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Easy lemon chicken orzo soup in a blue bowl with garnish

Instant Pot Orzo Chicken Soup

This Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup in the Instant Pot is an easy soup recipe you can make with rotisserie chicken or chicken breasts that has a hearty helping of vegetables and orzo pasta.
Servings: 8 servings
Chef Alli
5 from 1 vote
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 4 minutes
Approx. Time Needed for Instant Pot to Pressurize: 15 minutes
Total Time 29 minutes

Ingredients
 

  • 1 Tbs. olive oil
  • 1-2 tsp. dried dill
  • 1 tsp. Italian seasoning
  • 1 cup dry orzo pasta
  • 2-3 ribs celery, diced
  • 2 large carrots, diced
  • 1 small yellow onion, diced
  • 3-4 cloves garlic, crushed crushed
  • 8 cups chicken broth
  • 3-4 boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cooked and chopped (2-3 cups of cooked, chopped chicken of any type works great)
  • 3 eggs
  • Zest and juice of 1 lemon
  • 1-2 cups chopped or torn fresh baby spinach or baby kale

Instructions
 

  • Using the sauté setting on your Instant Pot (or any electric pressure cooker), add the oil to the pot. When the oil is hot, add the spices, orzo, celery, carrots, onion, and garlic; sauté for one minute, then add the chicken broth to the pot, bringing it to a full boil.
  • Once the soup is boiling, lock the Instant Pot lid into place; use the manual setting to set the cook time to 4 minutes, bringing the Instant Pot to full pressure. When the timer sounds, perform a quick release to remove all the pressure.
    Turn off the Instant Pot and remove the inner pot to rest on a cooling rack. Let the soup cool down for 30 minutes, stirring it often to speed up the cooling.
  • Meanwhile, whisk the eggs, lemon juice, and lemon zest together in a bowl. Once the soup has cooled down, stir in the egg/lemon mixture, along with the cooked chicken and fresh spinach.
    ** Please Note: If the soup is too hot when you add the egg/lemon mixture, it will cook your eggs and you’ll have a scrambled egg soup...don't do it!
  • Season the soup to taste with salt and pepper, then return the inner pot to the IP. Using the sauté setting once again, heat the soup to the desired serving temperature. Serve at once with good, crusty bread.

Nutrition

Calories: 192kcalCarbohydrates: 20gProtein: 14gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 102mgSodium: 939mgPotassium: 495mgFiber: 2gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 3045IUVitamin C: 26mgCalcium: 66mgIron: 2mg
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