Instant Pot beans and lentils are perfect if you’re looking for quick, easy, and affordable meals. This collection of recipes is guaranteed to cure all of those comfort food cravings in a fraction of the time.
Why Cook Beans And Lentils In YourInstant Pot?
I don’t know about you, but I’m ALWAYS busy. Between my day job, the blog and family obligations, I’m always trying to find ways to get dinner on the table in less than 30 minutes .
Other than it being fast, here are some more reasons you should make Instant Pot beans and lentils.
- Delicious . Cooking under pressure infuses the bean and lentil recipes with even more flavor.
- Hands off . Allows you to multitask while making dinner.
- Easy clean up . Most of these recipes are one pot, dump and cook meals so you have less dishes to do.
- Affordable . Beans are an affordable pantry staple when you’re trying to stretch a budget.
- High in protein . Beans and lentils are nearly as high in protein as meat per serving and perfect for a Vegetarian lifestyle.
Below you’ll find information on how to cook lentils , how to cook beans , lentil recipes , bean recipes , and a plethora of lentil soup recipes .
Instant Pot Beans & Lentils Recipes
Using a pressure cooker is the easiest and fastest way to cook beans and lentils. If you’re looking for fool-proof Instant Pot chickpea recipes , recipes for pinto beans , and tons of other types of beans you’re going to love this collection of recipes! Here you will learn how to cook lentils, how to cook beans , and how to cook chickpeas and then some!
How to Cook Beans in the Instant Pot | Perfect Instant Pot Beans
If you’re looking for how to cook pressure cooker lentils, you’ve come to the right place. Learn all about lentils and how to cook them in the Instant Pot.
Instant Pot Hummus
Instant Pot Hummus is so good, you’re never going to want to make it a different way. Pressure cooking the chickpeas not only changes their texture but cooks them in a fraction of the time that it would take on the stovetop. This is absolutely worth the minimal effort to make it this way.
Instant Pot Barley and Lentil Pilaf
This Barley and Lentil Pilaf is the perfect vegetarian side dish you never knew you needed in your life. It’s savory, crave-worthy and super easy to make in your Instant Pot.
Instant Pot Black Beans And Chorizo Soup
Instant Pot Harira Soup
This Instant Pot Harira Soup is a deliciously authentic Moroccan stew that makes a perfect appetizer or main course. This vegan soup is to die for!
Instant Pot Vegetarian Chili
This Vegetarian Chili Recipe is the perfect dish for a cool Fall or Winter day when you want something warm, comforting and vegan-friendly!
Slow Cooker Chana Masala + Video
Super easy pour and cook Slow Cooker Chana Masala recipe! This recipe is an easy way to get a restaurant-style chana masala at home that is full of flavor!
Tuscan Bean Soup | Tuscan Ribollita
This Tuscan Bean Soup, or Tuscan Ribollita is a delicious traditional Italian soup made using stale bread and cannellini beans you can make right in your Instant Pot, Slow Cooker, or on the stove!
Instant Pot Pakistani Haleem
Pakistani Haleem is an amazing comfort food with a nourishing mix of grains, lentils, and meat. I’ve made it simple with the Instant Pot so you don’t have to cook all day, so if you’ve ever wondered how to make haleem in an Instant Pot or Pressure cooker, let me show you a one-step method to make this.
Five Minute Hummus
Make this and tell me how it’s any faster to get this at the store. By the time you walk into the store, put it in your cart, pay for it…I’ll have eaten half the homemade hummus.
Sambar Recipe
This Sambar recipe will show you how to make an authentic Andhra Sambar right in your Instant Pot! Enjoy a delicious traditional Indian soup in no time!
Instant Pot Kenyan Kunde | Black-Eyed Peas with Peanuts
This Instant Pot Kenyan Kunde is a nutritious recipe with black-eyed peas and peanuts that makes a yummy, filling vegan recipe in your pressure cooker. Start with dry beans and have dinner ready in under 30 minutes!
Instant Pot Indian Sookha Kala Chana Black Chick Peas
Instant Pot Kala Chana. Make a classic Indian dish in your pressure cooker to provide a healthy, nutritious, vegan snack or side dish. High fiber, low glycemic index and a great source of vegetarian protein.
Black Bean Soup | Instant Pot Recipe
This Black Bean Soup combines a handful of ingredients for a very tasty and easy dump and cook soup recipe. Make it in your Instant Pot or Pressure Cooker!
