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The best Instant Pot homemade chicken noodle soup! Just like Grandma makes with homemade noodles and ready in minutes!

Grandma's Homemade Instant Pot Chicken Noodle Soup

The best Instant Pot homemade chicken noodle soup! Just like Grandma makes with homemade noodles and ready in minutes!

Course dinner
Cuisine instant pot
Keyword chicken noodle dinner, chicken noodle soup, dinner, easy dinner, beef stew, instant pot, instant pot stew, soup, comfort food, family recipe, instant pot soup
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings 8

Ingredients

  • 3 Tbs. olive oil
  • 2 cups chopped carrots
  • 2 cups chopped celery
  • 1/2 large onion, chopped
  • 4 chicken breasts (frozen) If using fresh chicken breasts, reduct the Instant Pot cook time to 15 minutes.
  • 30-40 ounces chicken broth
  • 1 large lemon (cut in half)
  • 2 Tbs. lemon pepper
  • 3 cloves of garlic, minced
  • 1 16 ounce pkg. "Grandma's" brand fresh noodles that are frozen You can find these in the frozen foods by frozen pastas like ravioli.
  • pinches salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Chop up onion, carrots, celery and mince garlic.

  2. Add olive oil to Instant Pot liner and put Instant Pot to "sautee" setting.

  3. Add chopped onion, carrots, celery , garlic and lemon pepper. Squeeze half a lemon into the pot. Let sautee for 3-4 minutes.

  4. Turn off sauté setting. Add frozen chicken breasts and chicken stock. Lock Instant Pot lid in place and make sure the knob is set to "pressure". Set Instant Pot to "high pressure" and set for 20 minutes.

  5. While the soup is cooking you can cook the noodles separately or wait until it is done and cook them in the Instant Pot using the sautee setting while you shred the chicken. These noodles cook longer because they are raw. They need to cook for 10 minutes.

  6. Once the Instant Pot is done cooking, manually release the pressure by turning the knob to "release". NOTE - be sure to put a towel over the knob to absorb steam and use a utensil to move the knob because the steam is HOT!! Let the steam release and the pot will depressurize allowing you to unlock the lid after a couple of minutes.

  7. Open the lid and take the chicken breasts out. Put them on a plate or cutting board. If you didn't cook the noodles on the stovetop, you can unplug the Instant Pot and replug it in and set it to sauté. Add the noodles and let them cook for 10 minutes while you shred the chicken. If you already cooked the noodles, add them to the pot and shut the lid while you shred the chicken.

  8. Shred the chicken. You can add a little more lemon pepper to the chicken if you want.

  9. Add the chicken to the soup. Stir and serve! Garnish with very thin slices of lemon.