
Are you ready for the best tasting soup you have ever eaten? This Instant Pot Crack Chicken Noodle Soup recipe is so easy and ready in about 20 minutes using your electric pressure cooker. Perfect for super picky eaters, this is a great family-friendly meal that everyone will love!
Ingredients
- 1 lb chicken breast cubed
- 6 slices bacon cut into small pieces
- 1 small onion diced
- 1 cup carrots chopped
- 1 cup celery chopped
- 1 packet dry ranch seasoning
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 8 ounces spaghetti uncooked
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 cup half and half
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Place chicken breast, bacon, and onion into the instant pot. Use the saute function to cook the chicken and bacon, stirring frequently.
- Add carrots, celery, ranch seasoning and broth and mix well.
- Break spaghetti pasta in half to fit into the instant pot if necessary. Press the spaghetti into the broth so the pasta is coated with liquid.
- Place the lid on the pot and secure it closed. Close the pressure release valve. Set the instant pot to manual, high pressure for 5 minutes.
- When cooking cycle is complete, quick release the steam and carefully open the pot.
- Stir in cheddar cheese until completely melted.
- Stir in half & half until completely combined.
Notes
*Note cooking time does not include the time it takes for the pressure cooker to come to pressure.
Nutritional information is an estimate and provided to you as a courtesy. You should calculate the nutritional information with the actual ingredients used in your recipe using your preferred nutrition calculator.
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Mariah says
I’m building up my Instant Pot skills! This looks like a meal my family would love!
Mom says
This is a great recipe for beginners!
Annie says
It’s insanely delicious.
Kait says
This looks delish! Perfect for busy baseball nights – quick, easy and filling!
Mom says
Yes, it is perfect for busy nights.
Mandy says
Absolutely delicious. Will become a staple in our house for sure. Thank you for a wonderful recipe!
Mom says
I am so happy your family loved this! 🙂
Mom says
Thank you so much. We love this year round!
Amy says
Yum! From the 3 year old on up, my entire family loved this. We didn’t have an onion, so we used dried onion flakes, and we used skim milk instead of half and half, but it was still delicious. We used whole wheat noodles and probably could have cooked it another few seconds to a minute, but it was still a big hit. Thanks for the easy recipe!
Mom says
I’m so glad you and your family enjoyed it!
Suzanne says
This is yummy! The only change I would make is to sauté the carrots and celery with the onion/chicken/bacon in the first step, as mine were still a bit crunchy at the end. Other than that, it’s very good! Thank you!
Mom says
That is a good tip, thank you!
Eric says
One of the first meals we made with our new Instant Pot and we loved it.
Mom says
Wonderful! Thank you for sharing!
Annie says
Fed the faculty and staff at my kids’ school this recipe. Major major hit. So many requests for the recipe. And I’m making it again for my family just four days later!
Mom says
I’m so happy everyone enjoyed it! Thank you for sharing.
Trina Brooks says
Can you use egg noddles!?
Mom says
I don’t see why not, I personally haven’t tried it with this particular recipe but I have cooked egg noodles in the IP in the past.
Trina Brooks says
Thanks!!
Lindsey says
Thoughts on cooking time when doubling recipe?
Mom says
The cooking time will remain the same. It will take longer for the pressure cooker to come to pressure with twice the amount of liquid in the pot.
Tami says
This is a big hit in our family and so easy. Forgot half and half so substituted with cream cheese instead was amazing. Making for a second time a week later. First recipe I did in the instant pot
Mom says
Yay! So glad it worked out for you!
SHANNON LC HENEGAR says
Delicious! A little extra cheese, little more spaghetti, a couple extra slices of bacon, a little more broth = a nice big batch for a full house.
*I use low sodium broth, low fat half & half as well
Jodi says
I’ve made and shared this soup many times! It’s in my regular menu rotation . So simple and delicious!