Dinner for 6
Instant Pot Lentils
Tender lentils, vegetables, tomatoes, and kielbasa cook under pressure with savory seasonings for a hearty one-pot meal.
$2.25per serving $$
60 minstart to table
6servings
Ingredients
- 2 cups split green lentils
- 4 cups unsalted chicken stock or vegetable stock
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 carrots
- 2 ribs celery
- 2 tbsp ghee or unsalted butter
- 1 lb smoked kielbasa sausage
- 1 onion
- 1 shallot
- 6 cloves garlic
- 14 oz crushed tomatoes
- 1 tsp cumin seed
- 1 tbsp regular soy sauce
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 dash balsamic vinegar (optional)
- freshly grated parmesan cheese
Steps
- Set a 6-quart electric pressure cooker to sauté, melt the ghee, and cook the onion, shallot, carrots, celery, and garlic for 8 minutes.
- Add the sliced kielbasa and cook for 4 minutes.
- Stir in the lentils, stock, crushed tomatoes, bay leaves, cumin, soy sauce, and fish sauce.
- Seal the cooker and cook at high pressure for 15 minutes.
- Let the pressure release naturally for 15 minutes, then release any remaining pressure.
- Remove the bay leaves, stir in the balsamic vinegar, and top each portion with Parmesan.
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