Pressure Cooker Black Eyed Peas With Ham
Dump and cook Southern style Pressure Cooker Black Eyed Peas with ham and greens are so fast! A quick way to make a dish that used to take all day!
Pressure Cooker Vegetarian Black Eyed Peas
Healthy, nutritious Indian Lobia or Indian Vegetarian Black Eyed Peas cooks in your Instant Pot or Pressure cooker in less than 10 minutes under pressure.
Jamaican Peas and Rice | Instant Pot Recipe
Make this traditional Jamaican Peas and Rice recipe in your Instant Pot in about 20 minutes using this recipe! Great as a side or vegetarian meal!
Boston Baked Beans Recipe
This Boston Baked Beans Recipe has got to be the easiest way to make baked beans! These beans are delectably sweet and make the perfect side dish!
Instant Pot Black Beans and Rice
Make this easy, Cuban-inspired Instant Pot Black Beans and Rice for a dish that’s bursting with flavor! Simple steps and easy ingredients.
Easy Instant Pot Pinto Beans
This Instant Pot Pinto Beans recipe will quite possibly be the best Mexican-style beans you’ve ever had. It’s super easy to make in your Instant Pot and it tastes so very good!
Pressure Cooker Refried Beans | Never Buy Canned Again!
Make authentic-tasting refried beans in your Instant Pot with this Pressure Cooker Refried Beans recipe! They’re quick to make and absolutely delicious!
Instant Pot Indian Rajma Kidney Beans
Every Punjabi household has their own version of rajma, and nothing says comfort food like this Instant Pot Indian Rajma Kidney Beans. It’s what you cook on a day you’re tired, couldn’t be bothered to cook too much, and are pretty much out of ideas anyway.
Instant Pot Mexican Ground Beef Casserole With Rice And Beans
This Mexican Ground Beef Casserole is a super family-friendly meal that you’re going to love! Make it quickly and easily in your Instant Pot.
Red Lentil Soup
Hearty Vegan Creamy Lentil soup is not just good, it’s also good for you, and very easy to make in your pressure cooker or Instant Pot.
Instant Pot Lentil Soup
This Instant Pot Lentil Soup is always at the top of my must-make-soups list when the weather cools down. It’s a beautiful vegan lentil soup that comes out perfectly in the Instant Pot!
Khichadi Rice and Lentils | Pressure Cooker Recipe
Make this Khichadi Rice and Lentils recipe in your Instant Pot to create the ultimate Indian comfort food! This recipe is super tasty and vegetarian and vegan friendly!
Dal Makhani Creamy Lentils
Make restaurant-style Indian Dal Makhani at home in your pressure cooker. Smooth, creamy, spicy, and hearty plant proteins for great taste, and good health.
Instant Pot Lebanese Lentils and Rice | Pressure Cooker Mujadarra Recipe
Lebanese Lentils and Rice or Mujadara recipe is a one-pot, one-step dish, that uses the Instant Pot to make this classic comfort dish
Instant Pot Moong Dal Soup | Lentils Moong Dal Soup
My Instant Pot Moong Dal Soup is a delicious traditional Indian soup recipe that you’ll absolutely love. This recipe is made super easy with the help of an Instant Pot and makes a delicious lunch or dinner recipe.
Instant Pot Langar Ki Dal | Indian Vegetarian Lentils
If you like dal, you’re going to love this Langar Ki Dal, which is the creamiest, most flavorful way to combine and cook two dals in your Instant pot!
Indian Dal Soup | Instant Pot Blender Recipe
Make a deliciously warming Indian Dal Soup with minimal effort in an Instant Pot Blender! Not to mention it’s gluten free and vegan friendly!
Indian Chana Dal Fry | A Delicious Instant Pot Vegan Dish
Dal Fry dishes are very popular and for a good reason. The combination of the creamy dal, the crisp and caramelized onions, the taste of the ghee and cumin seeds, and the occasional piece of tomato combine very well together, producing a complex range of flavors from a simple dish.
Pressure Cooker Rice and Dal
One pot meal making has to be the best thing ever. This one is fast, vegan, gluten-free, and best of all, yummy. Pressure Cooker Rice and Dal is Indian comfort food made easy. Learn how to make rice and dal at the same time in your Instant Pot.
Vegetarian Tortilla Soup | An Easy Vegetarian Soup Recipe
If you’re looking for a vegetarian soup dish or just a delicious dish in general, you’re sure to enjoy this Vegetarian Tortilla Soup. It’s quick and easy Instant Pot recipe that’s both flavorful and healthy!
