Instant Pot White Bean Soup with Chicken Recipe (2024)

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posted by Crissy Pageon Feb 15, 2018 (updated Jan 19, 2024) 19 comments »

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This healthy Instant Pot white bean soup is hearty, flavorful, and loaded with nutritious superfoods! I’d like to thank Hurst’s Brand for sponsoring this post.

Instant Pot White Bean Soup Recipe

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As we soldier through the final weeks of winter, it’s the perfect time to try this warm and satisfying Instant Pot white bean and chicken soup recipe.

This is a hearty soup, while also being incredibly healthy. This easy Instant Pot soup is loaded with superfoods including protein-packed Hurst’s Brand Great Northern Beans, carrots, celery, kale, tender chicken breast and plenty of delicious fresh herbs.

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Here’s what you’ll need to make this healthy Instant Pot white bean soup:

1 20 oz. package Hurst’s Great Northern Beans
2 chicken breasts
8 cups low sodium chicken broth
3 carrots, sliced
2 stalks celery, sliced
1 medium onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 teaspoons fresh rosemary, chopped
1 teaspoon fresh thyme
3 cups kale, chopped
Juice of 1/2 lemon
Freshly cracked black pepper to taste

I’m kind of obsessed with my Instant Pot right now! It helps me put my favorite foods on the table, faster. It’s definitely great for cooking dried beans!

Healthy Instant Soup

As I mentioned, this easy Instant Pot soup is simply loaded with nutritious ingredients.

That’s the great thing about cooking with beans. Beans are truly the perfect protein. They are low fat and high in fiber, which means you can feel great about serving them to your family.

Looking for a vegan version of this scrumptious Instant Pot white bean soup? No problem! Just swap the chicken broth for vegetable broth, and drop the chicken!

If you’re looking for more healthy Instant Pot soup recipes, don’t miss my incredible Instant Pot Taco Soup.

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I particularly love buying Hurst’s Brand beans because of the flavor packet included in the bag. These Great Northern beans come with a really tasty ham flavor packet that I always save for later, even if I’m not using it in a given recipe!

If you’re a lover-of-legumes (like me), don’t miss my easy Crock Pot 15 Bean Soup, this flavorful Salsa Chili and my yummy Lentil Stew.

You can pick up Hurst’s Beans in the dry beans section of your local grocery store. I get mine at Kroger and Walmart.

Looking for more great Instant Pot recipes? Don’t miss my perfect Instant Pot pot roast and this delicious Instant Pot corned beef and cabbage.

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How to Make Instant Pot White Bean Soup

Check out our tutorial video to see how this easy Instant Pot white bean soup comes together. I hope you love this healthy Instant Pot white bean and chicken soup as much as we do!

Yield: 8 servings

Additional Time: 1 hour 20 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes

Ingredients

1 lb. Hurst's Great Northern Beans, rinsed and debris removed
2 chicken breasts, 1 to ½ lbs.
8 cups low sodium chicken broth
3 carrots, sliced
2 stalks celery, sliced
1 medium onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 teaspoons fresh rosemary, chopped
1 teaspoon fresh thyme
3 cups kale, chopped
Juice of 1/2 lemon
Freshly cracked black pepper, to taste

Instructions

Remove the flavor packet from the beans and save for later use. After rinsing your beans and removing debris, add beans to the Instant Pot and cover with 8 cups of chicken broth. Make sure your valve is set to sealing and the lid is locked. Pressure cook on high pressure for 40 minutes then quick release.
Remove the lid, add the carrots, celery, onion, garlic, rosemary, thyme and kale; stir. Place chicken breast in the pot. Replace lid, set to cook on high pressure for 15 minutes. Allow to natural release for 5 minutes, then move valve to release the rest of the pressure.
Remove the chicken and shred. Return the shredded chicken to the pot and stir. Squeeze a bit of lemon juice into the pot and finish with freshly cracked black pepper. Serve hot and enjoy!

Nutrition Information:

Yield: 8
Amount Per Serving:Calories: 230

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originally published on Feb 15, 2018 (last updated Jan 19, 2024)

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19 comments on “Instant Pot White Bean & Chicken Soup”

Drucilla — March 11, 2020 @ 9:00 pm Reply
Just to verify: when you say, “Remove the flavor packet from the beans and save for later use,” you mean to use it in a different recipe altogether, and you do NOT use it in this soup, right?
Sara — January 17, 2020 @ 7:01 pm Reply
I only have canned beans available, how much should I decrease the liquid?
Mike — December 10, 2019 @ 12:58 pm Reply
I love all bean, but especially white beans. I have got to try this.

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Patti Malone — September 14, 2019 @ 11:59 am Reply
Hey Chrissy…I would love to be able to use frozen chicken breast for this recipe. How would I alter the recipe to do so?
Thanks!
Patti
Sandra — July 17, 2019 @ 3:38 pm Reply
Is there an easy way to prep and freeze this ahead of time?
Terry — September 16, 2018 @ 9:58 pm Reply
Made this today. I subbed spinach for kale, kale doesn’t like me. It was yummy!
Rating: 5
- Crissy — September 17, 2018 @ 9:55 am Reply
  Hi Terry, thanks for commenting. I’m so glad you loved my white bean and chicken soup. I need to try it with spinach next time! :)
Liz — March 4, 2018 @ 6:29 am Reply
Looks delicious, but I don’t have an IP. Can I use a crockpot instead? How does that change the directions? Thank you!
- Jackie sanders — December 10, 2019 @ 10:18 am Reply
  Can this be made in a crock pot and/or a regular stew pot on top of the stove?
Laura Strnad — February 20, 2018 @ 6:07 pm Reply
Can this be made in a slow cooker and if so how long?
Miriam — February 19, 2018 @ 3:00 pm Reply
Are the beans still supposed to be hard after the 40 minutes on high pressure? Making this now, and mine were. So, I’m adding a little more time before putting in the veggies and chicken. Hope I’m not making a mistake — only my second recipe in my IP. :)
- Crissy — February 20, 2018 @ 1:08 pm Reply
  Miriam, they definitely need that additional time that the recipe requires! :)
Scarlet — February 18, 2018 @ 8:26 pm Reply
This sounds so good. I love that everything in the soup recipe is healthy for you. Also using dried beans helps keep costs down so that is great:)
Brooke — February 18, 2018 @ 4:50 pm Reply
Can I replace kale with spinach and would it need less time?
- Crissy — February 19, 2018 @ 9:22 am Reply
  Yes you can, and it would be the same cooking time.
Michelle — February 16, 2018 @ 7:22 pm Reply
Delicious Made the soup, changes used spinach instead of kale, extra carrots, celeryand added a couple of bay leaves. Awesome recipe thank you for sharing. This has been added to make again list.
Rating: 5
- Crissy — February 17, 2018 @ 9:31 am Reply
  Yay, I’m SO glad you liked it, Michelle!!!?
Michelle — February 16, 2018 @ 11:24 am Reply
Recipe looks great going to make it today. Thank you for sharing.
Francis — February 16, 2018 @ 8:47 am Reply
This turned out great!
Rating: 5