Name: Vegan Instant Pot One-Pot Lentils and Rice
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 tbsp 15 ml oil (or *dry sauté or add a little water/vegetable broth); 1/2 cup 80 g chopped onion; 2 cloves garlic (minced); 3 1/2 cups 820 ml water; 1 1/2 cups 278 g brown rice; 1 cup 192 g brown lentils; 1 cup 160 g peeled and diced rutabaga (or turnip or potato); 2 " (5-cm sprig fresh rosemary); 1 tbsp 2 g dried marjoram (or thyme); Salt and pepper (to taste)

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I’ve been sick for the past few days and that’s no fun at all. But at least having an Instant Pot can make it a little better. A girl still has to eat and Lentils and Rice with Rutabaga is a good one to make when you don’t have the energy to stand in front of the stove.

You can make this even less hands on by substituting onion powder and granulated garlic so you don’t even have to saute anything. Just dump in all the ingredients and about 1 teaspoon each of the onion powder and granulated garlic and cook on the pressure cooker setting.

The recipe is from my new book, The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook for Your Instant Pot. If you already have a copy of the book, please do me a favor and add a review for it on Amazon. It can even be one sentence, but it can make a huge difference in sales. Thank you!

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Vegan Instant Pot One-Pot Lentils and Rice

Some winter nights are so cold it’s hard to tear yourself away from the fire to make dinner. This is the recipe you need to make. It’s hearty, filling, and uses staples from your pantry. Plus, there’s only about 10 minutes of hands-on time, then you can go back to the couch and curl up under a throw until it’s ready to eat. Not cold where you are? This is still a winner because it takes so little effort to make!

Servings 4 servings

Calories 484 kcal

Author Kathy Hester

Ingredients

SAUTÉ INGREDIENTS

1 tbsp 15 ml oil (or *dry sauté or add a little water/vegetable broth)
1/2 cup 80 g chopped onion
2 cloves garlic minced

PRESSURE COOKER INGREDIENTS

3 1/2 cups 820 ml water
1 1/2 cups 278 g brown rice
1 cup 192 g brown lentils
1 cup 160 g peeled and diced rutabaga (or turnip or potato)
2 " 5-cm sprig fresh rosemary
1 tbsp 2 g dried marjoram (or thyme)
Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

For the sauté, use the sauté setting over normal, or medium heat, and heat the oil or broth. Add the onion and sauté until transparent, 5 minutes. Then add the garlic and sauté a minute more.
For the pressure cooker, add the water, brown rice, lentils, rutabaga, rosemary and marjoram to the onion mixture and stir to combine. Put the lid on and make sure that the vent is sealed. Cook on manual setting at high pressure and set for 23 minutes.
Let the pressure release naturally. Season with salt and pepper before serving and add more marjoram and ground rosemary as needed.

You don’t have to use rutabagas, but if you’ve never tried them I think you will be amazed at how delicious they are in this dish. You could use any root veggies though, including potatoes.

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Comments

Monica Mahoney says
February 20, 2017 at 8:47 am
This looks delicious!! I am a nutritionist and I just started my own blog about healthy and affordable eating, feel free to check it out! 🙂 http://www.onewaytohealth.com
I am looking forward to your next recipes! Monica x
Anita MacKenzie says
March 5, 2017 at 12:30 pm
This looks yummy! I am new to the Instant Pot way of cooking and heard about you through Chef AJ who has your recipe book (mine is on the way). For this recipe could you substitute basmati rice without having to change the cooking time? Thanks! Anita~
- Kathy Hester says
  March 5, 2017 at 3:46 pm
  If it’s brown basmati it should work fine!
Michelle Giroux says
October 21, 2017 at 3:04 pm
How about in a crock-pot?
- Kathy Hester says
  October 28, 2017 at 2:25 pm
  It would be alot different to make in a slow cooker. Look for a slow cooker jambalaya recipe and sub out the veggies and spices in this recipe.
BillD says
October 30, 2018 at 10:37 pm
We made this, and followed the recipe without any changes. We thought it was healthy and hearty, but very blah, almost like unseasoned rice and beans (despite what seemed like a lot of marjoram). We do plan to try it again, but we’ll add more of the rutabaga/onion/lentils, cut the veggies in larger chunks, and probably use something with more heat than black pepper.

Vegan Instant Pot Lentils and Rice with Rutabaga