Split Pea Soup with Ham | A Simple and Hearty Soup
This Split Pea and Ham Soup is a warm and hearty soup that makes a great simple dinner option! It’s a fantastic dish to make for those times that you have left over ham in the fridge. And best of all, you can make this in your slow cooker or Instant Pot!
Instant Pot Sauerkraut Soup
Use your Instant Pot to make this delicious, low-carb Sauerkraut Soup recipe! It’s an easy dump and cook recipe that cooks in 30 minutes .
Pressure Cooker Indian Moong Dal
This recipe for Pressure Cooker Indian Moong Dal cooks so fast in your pressure cooker or Instant Pot, that it makes this hearty, protein-rich dal easy to make for weeknight dinners.
Chickpea Soup
I love making soup in my Instant Pot, and I am actually a chickpea soup lover. This Vegan Moroccan Chickpea Soup is no exception. It’s a hearty vegan dish, full of flavor and plant protein.
Moroccan Chickpea Soup | Instant Pot Recipe
I love making soup in my Instant Pot, and I am actually a chickpea soup lover. This Vegan Moroccan Chickpea Soup is no exception. It’s a hearty vegan dish, full of flavor and plant protein.
Instant Pot Vegan Indian Chickpea Salad | Chana Salad
Chana Salad or Chickpea Salad is made in no-cook vegan salad made in 30 minutes and is combined with freshly chopped vegetables for a delightful bite.
Instant Pot Chana Masala | Indian Chickpeas
If you’re looking for a delicious homestyle Chana Masla made easy in your Instant Pot, this is the recipe you’ve been waiting for!
Simple Lentil Soup Recipe
Make this delicious and authentic tasting Simple Lentil Soup Recipe with just a few basic ingredients. It’s quick and easy to make in your Instant Pot or pressure cooker.
Need More Suggestions For Cooking Instant Pot Beans and Lentils?
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Want More Instant Pot Recipes?
- Instant Pot Butter Chicken is an easy 30-minute dinner and you can make rice on top of it, as the video shows.
- Pressure Cooker Rice and Dal is a great vegetarian rice dinner.
- This Lebanese Lentil and Rice dish is another great Vegetarian Instant Pot recipe .
- Instant Pot Indian Khichadi is comfort food in a bowl!
- Instant Pot Risotto with Shrimp is another one-pot comfort meal.
- Buffalo chicken casserole for the days you want low carb recipes
- You might also like low carb Chicken Biryani that uses riced cauliflower.
- Chicken and Mushrooms are a great combo.
- My kids love Instant Pot Pork Chops with Rice and Vegetables
- Zucchini Lasagna - You won’t even miss the pasta.
- Haluski Recipe - A wonderful cabbage and noodles recipe.
Don’t forget to check out my otherBest-selling Instant Pot Cookbooks!
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You don’t need a ton of ingredients to make these Easy Keto Meals! With just five ingredients (or less!) you can enjoy a delicious dish!
What Can I Have For Dinner On the Keto Diet?
There are so many awesome things you can eat for dinner on Keto! Meats, cheeses, veggies and more all create an unending combination of things that you can eat and enjoy!
This list includes SO many things you can eat for dinner on Keto that have five ingredients or less! See my easy guide to what to eat on Keto here .
Check out myHow to start a Keto dietpost here for weekly keto meal plan outlines, for information on how to calculate macros, and other great keto tips.
35+ Five-Ingredient (or Fewer) Easy Keto Dishes
You don’t need a ton of ingredients to make these Easy Keto Meals! With just five ingredients (or less!) you can enjoy a delicious dish!
Low Carb Pizza Sauce Recipe | 5-ingredient No Cook Marinara Sauce
This is the low carb pizza sauce you’ve been waiting for. Missing pizza night, your favorite Italian dish, or one of your favorite appetizers? No need to skip your favorites when living a low carb lifestyle. Not only is this keto, its just GREAT. Healthy, no-cook, 5 ingredient keto marinara sauce that the whole family will love.
How To Make Paneer Recipe + Video | Indian Soft Cheese
This home made Indian soft cheese is great for use in a variety of vegetarian dishes as a source of protein, and it’s so easy to make your own at home. Learn how to make paneer in the Instant Pot and on the stovetop.
Keto Broccoli and Sausage
Make an easy 3-ingredient Keto meal out of this Low Carb Broccoli and Sausage dish. It also makes an excellent simple, versatile, low carb side dish.
