Name: Instant Pot Wild Rice Soup with Chicken
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 80 min
Ingredients: 5 slices Bacon, (chopped); 1 med Onion, (chopped); 2 lrg Carrots, (chopped (2 cups)); 3 ribs Celery, (chopped (2 cups)); 2 Tablespoons Butter; 1 Bay Leaf; ½ teaspoon Thyme, (dried); 3 lrg cloves Garlic, (pressed or minced); 4-5 cups Chicken Broth*, (low sodium); 8 oz Mushrooms, (sliced); 1 sprig Rosemary, (fresh); 1 cup Wild Rice, (rinsed); 1 ½ cups Heavy Cream, (divided in half); 2 teaspoons Kosher Salt ((or 1 1/2 tsp table salt)); ½ teaspoon Pepper; 2 Chicken Breasts, (uncut (skinless/boneless)); ¼ cup Flour; ¾ cup Heavy Cream ((from divided heavy cream above))

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Instant Pot Wild Rice Soup with Chicken is one of the best soups. It uses real wild rice, earthy seasonings, mushrooms, and chicken, to make a hearty, classic soup. This pressure cooker wild rice soup with chicken is a staple from the beautiful state of Minnesota, and I adapted my mom's recipe for the Instant Pot! It's delicious!

Wild Rice Soup in the Instapot

Instant Pot Wild Rice Soup with Chicken (or make it without meat) is so delicious, creamy, earthy, and hearty.

This Instant Pot soup recipe has wild rice, chicken broth, mushrooms, a few simple herbs & spices, a creamy broth, and chicken.

A Little Wild Rice Info

Wild Rice is actually the State Grain of Minnesota. Did you know there was such a thing as a State Grain? I didn't.
Wild Rice is native to North America, and mostly grows in the Great Lakes region. It has a higher protein content than most cereal grains.
The color is a beautiful dark brown, and to me it smells a little like tea (though it doesn't taste like tea). When cooked the grains "burst" and the texture is creamy and kind of chewy.

For this recipe you only need 1 cup, and that is the perfect amount with all of the other ingredients.

What About Wild Rice Blends?

There are wild rice blends out there, but they don't fare too well in this soup because the grains that are not wild rice get cooked away or turn too soft.
If you can only find the wild rice blends in your grocery store, look for the ones with the highest percentage of wild rice in them. Look on Amazon, too. I provided a link below to the brand I like.

Here is a quick look at the steps to make this amazing pressure cooker Wild Rice Soup with Chicken:

It is as simple as sautéing the veggies and aromatics, then adding the remaining ingredients and pressure cooking it all.

This is a tasty, healthy wild rice soup recipe that is total comfort food. I hope you enjoy it!

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If you make this delicious Instapot wild rice soup, please leave a comment below with a star rating. I'd love to know how you liked it!

4.96 from 43 votes

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Instant Pot Wild Rice Soup with Chicken

Prep Time

25 mins

Cook Time

35 mins

Natural Release

20 mins

Total Time

1 hr 20 mins

Instant Pot Wild Rice Soup with Chicken is delicious and hearty. With wild rice, mushrooms, herbs and a creamy broth.

Course: Soup

Cuisine: American

Keyword: wild rice soup in instant pot

Servings: 8 - 10

Calories: 436 kcal

Author: Sandy Clifton

Ingredients

5 slices Bacon, chopped
1 med Onion, chopped
2 lrg Carrots, chopped (2 cups)
3 ribs Celery, chopped (2 cups)
2 Tablespoons Butter
1 Bay Leaf
½ teaspoon Thyme, dried
3 lrg cloves Garlic, pressed or minced
4-5 cups Chicken Broth*, low sodium
8 oz Mushrooms, sliced
1 sprig Rosemary, fresh
1 cup Wild Rice, rinsed
1 ½ cups Heavy Cream, divided in half
2 teaspoons Kosher Salt (or 1 ½ tsp table salt)
½ teaspoon Pepper
2 Chicken Breasts, uncut (skinless/boneless)

To Finish

¼ cup Flour
¾ cup Heavy Cream (from divided heavy cream above)

Instructions

Turn the pot on to Sauté. Add the bacon pieces and cook, stirring occasionally, until mostly done. If you use a leaner bacon, leave the fat in. If there is more that 1 Tablespoon of fat, spoon it out, leaving 1 Tablespoon.
Add the onion, carrots, and celery. Stir and cook a couple of minutes.
Add the butter, bay leaf, and thyme. Cook for a couple of minutes.
Add the garlic and stir it in, cooking for30 seconds to 1 minute. Don't let it burn.
Pour in the broth and stir it well.
Add the mushrooms, rosemary, and rice. Stir.
Add ¾ cup of heavy cream, salt, and pepper, then stir. You can use half and half instead of heavy cream, if you want (if you want to use milk, add it after pressure cooking as it will not cook well. Heavy cream or half and half tolerate pressure cooking).
Add the chicken breasts, and submerge them in the broth.
Put the lid on the pot and set the steam release knob to the Sealing position. Then cancel the Sauté setting. Press the Pressure Cook/Manual button or dial. Then press the +/- button or dial to select 35 minutes. High pressure.
When the cooking cycle is finished, let the pot sit undisturbed for 15 minutes (15 minute Natural Release). Then Manually release the remaining steam/pressure, carefully, using a controlled Quick Release (A controlled quick release is when you open the valve a little at a time to be sure no soup/sauce is going to spew out along with the steam when you release it. By starting out slowly and releasing the steam in bursts, you can avoid the mess! use a wooden spoon handle, or silicone oven mitts to avoid a steam burn.).
When the pin in the lid drops down, open it up and carefully remove the chicken to a bowl.
Mix the flour and remaining ¾ cup of heavy cream together very well, and stir into the hot soup.
Shred the chicken and add it back into the soup. Let sit for a few minutes to thicken.
Serve hot. Even better the next day!