Heres a super easy yet satisfying meal prep recipe for lentil taco meat made in the Instant Pot! This is one of my favorite recipes to meal prep because it makes a huge batch and you can re heat it all week to use in tacos, burrito bowls, and burritos! Lentils are a great source of plant based protein so I try to eat them often! One cup of brown lentils has nearly 18 grams of protein. The mushrooms in this recipe also add a chewy texture so it’s not just completely mushy.
Recently I have been making all my recipes “nutritarian” style lately since I just graduated from the nutritarian coach certificate program by Dr. Joel Fuhrman! Nutritarian is a whole foods plant based style of eating that includes no added salt oil or sugar and focuses around the most nutrient dense foods. This lentil taco meat recipe fits into a nutritarian diet since it is low sodium and has no added oil. Theres a tiny bit of date syrup and liquid aminos in this recipe for some extra flavor but they can be omitted if you are trying to avoid them completely. Even with the tsp of braggs in this recipe there is still only 141 mg sodium per serving.
Instant Pot Lentil Taco Meat
Equipment
- Pressure cooker
Ingredients
- 1 onion diced
- 2 bell peppers diced
- 5 garlic cloves minced
- 8 oz shiitake mushrooms diced or any other mushrooms
- 1 lb dry brown lentils sorted and rinsed
- 3 tbsp quinoa
- 3 tsp chili powder
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp chipotle powder or cayenne pepper, or smoked paprika
- 4 tbsp tomato paste
- 2 1/4 cups water
- 2 cups low sodium veggie broth
- 1 1/2 tsp liquid aminos can omit to make salt free
- 1 tbsp date syrup
After its done cooking
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
Instructions
- 1. Set the instant pot to "saute". Once its heated up add in the onions, peppers, mushrooms and let them cook down for a few minutes to release their flavors. Splash in veggie broth to prevent sticking.
- 2. Add in the rest of the ingredients and stir. Press "cancel" on saute and press "manual" or "pressure cook" and set the time to 8 minutes. When the timer goes off do a natural release which takes about 17-20 ish minutes. Stir in another 2 tbsp of tomato paste when done. Serve on corn tortillas, lettuce leafs, in a burrito or a bowl.
