instant pot lightly salted chicken-chickpea soup

2 Pinches
Vancouver, BC
Updated on Oct 10, 2024

I am on a very low salt diet and I wanted a fast, tasty, easy to make chicken soup. Add more B & B paste if you want more salt. The optional chick peas add more healthy protein and fibre.

prep time 20 Min
cook time 30 Min
method Pressure Cooker/Instant Pot
yield 4 serving(s)

Ingredients

  • 3 chicken thighs, skinless and boneless
  • 1 medium onion, diced
  • 1 stalk celery, sliced
  • 2 - 3 carrots, sliced
  • 1/2 cup frozen green peas
  • 1/2 cup frozen corn
  • 900 grams low/no salt chicken broth
  • 1 teaspoon Better Than Bouillon chicken or bouillon granules
  • 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
  • 1/2 - 1 teaspoons garlic powder
  • pepper, to taste
  • 1 cup cooked chickpeas
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice

How To Make instant pot lightly salted chicken-chickpea soup

  • Step 1
    Cut chicken thighs into bite-size pieces and put them into the Instant Pot. Stir lightly.
  • Step 2
    Add remaining ingredients except for chickpeas, green peas, corn and lemon juice.
  • Step 3
    Set Instant Pot to "SOUP' setting.
  • Step 4
    When cooking is done allow the cooker to cool for a few minutes before carefully venting it. Open the pot and add the cooked chickpeas, green peas, corn and lemon. Allow to sit for a few minutes to allow the chickpeas, green peas and corn to warm up. Serve.

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