After a winter chock-full of carbs, I’m ready to start incorporating some low-carb dishes back into our spring meal planning. With all of the chilly, rainy days this spring is bringing, this Pressure Cooker Buffalo Chicken Soup is showing up on our menu often. It’s all the best flavors of classic buffalo wings, minus the orange-stained fingers and loud sports bar.
How to serve Pressure Cooker Buffalo Chicken Soup
I like to serve this soup with a variety of toppings and have people can dress their bowl to their own personal taste. Fresh chopped green onions, shredded cheddar cheese, bleu cheese crumbles, and avocado are our favorites, but this soup is also perfectly delicious on it’s own.
Which pressure-cooker do I use?
I named this recipe using the term “pressure cooker” rather than “Instant Pot” very intentionally because I want it to be flexible for the other models outside of the Instant Pot brand. I personally use an Instant Pot Ultra 6qt, but this soup can easily be made in other electric pressure cookers as well. Prior to upgrading to the Instant Pot I used a Cuisinart 6qt electric pressure cooker for many years.
The reason I mention this is because each brand varies, and with that so can cooking times. With my prior Cuisinart machine, I found that vegetables cooked at a much quicker pace, so I would have likely lowered the second pressure cooking session of this recipe (where vegetables and cheese are added) by a few minutes for that particular machine. Though I don’t think this recipe would be ruined by an extra two or three minutes of cooking time in a different model electric pressure cooker, you’ll want to gage this by your own particular model and preferences.
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A note for special diets
This Pressure Cooker Buffalo Chicken Soup is gluten-free, grain-free, low-carb and can easily accommodate a low-lactose diet (cheddar is naturally low-lactose + this lactose-free cream cheese). This soup is friendly for some SIBO diets and is also very friendly for Keto diets at only 6g net carbs per serving.
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Pressure Cooker Buffalo Chicken Soup
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 6 portions 1x
- Category: Soups & Stews, Mains
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lbs chicken breast
- 4 cups ( oz) chicken broth, divided
- 1 (8oz) cream cheese, softened (I like this lactose free one but you can use regular too)
- 1 cup sharp cheddar, shredded
- 1 medium head cauliflower (approx 6 cups), chopped
- 1 1/2 cups celery, chopped
- 1 cup green onion, chopped
- 1/2 cup buffalo sauce
- 1/2 tsp cracked black pepper
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- optional toppings: extra green onions, shredded cheddar cheese, bleu cheese, avocado
Instructions
- Add chicken breasts and 2 cups of the divided chicken broth to your pressure cooker. If the chicken breasts are particularly large, I like to slice them in half first. Seal and cook for 15 minutes on high.
- I usually prefer to quick release, but you can easily allow this to naturally release without over-cooking it. The meat should be nice and fall-apart tender either way.
- Shred chicken with two forks.
- Add the cream cheese to the pot first. I like to give this a bit of a stir with a wooden spoon, breaking up the cream cheese a bit so it incorporated more easily.
- Add remaining ingredients, including the remaining 2 cups of chicken broth.
- Give the ingredients a stir to combine, then seal again and cook for 5 minutes on high.
- Taste for salt and pepper. Serve with optional topping such as additional green onions, shredded cheddar cheese, bleu cheese, or avocado.
Notes
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Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/6 recipe
- Calories: 371
- Sodium: 1656 mg
- Fat: 21 g
- Saturated Fat: 12 g
- Carbohydrates: 9 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 35 g
- Cholesterol: 150 mg
Loving my pressure cooker these days, and how quickly you can whip together a soup! I love buffalo chicken – this looks like a super speedy, delicious weekday lunch in the works!
Buffalo chicken soup!? Yehaw!!! I have never heard of this but I’m so glad I found your recipe! This looks so incredibly delicious! And yet another reason to love my instant pot!
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I hope you give it a try, Elaine! It’s such a tasty dish!
I love buffalo chicken anything never would have though to make a soup out of it. I got a pressure cooker but haven’t done much with it yet. So I’ll have to give it a try with this recipe!
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Sounds like a great way to start using your machine. It makes dinner so easy!
I love using my pressure cooker for shredded chicken. It’s so versatile! I’ll have to try it with this buffalo chicken soup! Looks delicious.
