Instant Pot Chicken Jalapeno Popper Soup (Pressure Cooker)

Instant Pot Chicken Jalapeno Popper Soup w/cream cheese garnish is comfort, creamy, slightly spicy and quickly cooks in the pressure cooker. Low carb/keto.

Instant Pot Chicken Jalapeno Popper Soup

Imagine if a Jalapeno Popper and a bowl of Chicken Soup married and produced an offspring who follows a low carb or keto diet. The result is a very flavorful and filling thick bowl of soup.

Also imagine, if you could get this most delicious soup on the table in under 30 minutes, using an Instant Pot DUO Plus, Mealthy MultiPot or Pressure Cooker!

Cast of Ingredients for Instant Pot Chicken Jalapeno Popper Soup

My Air Fryer Bacon Wrapped Chicken Jalapeno Poppers are wildly popular.

In my new cookbook, This Old Gal’s Pressure Cooker Cookbook, I’ve included my famous Matzo Ball & Chicken Soup. It’s seriously delicious and no packaged up chicken bouillon or broth is added. My secret method makes my Chicken Soup incredible delicious.

As the hubs loves Jalapeno Poppers and I am crazy for soup, my idea for this Instant Pot Chicken Jalapeno Popper Soup recipe just came naturally one day, while I was figuring out what to make for dinner.

Sauté Onions in Schmaltz and Butter

Never one to eat the fat from any meat, I’ve always cut it off prior to cooking. As I started to prepare this Instant Pot Chicken Jalapeno Popper Soup recipe, it occurred to me that animal fat is suggested on a low carb or keto diet.

Growing up, most Jewish families has jars of schmaltz in their refrigerator and freezer. I remember most of my friends mothers preparing schmaltz.

What is Chicken Schmaltz?

• Schmaltz is a Yiddush word and Chicken Schmaltz is simply rendered chicken fat. Goose (another type of poultry) fat can be rendered as well and is also referred to as schmaltz.
• Schmaltz is used similarly as butter for frying meat or spreading on a piece of toast. Think of it in terms of cooking in bacon grease, but for Jews.
• Kashrut (Jewish dietary laws) prevent Jews from frying food in lard and butter, as mixing meat and dairy are not allowed. Northwestern and Eastern Jews (referred to as Ashkenazi Jews) did not have other oils, such as olive and sesame readily available, so they began rendering fat from poultry.

Frying Seasonings Increase the Flavor

What Seasonings are in Instant Pot Chicken Jalapeno Popper Soup?

• Sambal Oelek Ground Chili Paste
• Sea Salt and Pepper
• Ground Cumin
• Dried Oregano
• Paprika

Chicken, Cream and Broth, Oh My!!!

For questions on why I add Heavy Cream before pressure cooking, check out my Pressure Cooker Broccoli Cheddar Soup ~Low Carb Keto and my Pressure Cooker Low Carb Cheesy Cauliflower Soup recipes.

One of the huge benefits of cooking with an Instant Pot DUO Plus, Mealthy MultiPot or Pressure Cooker is that it is hands off.

Jalapeno Cream Cheese Topping

You know how when you bite into a popper, you get a squirt of warm cream cheese? It’s so creamy and yummy. My Jalapeno Cream Cheese Topper will give you the same, oh yum feeling.

The heavy cream will make my Jalapeno Cream Cheese Topper loose enough to put through a Pastry Bag so that cute little dollops can be placed all over the soup. A plain ole storage bag can be used too. Just cut off the tip and squeeze.

You can totally add this Jalapeno Cream in to the Instant Pot Chicken Jalapeno Popper Soup when you add back the chicken after shredding.

Tips and Tricks for Instant Pot Chicken Jalapeno Popper Soup.

1. Use full fat cream cheese if you are following low carb or keto.
2. Take out the cream cheese an hour before beginning to cook.
3. Buy blocks of cheese and use a ribbon grater to shred the cheese yourself. The package shredded cheese is mixed with cornstarch and doesn’t melt as easily.
4. If you don’t have Homemade Bone Broth, mix together chicken base with fresh water.
5. Jalapeno peppers sometimes become mild during cooking. Other times, not so much.
6. For a spicier soup, you might not want to clean all the jalapeno innards.
7. An electric hand held mixer will shred the chicken right in the pot. See my Pressure Cooker Shredded Buffalo Chicken Video.

Instant Pot Chicken Jalapeno Popper Soup

Whether you make this in a Instant Pot DUO Plus, Mealthy MultiPot or Pressure Cooker, the result will be fabulous.

More Instant Pot Soup Recipes to Enjoy!

