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
- Method: Pressure Cooker
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Gluten Free
Description
This cozy Pressure Cooker Buffalo Chicken Soup offers the best flavors of classic buffalo wings, minus the orange-stained fingers and loud sports bar.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ 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 ½ cups celery, chopped
- 1 cup green onion, chopped
- ½ cup buffalo sauce
- ½ tsp cracked black pepper
- ¼ 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: ⅙ 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
Julie Menghini says
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!
Daniela says
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.
Sean@Diversivore says
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.
Geetanjali Tung says
Bufalo chicken soup looks such an awesome recipe! Love all those toppings 🙂 Will try this for sure. Thanks for sharing!
Nicole Hood says
I have never had a soup like this but now I want to!
Gloria says
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.
Maman de sara says
I love the add of cream cheese to this buffalo chicken soup.
Deseree says
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!
Jacquelyn Hastert says
Time to dust off our pressure cooker! I love anything with buffalo chicken in it. Soup never gets old in our house.
April says
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!
Mimi says
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!
Daniela says
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 :).
Cathleen @ A Taste of Madness says
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 🙂
Claire | The Simple, Sweet Life says
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.
Amanda says
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!
Sam Harbison says
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.
kallee says
Great flavors for a soup. And fixing it in a pressure cooker makes it so easy.
Amanda Mason says
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!
Kacie Morgan says
It's amazing what you can rustle up in the pressure cooker. This soup looks delicious and I bet the chicken is so tender.
Michelle says
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