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I’ve never seen a buffalo chicken soup but it is such a great idea. I love anything with a buffalo flavor so I’m excited to try this recipe out.
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Whoa this soup looks amazing! It’s perfect to add to our low carb menu, I love the flavour combo and of course anything in a pressure cooker has me dancing the happy dance!
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The pressure cooker makes everything so easy!
I love buffalo chicken anything! But I especially love that you can make this soup in the pressure cooker! Cannot wait to give this one a try!
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Love this recipe! I have it pinned to my instant pot board and am adding it to my rotation!
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I hope you love it! It’s a great recipe for easy weekday meal planning.
Now this sounds like a soup I certainly need to try! Sounds flavourful and delicious.
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Buffalo chicken sounds amazing. I always look for new soup recipes. Yummy!
This soup looks super tasty especially with all of the toppings! I’m curious what made you switch to the IP from the Cuisinart pressure cooker?
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Thanks, the toppings really help brighten it up!
I initially decided to switch from the Cuisinart electric pressure cooker to an Instant Pot because replacement parts for the Cuisinart were so difficult to get. After using the machine for several years it was in need of a new sealing ring. The ones on Amazon had poor reviews about fit and the Cuisinart website isn’t set up to be shopping friendly. I ordered a replacement ring through their customer service line and it was an ordeal that took over a month of my time communicating back and forth with them and left me having paid for a product I never ended up receiving and I was never reimbursed for.
I could have gone through the process all over again and hopefully would have eventually received a replacement ring (maybe?) that might have salvaged my machine, but the whole experience left a bad taste in my mouth about their customer service and how difficult products might be to get if I needed them in the future.
I looked into the Instant Pots and their replacement rings and other accessories are all readily available on their website (and the rings were cheaper!), several of the machines had more features than my old machine, and I really liked that the inner bowl was made of stainless steel rather than non-stick because it’s supposed to be healthier to cook with. The model I chose (which is linked in my post) has the ability to adjust temperature beyond just the standard low/high and at 8qt is just slightly bigger than my old machine, which is nice because it still fits on my shelf. I also got a killer deal on my IP machine by buying on black friday so I felt better about the investment.
Wow .. I’ve never tried my hands on a Buffalo chicken soup but after seeing how delicious this looks, I think it’s going to be made for this weekends dinner meal. Pinning it right away
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That shredded chicken looks so good, especially along with buffalo sauce. And the soup looks so comforting yet very nutritious, I will have to add this to my Spring rotation. The rainy days will come!
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I’m a die hard chicken wing girl, but I do love the idea of transforming it into a soup! This looks warm and comforting, and probably more filling than the wings. I’ll have to give this one a try for sure
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Wow your buffalo chicken soup looks and sounds amazing. Love all the toppings! Need to try this recipe asap!
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I need to borrow my mom’s pressure cooker and make this – it sounds so comforting and inviting.
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Buffalo Chicken Soup sounds and looks delish!
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The idea of buffalo chicken in a soup is a wonderful idea. LOVE it… and the avocado on top doesn’t hurt either.
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Buffalo chicken soup!!! This is definitely going on the dinner menu!!
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omg i need to have this in my life. i’ll bet its just perfectly spicy and hearty and delicious. I can’t wait to try it. Another win for the pressure cooker!
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This soup looks and sounds delicious! And I love that you have shared the instructions for other pressure cookers. I have been thinking of getting one but haven’t been too sure which one to get. You’ve definitely helped me make my decision, thank you x
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It’s amazing what you can rustle up in the pressure cooker. This soup looks delicious and I bet the chicken is so tender.
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You recipe looks amazing! I’m a soup lover and I eat it year round. I’m loving every single ingredient in your list!! So thick and creamy! I can’t wait to make me a batch. Perfect for lunches!
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Great flavors for a soup. And fixing it in a pressure cooker makes it so easy.
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This looks amazing! I need to start eating lunch more often and also use my Instant Pot more, so this recipe came at the exact right time! I am buffalo chicken OBSESSED.
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Buffalo sauce is one of my favorite flavors, and I just love it in this soup! The avocado garnish is also a good call. Thanks for a wonderful recipe!