• Pressure Cooker Nordstrom Tomato Basil Soup {Tomato Bisque}
• Pressure Cooker Low Carb Manhattan Clam Chowder Soup
• Instant Pot Steamed Clams in White Wine Garlic Butter

Kitchen Equipment and Essentials

• Instant Pot DUO Plus, Mealthy MultiPot or Pressure Cooker
• J.A. Henckels Classic 8 inch Chef’s Knife
• Amco Advanced Performance 18/10 Stainless Steel Measuring Spoons
• Culina Stackable (Dry) Stainless Steel Measuring Cups
• Anchor Hocking Glass (Liquid) Measuring Cups
• Rösle Stainless Steel Flat Whisk– a MUST have, probably my most used utensil
• di Oro Living Silicone Spatulas Set
• LamsonSharp Chef’s Slotted Turner– I totally love this spatula!
• Alpha Armour Salt Box with Spoon
• Gravity Electric Salt and Pepper Grinder
• Sonder LA End Grain Teak Cutting Board, Juice Grooves & Compartments
• Small 1.5 Quart “Pot in Pot” Mixing Bowl
• Microplane Artisan Ribbon Grater

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Here is the handy printable recipe:

Pressure Cooker Chicken Jalapeno Popper Soup

5 from 6 votes

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Course: Appetizer, Dinner, Lunch, Main Course

Cuisine: Cuban/Mexican, Keto, Latino, Low Carb, Mexican American

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 2 minutes

Pressure Release: 10 minutes

Total Time: 17 minutes

Servings: 8 bowls

Calories: 498kcal

Author: Jill Selkowitz

Ingredients

Soup Ingredients (Ing to Jalapeno Cream included in totals)

• 1.5 pounds Chicken Breasts Boneless/Skinless cut into chunks
• 4 ounces Salted Butter
• 4 ounces Yellow/Brown Onion diced
• 2 teaspoons Sambal Oelek Ground Chili Paste divided*
• 1 teaspoon Ground Cumin
• 2 teaspoons Sea Salt
• 1 teaspoon Freshly Ground Black Pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon Dried Oregano
• 1/4 teaspoon Paprika
• 5 large Jalapeno Peppers divided*
• 2 cloves Fresh Garlic minced
• 1 cup Heavy Cream** divided*
• 2 cups Chicken Broth
• 6 ounces Cream Cheese divided*
• 1 cup Sharp Cheddar Cheese shredded (save a TLB for topping)
• 1 cup Monterey Jack or Oaxaca Cheese shredded (save a TLB for topping)

* Jalapeno Cream Topper (below ingredients are taken from amounts above)

• 3 Tablespoons Cream Cheese
• 1/4 cup Heavy Cream
• 1 large Jalapeno Pepper cleaned/minced
• 1 teaspoon Sambal Oelek Ground Chili Paste

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Instructions

• Remove stems and seeds from jalapeno peppers.  Slice four peppers and mince one jalapeno.  Set aside the minced jalapeno for the Jalapeno Cream Topper.
• Select Sauté or Browning on pressure cooker and allow to fully heat.
• Remove fat from chicken and add to hot cooking pot and allow to render for 30 seconds to make schmatlz.  Add butter and onions and sauté for 1 minute.
• Add 1 teaspoon Sambal Oelek, salt, cumin, black pepper, paprika and oregano and sauté for 2 minutes.
  
• Add sliced jalapeno peppers, garlic and combine with onions.  Turn off pressure cooker.
  
• Add chicken pieces and pour in 3/4 cup heavy cream and chicken broth.
  
• Lock on lid and close pressure valve. Cook at high pressure for 2 minutes. When beep sounds, wait 10 minutes and then release the rest of the pressure.
  
• Remove lid and pull out chicken. Shred chicken.  Let pot stay on "Keep Warm."  To cooking pot, stir in 3 ounces cream cheese, cheddar cheese and Oaxaca cheese.  When cheese has melted, mix in shredded chicken.
  
• Jalapeno Cream Topper - While soup is cooking, whisk together Jalapeno Cream Topper ingredients.  (Remember, the amounts used for this topper are taken from the total measurements to the recipe, not in addition.)
  
• Serve each bowl of soup with a big dollop of jalapeno cream and sprinkling of shredded cheese.  Alternatively and to make things easier, all the Jalapeno Cream Topper ingredients can be added directly to the pot of soup and mixed in right before serving.
  

Notes

** If substituting a half & half or milk for heavy cream, make sure to add it after pressure release and not at the same time as the broth. Otherwise, your soup will curdle.

To stretch the recipe, add another half cup of broth and increase seasonings to:

• Sambal Oelek - 1.5 teaspoons
• Cumin 1.25 teaspoons
• Oregano - 1/2 teaspoon
• Paprika 1/2 teaspoon
• Garlic 3 cloves

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Pressure Cooker Chicken Jalapeno Popper Soup

Amount Per Serving

Calories 498 Calories from Fat 342

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 38g 58%

Saturated Fat 24g 120%

Cholesterol 153mg 51%

Sodium 535mg 22%

Potassium 461mg 13%

Total Carbohydrates 5g 2%

Dietary Fiber 0g 0%

Sugars 2g

Protein 32g 64%

Vitamin A 23.1%

Vitamin C 3.9%

Calcium 23%

Iron 4.8%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Pressure Cooker Chicken Jalapeno Popper Soup ~ Low Carb/Keto