INSTANT POT WILD RICE MUSHROOM LENTIL STEW! Hearty, filling, SOUPER nutritious soup loaded with a variety of mushrooms, high protein and fiber black lentils, chewy and filling wild rice and lots of veggies! This stew is loaded with a variety of veggies like onion, carrots, celery, bell peppers, as well as a blend of crimini, shiitake and oyster mushrooms. Almond butter is stirred in at the end to make the broth creamy without using any dairy.
I love making a giant pot of stew as a meal prep recipe to eat over the next couple days. It is a nourishing meal with carbs, fats, protein and veggies all in one bowl and is so convenient to scoop some out and re heat for a no fuss lunch or dinner! Check out this recipe in my last meal prep video here
INGREDIENTS YOU WILL NEED
- onion
- celery
- carrots
- bell pepper
- veggie broth
- water
- dry black lentils
- wild rice
- no salt seasoning blend
- dried thyme
- bay leaves
- low sodium soy sauce
- mixed variety of mushrooms
- almond butter or canned coconut cream
- nutritional yeast
HOW TO MAKE WILD RICE MUSHROOM LENTIL SOUP
- Add ingredients to Instant Pot pressure cooker. Pressure cook 25 minutes, natural release.
- At the end, stir in the almond butter (or coconut cream) and nutritional yeast till smooth and creamy.
WILD RICE MUSHROOM LENTIL STEW
Equipment
- 1 Electric pressure cooker
Ingredients
- 1 onion diced
- 3 celery ribs diced
- 3 carrots peeled and diced
- 1 bell pepper diced
- 4 cups veggie broth
- 3 cups water
- 1 cup dry black lentils, rinsed/ sorted
- 1 cup wild rice, pre soaked in hot water for 1 hr
- 1 tbsp no salt seasoning blend like Mrs Dash
- 2 tsp dried thyme
- 3 bay leaves
- 1.5 tbsp low sodium soy sauce
- 12 oz chopped mushrooms, mixed variety I do combination of shiitake, crimini and oyster
Add in at the end
- 1/4- 1/3 cup raw almond butter or coconut cream, or tahini
- 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
Instructions
- 1. Add all ingredients to Instant Pot pressure cooker and stir. Put the lid on and turn the valve to "sealing". Press "manual" and adjust the time to 25 minutes. When Its done do a full natural release- about 15-20 minutes.
- When the natural release is up, carefully turn the valve to release any remaining pressure and take off the lid. Stir in raw almond butter or coconut cream and nutritional yeast. Season with salt and pepper to your taste.
