Instant Pot Chicken Stew

Warm savory bone broth filled with fresh veggies, hearty cauliflower rice, tender chicken, and seasoned with herbs and turmeric.  This Instant Pot Chicken Stew is sure to be your new favorite soup and takes just minutes to make!

Why You Will Love This Healthy Chicken Stew Instant Pot

• A Low Calorie Alternative. While sometimes stews refers to a high calorie thick and creamy soup, this chicken stew IS NOT! It's a delicious blend of tender chicken pieces, potatoes, vegetables, and herbs all in a thick and hearty broth.
• Hearty and Satisfying Meal. Chicken stew is basically a full meal in a bowl and it's warming, filling, and perfect for cooler weather.
• Leftovers Reheat Great. Chicken stew easily stores, freezes, and reheats making easy meals for later on.

Ingredients

Here's a brief look at the main ingredients you need to make pressure cooker chicken stew.

• Chicken Bone Broth: Bone broth is more nutrient rich than regular chicken broth. If possible, make your own Chicken Bone Broth. If you MUST use store bought - buy a high quality chicken bone broth.
• Olive oil: For cooking the onions and garlic at the start to give the stew a richer, more complex flavor.
• Vegetables and Aromatics: We're sticking with the basics here. You need onion, garlic, celery, and carrot.
• Red potatoes: Red potatoes are perfect because they tend to stay more firm in the soup rather than falling apart in the soup.
• Cauliflower rice: Gives the texture of rice without adding any additional carbohydrates.
• Rotisserie chicken meat: A simple option for pre-cooked chicken to make this soup recipe easier.
• Lemon: Adding lemon zest and lemon juice adds a burst of brightness to your soup. Whatever you do -- don't skip it and use fresh whenever possible!
• Herbs: A simple blend of dried parsley, thyme, and oregano add a bit more favor to the stew.
• Spices: Turmeric adds color and antioxidants.
• Chicken bouillon: For a boost of chicken flavor.

How to Make Chicken Stew in Instant Pot

1. Cook the onions and garlic in olive oil using the saute setting of your Instant pot until softened and fragrant.
2. Add the celery, red potatoes, and carrots.

3. Toss in the rotisserie chicken and pour in the chicken bone broth.
4. Add the frozen cauliflower rice.

5. Add the lemon zest and lemon juice along with all the spices and chicken bouillon.
6. Set the Instant Pot to pressure cook for 3 minutes.  

7. Use quick release to release the pressure and serve up your chicken stew immediately.

How to Store Chicken Stew

• Refrigerator: Store leftover stew in an airtight container in your fridge.  It will keep for about 7 days.  
• Freezer: You can also freeze chicken stew in an airtight container for up to 3 months.
• Reheat: Return the chicken stew to a pot and heat on the stove over medium heat. Add more bone broth as needed to thin out the soup as it may thicken when stored.

What to Serve with Chicken Stew

In many ways this stew is a full meal in a bowl. It's great to reheat so serve it for dinner and then use the leftovers for quick lunches later in the week.

I love to serve bread along with it to soak up all the juices. Try this French bread loaf, 100% whole wheat bread, or homemade breadsticks. You can also serve it up in a bread bowl for a heartier meal. If you're looking for a hearty beef stew, check out this Cowboy Stew.

A fruit salad also works great and a healthy way to add something sweet to the table. Try this tropical fruit salad or our stone fruit salad.

Expert Tips

• Use homemade chicken bone broth. Our homemade bone broth recipe is so easy and and so delicious to make.
• Don't skip the lemon! This adds a brightness to the chicken stew really enhancing the flavors.
• Use quick release! This prevents overcooking your stew.

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