Instant Pot Meatless Lentil Stew

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Instant Pot Meatless Lentil Stew

Instant Pot Meatless Lentil Stew, an easy vegan and plant based recipe for a delicious, hearty, and comforting stew .

Prep Time5

Cook Time30

Total Time35

Course: Dinner, Lunch, Meal

Cuisine: Mediterranean Diet, Vegan, vegetarian

Servings:

Equipment

Instant Pot

Ingredients

3 tbsp Olive Oil
1 Red Onion. - Chopped Small
½ cup Carrot. -- Chopped
1 cup Brown Lentils.
2 cups Vegetable Broth --Or the broth of your choice
1 tbsp Soy Sauce
1 tsp Garlic Powder
1 tsp Onion Powder
¼ tsp Dried Rosemary
¼ tsp Dried Thyme
½ tsp Salt
½ tsp Pepper
¼ cup Tomato Sauce

Instructions

Saute Set your pot to the saute setting and heat the olive oil until warm. Once the oil is warm you can add the diced onion to the warm oil and saute until fragrant and slightly transparent (about three minutes).
Combine. Add the carrots, lentils, broth, soy sauce and seasonings to the pot. Close the lid and valve (make sure the pressure valve is in the correct position, according to the manufacturers' directions) and set the pot to high pressure for 20 minutes.
Release. Allow the Instant Pot to naturally release and then take the lid off of the pot and turn the saute mode back on.
Tomato Sauce. Stir in the tomato sauce and continue to cook for five minutes or until thickened.

Recipe Notes

*Please check the nutritional labels to assure that you are sticking to your diet restrictions for any substitutions used.
Also, please see the actual recipe post for further details on this recipe.

Nutritional Information is only an estimate and can vary especially with ingredients that are used.

To make this recipe fully vegan, please make sure that you are using fully vegan ingredients.
See Foodwineandlove.com for details on this recipe.

originally posted:

January 5, 2026

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Nutrition

Please note: Nutritional data has been calculated using a tool that comes with this recipe card and not by me. This means that Nutritional Information is only an estimate and can vary especially with ingredients that you use. The accuracy of this tool may differ from other tools as expected. Also note that there is no instructional value to the video that may be attached to this recipe. It is only there for visual pleasure. For more information about the images in this recipe, please refer the the recipe instructions. Thank you!

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