Instant Pot Mexican Chicken Soup is a one pot meal that is super easy to make. What I love about this recipe is that I can have it ready for dinner in less than half an hour. If you are looking for a Mexican dish without takeout, this is what’s for dinner!

Raise your hand if you love a one pot meal that is ready to eat in under thirty minute. BOTH HANDS UP. This Mexican chicken soup is that meal. It’s easy to make and ready before anyone can ask “What’s for dinner?”

Bonus – it’s full of flavor and is made with mostly pantry items plus leftover chicken! Yessss!

What is a One Pot Meal?

As I said above, this Mexican chicken soup is a one pot meal. A one pot meal is a meal that allows you to only use your Instant Pot to make it. In fact, it’s kind of a dump and dash recipe. You can use your sauté function to sauté the garlic and onion and then, you dump the rest of the ingredients in and let the Instant Pot do its thing.

Instant Pot Mexican Chicken Soup Ingredients

This recipe serves 6-8 people. Once you gather the ingredients, the rest is a breeze. Here is what you need:

• 2 cups cooked Rotisserie chicken
• 1 can (15 oz)fire roasted tomatoes, undrained
• A can (10 oz) red enchilada sauce
• 1 tbsp. minced garlic
• An onion, diced
• 1 can (4 oz) fire-roasted diced green chiles
• 2 cans (15 oz) black beans, drained and rinsed
• A can (15 oz) fire-roasted corn, undrained
• 32 ounces of chicken stock
• 1 tbsp. olive oil
• 1 tsp. ground cumin
• 2 tsps. chili powder
• 1 tsp. paprika
• 2 bay leaf
• 1 tsp. of cayenne
• 1 lime fresh squeezed
• Seasoned salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste

Chicken – You can use any kind of cooked chicken here. A rotisserie chicken makes this dish super simple but if you don’t have cooked chicken you can saute some with the garlic and onion.

Enchilada sauce – I love homemade enchilada sauce because it’s super easy and I can customize it to my tastes. Feel free to use canned or if you have some extra time, try homemade enchilada sauce.

How to Make Instant Pot Mexican Chicken Soup

Step 1 Sauté garlic and onion. First, using the sauté function, add olive oil and sauté the minced garlic and diced onion for 4 minutes.

Step 2 Mix all ingredients. Then, add the chicken to the instant pot along with all of the other ingredients. Stir to combine.

Step 3 Pressure cook. After everything is in the pot, secure the lid and cook on manual or pressure cook for 8 minutes.

Step 4 Do a natural release. Finally, let the pressure naturally release for 15 minutes. Then, quick release for the remaining pressure.

Step 5 Finish is up. When it is finished, add fresh lime right before serving, and remove the bay leaf. Garnish and enjoy!

How to Store Instant Pot Mexican Soup

Some foods just don’t taste the same reheated. But, that just isn’t the case with this Instant Pot Mexican Soup. In fact, with most soups eating them as leftovers is just as good if not better than when you made it fresh. Storing leftover soup allows the spices to really permeate the rest of your food for a fuller bolder taste.

To store your soup, you will want it to cool first. Once your soup is cooled, place it in a Tupperware container with a lid. You want the lid to seal well because soup can spill easily. Place it in the refrigerator. It will keep well for 3-5 days.

Another way to store your soup is to can it. However, soups have to be canned with a pressure cooker (NOT your Instant Pot). Check out how to pressure can soup, here.

Can You Freeze It?

Yes, you can freeze your soup! Soup can last several months in the freezer. However, there is a proper way of storing soup if you freeze it. Additionally, it is important to keep in mind that freezing your soup can take away some of its flavor, so when you reheat it, be sure to taste it and add spices as necessary.

You will want to store your soup in a heavy duty plastic container, freezer bag, or an airtight container. Be sure to leave 1/2 inch space in the container. This is because the liquid in the soup will expand as it freezes.

Other One Pot Meals to Try

If you liked the ease of this recipe, we have plenty more one pot meal ideas for you. Check out some of our favorites:

• Instant Pot Chilli Mac
• Coconut Curry Soup
• Instant Pot Chicken Burrito Bowls
• Instant Pot Stuffed Pepper Soup

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