apple chicken soup

[ilyena_sylph]

3 frozen chicken breasts
~1 cup water
~1/4 cup minced onions
~2 Tbsp. garlic powder
and a couple of generous shakes of McCormick's 'Smoky Mesquite' seasoning mix,

which all went into the Instant Pot for 12 minutes (poultry setting, slightly shortened) to thaw and cook the chicken.

I pulled it open as soon as it would let me, took scissors and a fork to the chicken to turn it into bites, and dropped it back in.

To the chopped chicken and onions I added:

~a few handfuls of dried apple slices, cut into bites
~a good handful of dried pear bits
~two InstantPot cups of rice
~more water
~a couple of tablespoons of chicken soup base.

That all went back into the Instant Pot for another 10 minutes (rice setting), and when it went off again there was food.