Instant Pot Chicken Tortilla Soup Recipe with Frozen Chicken (2024)

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ByChristinaSeptember 5, 2017November 23, 2022

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This Instant Pot Chicken Tortilla Soup has rocked my world! Toss a package of FROZEN chicken breasts in the instant pot and have a meal in no time. For more soup recipe ideas to inspire you, check this out.

This chicken tortilla soup will warm you up on a chilly fall or winter day. My husband and I LOVE this recipe. I had to write it down and make it into a blog post to make sure I remembered it to make again and again. And check out all these other instant pot chicken soup recipes too.

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Instant Pot chicken tortilla soup

I hate making a meal that is flavorless or lacking that rib-sticking power to satisfy everyone. My husband is a BIG dude and I work hard keeping him fed. He loves Mexican food and this instant pot chicken tortilla soup is right up his spicy little alley.

Sometimes I feel like I’m too tired to make dinner, but this chicken tortilla soup was so simple, I didn’t mind making it multiple times. I have a home daycare, so I work HARD all day. It’s wonderful to have an easy soup recipe that satisfies at the end of the day.

Chicken tortilla soup with frozen chicken

Don’t you hate when you didn’t plan something for dinner and all your meat is frozen solid? The instant pot is great for those times because it will still cook the meat through, evenly and with the flavor you add to the pot even if your meat is frozen solid.

I’ve cooked a frozen roast in the instant pot, a frozen pork roast, and many times I’ve cooked frozen chicken breast in my instant pot. It will even cook a frozen whole chicken.

Instant Pot Chicken Tortilla Soup with frozen chicken

Savory, satisfying chicken tortilla soup to warm you on a cold day and fill your tummy with yummy goodness. Instant pot recipe.

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cook Time20 minutes mins

Ingredients

2 T olive oil
1 onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 tomato, chopped
2 c cooked black beans
1 bag frozen corn
3 c chicken stock
2 tsp chili powder
1 tsp cumin
1 dried hot pepper, ground in a spice grinder or 1 tsp red pepper flakes
3 chicken breasts, thawed
fresh cilantro
grated cheddar cheese
lime wedges to squeeze over top each bowl
sour cream
tortilla chips
1 tsp salt

Instructions

Set your instant pot to saute mode.
Add olive oil and onion.
Sautee until soft.
Add garlic.
Stir one minute longer.
Add tomato, black beans, corn, stock, spices, and chicken.
Cancel sauté and cover with lid and seal.
Select soup and set timer for 4 minutes.
It takes about 10 minutes to reach pressure and then the 4 minutes will begin. While the pot is cooking, you can prepare the toppings.
When the timer goes off, manually release the pressure carefully not to get burned.
Remove the chicken breasts to a plate and shred meat.
Replace the shredded meat into the pot and stir.

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I promise you this quick and easy soup is going to knock your socks off. It’s one of the best things that I’ve ever made and I cook multiple meals every day. I love soup season, I love chicken tortilla soup, I love cool weather and I love to cook food that nourishes people’s soul and their bodies. Check out more quick and easy meals.

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