Slow Cooker /Instant Pot Chicken Tortilla Soup
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Easy Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup or Instant Pot
If ordering a chicken tortilla soup is a ritual during your visit to your favorite Mexican restaurant, then you might want to make your own version of homemade chicken tortilla soup in the slow cooker or Instant Pot pressure cooker. Best of all, you’ll have some leftovers to be able to enjoy for the next day, or two. It doesn’t get any easier and more delicious than this Instant Pot or slow cooker chicken tortilla soup. All you have to do is add everything to your slow cooker and walk away. If you’re cooking this recipe for chicken tortilla soup in the Instant Pot, you just have to sear the chicken, onions and garlic, then set the pressure on the cooker and then you can walk away. The advantage to the Instant Pot is that it has a saute function that will add more flavor to the soup when you sear the chicken.
Watch the Video making the Chicken Tortilla Soup in an Instant Pot (Pressure Cooker)
After this is finished, the wonderful aroma of this easy chicken tortilla soup will fill your house and you might not want to order it in a restaurant again. In fact, you can customize the spices in this Instant Pot chicken tortilla soup recipe to your own liking. Whether you like it extra spicy or not, you can make it all your own. The wonderful part about this recipe is that the slow cooker and instant pot makes the chicken very tender. You can use either chicken breast or dark meat chicken like chicken thighs. The flavor is just wonderful and it’s easy to make this chicken soup recipe a full dinner. Just add a dinner salad and you’re ready to feast! The difference though is in the cooking times. The Instant Pot is WAY quicker to cook this soup and the flavors are just as delicious as if you were to make it in the slow cooker. Enjoy! Click Here for our –> Slow Cooker and Instant Pot Recipes .
Video: Chicken Tortilla Soup in a Slow Cooker :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTR3ltkmhRc
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This recipe was originally published in 2016 and re-published in 2019 with an updated video.

CHICKEN TORTILLA SOUP in a Slow Cooker or Instant Pot
Ingredients
FOR THE SOUP:
- 1 pound (454 g) boneless skinless chicken breast or chicken thighs
- 3 cups (705 ml) chicken broth
- 7 ounces (198. g) chopped green chiles (one small can)
- 14.5 ounces (411 g) diced or crushed tomatoes
- 1 medium (1 medium) onion , chopped
- 4 cloves (4 cloves) garlic , minced
- 1 ear (1 ear) corn , shucked (or 1 cup of frozen corn)
- 1 teaspoon (5 ml) salt (or more to taste after)
- 2 teaspoons (10 ml) Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon (5 ml) ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon (5 ml) chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon (2.5 ml) paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon (2.5 ml) black pepper
FOR SERVING AND TOPPING:
- crushed tortilla chips or gluten free tortilla chips
- fresh minced cilantro
- fresh lime juice
- cheese (optional)
- hot sauce or fresh chopped jalapeno (optional)
Equipment
- Slow Cooker, Instant Pot (Pressure Cooker)
Instructions
For Slow Cooker
- In slow cooker add all the soup ingredients (chicken, broth, green chiles, tomato, onion, garlic, corn, salt, Worcestershire sauce, cumin, chili powder, paprika, and black pepper). Gently mix together all the ingredients to make everything combine well.
- Cover and cook the soup on low for 5-6 hours or about 3-4 hours on high.
- Gently shred the chicken with two forks and stir the soup to mix the chicken in evenly. If you like cubed chicken in your soup, you can remove the chicken then cut it into small bite sized pieces and then return to the broth.
- Top the soup with your favorite toppings. Squeeze some fresh lime juice on top and enjoy!
For Instant Pot
- Turn Instant Pot on "Saute”, and add oil. Saute chicken, onions and garlic until soft
- Add broth, tomatoes, green chiles, corn, Worcestershire sauce, ground cumin, chili powder, paprika, salt and pepper.
- Close the lid and pressure cook on high pressure for 15 minutes. Quick or Natural release. (These are the steps we did for our Instant Pot- Press "Cancel" to stop the "Saute" setting. Press the "Manual" button. Set the time to 15 minutes.)
- After the cooking time is complete, press "Cancel" and carefully release the pressure.
- Once pressure completely releases, open lid and gently shred the chicken. If you like cubed chicken in your soup, you can remove the chicken then cut it into small bite sized pieces and then return to the broth.
- Season to taste with additional salt and pepper. Garnish soup your favorite toppings.
Notes
If your air fryer is preheated or if you are cooking multiple batches, you may need to reduce timing by a few minutes (unless preheating is called for in the recipe).
15 Comments on “Slow Cooker /Instant Pot Chicken Tortilla Soup”
Your instructions for this recipe is really easy to understand. The soup came out just as I had imagined. I’ll be checking out all your other slow cooker recipes. Thanks so much.ย
Really in love with this chicken tortilla soup recipe. It’s really easy to just dump everything into the slow cooker. Awesome results.
Your slow cooker recipes are amazing! This one especially is probably my most favorite! You’ve made cooking on a slow cooker very innovative!
I’ve been trying to cook more soup recipes and this was delicious! Our whole family loved it!
You just can’t go wrong with this soup. Easy and over the top amazing. My whole family loved it!
Mmmm, so comforting and delicious.. such wonderful flavors!
Thanks so much! We love flavorful soups!
This recipe is SO delish! I can’t wait to try out your other slow cooker recipes!
We have lots of yummy recipes! Enjoy! And thanks for sharing.
This recipe looks absolutely DIVINE! I can’t wait to try it!
We love this easy slow cooker meal for cold winter nights!
This was scrumptious! My family loved it!
I wish I had this cooking in the slow cooker right now! This is perfect for a cool fall evening for dinner!
This was my first time using the Instant Pot. The directions were spot-on and the soup was a big hit with my family! Really flavorful. Thanks for this recipe, and keep ’em coming please.
That’s awesome! So glad it was a hit. We’ll work on more Instant Pot recipes coming soon!