Instant Pot Rotisserie Chicken Soup

Make Instant Pot Rotisserie Chicken Soup from a roasted chicken carcass and leftover meat. This homemade soup recipe is easy and delicious!

You can make the world’s best, most delicious chicken soup from scratch with this super easy Instant Pot recipe! This is now my go-to method for making homemade chicken soup, and my family absolutely loves it!

Normally, I would cook a roast chicken dinner or make a whole chicken in my Instant Pot just to use the leftover carcass for homemade chicken stock. But you can save time and skip that step by picking up a roasted rotisserie chicken from the store.

Not only is this a faster way to make soup from homemade bone broth, but the chicken is also perfectly seasoned. You won’t get any complaints about bland broth with this soup recipe!

Ingredients for the Soup

You only need a few ingredients to make this soup in your pressure cooker:

• Rotisserie chicken carcass and 3 to 4 cups of meat
• Water
• Celery
• Garlic
• Carrots
• Onion
• Sea salt and pepper, to taste
• Orzo pasta, optional — You can serve egg noodles instead

How to Make Instant Pot Chicken Soup with Rotisserie Chicken

First, remove as much meat as you can from the chicken carcass. I like to leave a little skin on for extra flavor, but you don’t have to.

If you’re using a leftover rotisserie chicken carcass, just be sure to save some meat for the soup. I like to use a mix of dark and white meat — about 3 to 4 cups is plenty.

Then, place the trivet in your Instant Pot liner, and place the carcass on the trivet. For flavor, I use a few celery leaves and 1 or two whole garlic cloves.

Next, fill the pot with 6 cups of water for the 6 quart or 8 cups for the 8 quart. You can add a little more water if you need to, but you don’t want to immerse the chicken completely.

How Long to Pressure Cook

Pressure cook the chicken carcass for 60 minutes, and do a quick release. You can do a natural release if you want, but you don’t need to.

Lift the trivet and carcass out of the Instant Pot. You can keep the garlic cloves if you can find them. Discard the celery leaves.

You’ll want to strain the bone broth into a large mixing bowl, using a mesh strainer. Now, you’ll get deep, rich looking chicken stock!

Next, you start making the actual chicken soup in the Instant Pot. Just sauté some chopped carrots, celery and onions.

Next, pour the strained chicken stock back into the pressure cooker. You can use all or some of it.

I like adding some uncooked orzo pasta before pressure cooking. You only need a little bit, otherwise it takes over and sucks up the broth if you have leftover soup.

Another option is to cook pasta in your Instant Pot separately. Then, let everyone take the amount that they want.

After pressure cooking, you stir in your chopped leftover chicken. Taste the soup before serving to see if you need any salt or pepper. You probably won’t, though.

People can also add extra salt and pepper if they want. Throw in a little chopped parsley, and you’re good to go!

Serve the soup with crackers, butter or bread. Homemade Beer Bread is a favorite here!

How to Store the Soup

Store leftover soup in a tightly covered container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. You can freeze the soup in ziptop storage bags or freezer safe containers for longer storage. This soup freezes and reheats well.

More Recipes with Leftover Chicken

• Instant Pot Chicken Noodle Casserole
• Easy Chicken Pot Pie Casserole
• Ramen Chicken Salad
• Cheesy Chicken Spaghetti