Instant pot chicken and rice soup is a hearty meal in a bowl. This delicious soup is packed with chicken, rice, and carrots and is made in under 20 minutes. It's a gluten-free soup that packs well in a thermos for lunchboxes or for work.
Add the ingredients to the instant pot. Add chicken thighs to the bottom of the instant pot. Add the carrots, celery, onion, cooked rice, garlic, bay leaves, salt, pepper, thyme, and chicken broth. Cover the instant pot and turn to sealing.
⭐️Cook. Cook 10 minutes, then do a quick release.
⭐️ Shred the chicken. Remove chicken thighs, shred chicken, discarding bones and skin. Place shredded chicken back into the soup. Season with additional salt and pepper if needed.
Serve. Serve topped with green onions if desired.
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CCK Features both Gluten-Free Guidance and Kids Cooking Instructions: If you're new to eating gluten-free we understand it's overwhelming trying to figure out which foods may contain gluten and which ones don't. All of our gluten-free recipes marked with this symbol ✅ represent foods that need to be checked for gluten or cross-contamination.The ⭐️ symbol in the recipe below denotes the steps in which kid cooks may need a helper (depending on age). If there is no ⭐️ symbol, that step (or recipe) doesn't require a helper.