Description
Green chile, rice and chicken soup. It’s a swamp colored soup that actually tastes awesome! Make it in the Instant Pot or Crockpot.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 cups chicken broth, divided
- 3/4 cup converted or white rice
- 4 boneless skinless chicken thighs
- 4 ounces diced green chiles
- 3 cups spinach
- 1 rib of celery
- 5 cloves of garlic
- 3/4 tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
Instructions
Instant Pot Instructions:
- Add 2 cups of the broth into the Instant Pot. Add in the rice and the chicken.
- In a blender add 2 cups of the broth, 4 ounces green chiles, spinach, celery and garlic. Blend until smooth. Pour into the Instant Pot.
- Finally add in the salt, pepper, cumin, onion powder and garlic powder.
- Cover Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set the SOUP button to 10 minutes. When time is up let pot sit for 5-10 minutes and then move valve to venting. Remove the lid.
- Remove the chicken and shred or cut into pieces and then stir it back into the pot.
- Ladle soup into bowls and serve with a dollop of sour cream.
Slow Cooker Instructions:
- In a blender add 2 cups of the broth, 4 ounces green chiles, spinach, celery and garlic. Blend until smooth. Pour into the slow cooker.
- Add in the remaining 2 cups of broth, chicken, rice, salt, pepper, cumin, onion powder and garlic powder.
- Cover and cook on low for 4 hours.
- Remove the chicken and shred or cut into pieces and then stir it back into the slow cooker.
- Ladle soup into bowls and serve with a dollop of sour cream.
- Category: Soup
- Method: Instant Pot or Slow Cooker