• Turn Instant Pot to [Sauté] mode. Add butter to pot, allow to melt, foam up, subside, and just begin to brown. Watch it carefully or it could burn. As soon as butter starts to turn a caramel brown, add onions, carrots, and celery. Sauté veggies for one minute, then add garlic and sauté for one more minute. (Seriously, set a timer or count.)
• Pour in one cup of the broth and scrape off any browned bits from the bottom of the pot.
• Add egg noodles, then chicken, and pour broth over all. Submerge noodles into liquid.
• Next, press [Cancel] to turn OFF Instant Pot from sautéing.
• Check lid to make sure seal is seated well and all parts are in place.
• Place lid on pot and turn until it locks in place. You can hear a beep when it is closed properly.
• Turn Release Valve (black knob on top of machine) to [Sealing].
• Set Program by pressing [Soup] (or [Pressure Cook] or [Manual]).
• Set Pressure level to [High Pressure].
• Adjust Time by pressing the [+] or [-] buttons to desired time.

  NOTE: Your desired cooking time is based on your noodles. Check the instructions on the bag. Find the number of minutes. Choose the lowest number and cut that in half. Round down if this number is a half. For example, if your noodles say boil 7-9 minutes, cut the 7 in half (3.5 minutes) round down to 3 minutes. Set your pressure cooking time to just 3 minutes.
• Start your pressure cooker.

  For Newbies: If you have the DUO or the LUX, Pause for 10 seconds and the IP turns on automatically. To turn on the Ultra or the MAX, press Start. The Instant Pot will beep when it starts heating up. It should say ON in the display. The pot and soup are heating up and coming to pressure during this time. When it reaches pressure, the float valve (small silver or red circle on top) will sputter, and within a minute or two should pop up and stop sputtering. Next, the display should switch over to your cooking time and begin to count down. When it is finished cooking, it will beep.
• Quick Release the Pressure:

  With noodles and pasta, you should Quick Release to stop the cooking process so your noodles don’t get overcooked. Carefully, keeping your hand to the side and your face back, turn Release Valve (black knob) to Venting. Hot steam will immediately begin shooting out like a steam locomotive. Your dog will bark and your children will shout! When the float valve drops, your pot is no longer under pressure and it can be safely opened.

  Noodles and Pasta are starchy foods, and sometimes starch can come spewing out of the Steam Release Valve. Should this happen to you, quickly and carefully close the valve. You can use your hand, a wooden spoon, or a towel. But be careful to reach around the side, not over the top of the valve where the liquid and steam are spewing from. Wait about 5 minutes and try again. You may end up having to release the steam in short, controlled spurts until the starch stops coming out.
• Carefully taste for seasoning and add salt, if necessary.

Stove Top Instructions

• Using a large, heavy-bottomed soup pot, turn heat on to medium-high heat. Add butter to pot, allow to melt, foam up, subside, and just begin to brown. Watch it carefully or it could burn.
• As soon as butter starts to turn a caramel brown, add onions, carrots, and celery.
• Add salt to these aromatic vegetables while they are sautéeing.
• Sauté veggies until onions are clear and carrots are tender, then add garlic and sauté for one more minute. (Seriously, set a timer or count, so the garlic doesn’t burn.)
• Pour in one cup of the broth and scrape off any browned bits from the bottom of the pot.
• Add remaining broth and bring to a boil. When soup is boiling, add egg noodles and chicken. Stir noodles into liquid.
• Simmer for the length of time the noodles should cook, according to package directions.
• Carefully taste for seasoning and add salt, if necessary. Enjoy!