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My husband would LOVE this because it’s buffalo chicken and I’d love it because I love any excuse to whip out the ol’ pressure cooker rather than doing it the long way in a pot on the stove.
I have been wanting to buy a pressure cooker for so long, and now seeing this? This looks amazing!! I’m moving in 2 months, so I am definitely considering buying one when I get to my new house 🙂
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Wow now thats some good looking soup! You really nailed the pics and awesome explanation for how to make… you make it sound so easy! Love it :).
This chicken soup is perfect for the rainy days and is incredibly comforting! Can’t wait to make it and enjoy a couple of days in a row!
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I am looking forward to more low-carb recipes like this because it is exactly what I need at the moment! The soup is incredible and the colors are booming!
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Time to dust off our pressure cooker! I love anything with buffalo chicken in it. Soup never gets old in our house.
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You know you have a good healthy dinner when you have so many colors added to it. Love a good low-carb dinner idea like this. Thank you for sharing!
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I love the add of cream cheese to this buffalo chicken soup.
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I have a regular stovetop pressure cooker. I have not jumped on the Instant Pot bandwagon. I know I can adapt this delicious soup recipe. This sounds perfect for these still cool spring days. Love all the flavours here.
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I have never had a soup like this but now I want to!
Bufalo chicken soup looks such an awesome recipe! Love all those toppings 🙂 Will try this for sure. Thanks for sharing!
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This sounds wonderfully rich and hearty, and yet you’ve incorporated a whole bunch of cauliflower and celery, which is awesome. The avocado to garnish seems like a really nice touch too, and something that would go surprisingly well with buffalo chicken.
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Yum! This buffalo chicken soup sounds delicious! And I love that it can accommodate different dietary requirements like low carb and gluten free. That makes it perfect for entertaining as well because you can make sure that all of your guests will be able to enjoy it.
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This soup looks fresh and delicious. I am loving my instant pot and the way it infuses flavors and how quickly I can get a delicious meal on the table too. I can only imagine the creamy flavor that you added with the cream cheese! We eat soup year around and I can’t wait to try this one!
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I need to cut down on carbs too! (Gasp, bathing suit season is just around the corner!) This soup looks delicious, and I love all those topping ideas. YUM
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Good insight for the pressure cooker vs. intapot in the timing. I LOVE my instapot for meal prep and always looking for more inspo on that. This sounds tasty and I”m all about the toppings!!! Putting this in the rotation.
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I don’t care what time of year it is, I am always in the mood for soup. Although I don’t have a pressure cooker, I used to have one of those old ones but not anymore, this recipe sounds so good I’m going to modify it to make regularly. We are crazy about Buffalo Chicken so I know that this soup would be gobbled up in no time.
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I think this would translate to a traditional soup pot method with no problem! I hope you love it, Marisa!
Yum! This buffalo chicken soup looks like a great way to keep my carbs down and still enjoy all the flavors I love in buffalo chicken wings along with lots of veggies. This would be perfect for a crowd since I can set up all the toppings and everyone can make the soup their own.
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Yes, it’s a really fun alternative to chili in that way. I love extra bleu cheese and avocado on mine, the fella also adds cheddar and green onions to his.
Woah. So. I grew up right outside of Buffalo (on the Canadian side). Naturally, that makes me a lover of all things Buffalo style—add to that a chicken wing snob 😉 I’ve never ever seen Buffalo chicken soup before and this sound so so so good. What a unique idea. This takes cheddar beer soup and kicks its ass.
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I bet you are an excellent connoisseur of all things Buffalo then! I hope you give this soup a try, it’s one of my favorite ways to indulge in buffalo sauce.
This looks crazy amazing, will be making to tide us over this weekend! Thanks for the weekend.
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Delicious!! This is one of my favorite comfort food dinners, and I like serving it when friends come over too. Thanks for the great recipe!
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Just had this for dinner. The only deviation I made was to 1/2 in cube the chicken (husband does not like the texture of shredded meat) and pressure cook for 5 min on high (then immediately released) before continuing. I loved buffalo chicken and this was just what I needed today. 🙂 Thank you!
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Stephanie, I’m so glad to hear that you enjoyed this recipe! It’s such a great way to enjoy buffalo flavor on a cold day!