Perfect Sous Vide Steak Recipe
If you’re looking for the best way to cook steak, look no further than this Sous Vide Steak Recipe. Learn how to make the perfect steak in a sous vide machine!
Prosciutto Wrapped Brie
This Keto Prosciutto Wrapped Brie is one of the easiest dishes I’ve ever made, but it’s bursting with flavor! Who knew that only 3 ingredients could taste so good?
Air Fried Shawarma Green Beans
Shawarma Green Beans are a light and flavorful side dish that can be made right in your Air Fryer. They’re ready for the table in just 15 minutes from start to finish!
Instant Pot Green Beans with Bacon
This Instant Pot Green Beans with Bacon recipe is a quick, low carb, and nutritious dish that can be eaten either as a side dish or as a low carb meal.
How To Make Perfect Instant Pot Spaghetti Squash
Once you make Spaghetti squash in the Instant pot, you will never make it another way. Eight minutes under pressure, without even cutting the squash, and you have the perfect low carb or vegetarian side dish.
Instant Pot Garlic Parmesan Spaghetti Squash
This Instant Pot Garlic Parmesan Spaghetti Squash is one of the tastiest spaghetti squash recipes out there. And not only is it crazy good, but it’s a great vegetarian side dish that’s easy to make, and makes a beautiful presentation to boot.
Keto Green Bean Casserole
This Keto Green Bean Casserole is an absolute must for your family get-togethers this holiday season! Enjoy this holiday time favorite guilt-free!
Air Fryer Roasted Pearl Onions Recipe
Tangy, sweet, spicy pearl onions with balsamic vinegar are a snap to make in your air fryer for an easy, vegan side dish.
Keto Buffalo Cauliflower| Crispy & Spicy
If you’ve been craving some Buffalo Wings, you need to try out these Keto Buffalo Cauliflower wings. They’re the perfect vegan wings, and are lovely little Buffalo Cauliflower Bites .
Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole
Whether you’re cooking for a picky family, looking for a quick dinner option because you’re pressed for time or just want to throw something delicious together using some ingredients you probably already have in your fridge and pantry, this Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole is sure to be an absolute hit in your household!
Mushroom Side Dish with Bacon
It takes just three ingredients and ten minutes of cook time to make an amazing Mushroom Side Dish with Bacon that is full of flavor. This is one of the easiest Keto side dishes you’ll ever make, and it is so unbelievably good!
Crazy Good Salmon Cream Cheese Dip
Sophisticated, smoky, creamy, and absolutely yummy, this keto 5-ingredient salmon cream cheese dip is a crowd pleaser. Spend just $5 and have it taste like you spent about 4 times that much!
Keto Beef Shawarma Recipe
Here’s a fantastic, easy Keto Beef Shawarma Recipe that is ready in under 30 minutes. With cabbage, homemade shawarma spice, and a little ground beef, you can put a fantastic keto dinner on the table in under half an hour.
Low Carb Beef Shawarma
This Low Carb Beef Shawarma with vegetables is an easy, delicious, low carb one-pot meal for your Instant Pot. It’s both flavorful and super family-friendly.
Pressure Cooker Salmon with Orange Ginger Sauce
Pressure Cooker Salmon with Orange ginger sauce is a great Instant Pot low carb salmon recipe that is sure to please the whole family.
Easy Smoky Pressure Cooker Ribs
This recipe for smoky Pressure Cooker Ribs requires two things: a pressure cooker and a smoker. Get perfectly tender, smoked ribs in under 2 hours, with minimal hands-on time.
Keto Jamaican Jerk Chicken
This is a recipe for Jerk chicken made with the Spice House mix. Literally the best, and easiest jerk chicken I’ve ever had, and super easy to boot.
Instant Pot Low Carb Keto Cauliflower and Cheese
Instant Pot Low Carb Keto Cauliflower and Cheese is a creamy, delicious side dish that you can make in your pressure cooker for the ultimate low carb comfort food!
Instant Pot Spicy Cauliflower Soup
This Spicy Cauliflower Soup is delicious and low-carb and perfect for any day of the week. It may sound odd to you but I want you to try this. If you’re craving a spicy soup, you will love this one!
Keto Cauliflower Chaffle Recipe
Savory, keto cauliflower chaffles are fast, easy, and great for making keto sandwiches. No need to precook the cauliflower, just add everything in a food processor, mix, and cook within 15 minutes!
Spicy Crab Dip
I can’t wait for you to try this Spicy Crab Dip. It’s an easy dip recipe that is perfect as an appetizer, or even as a quick lunch idea. It’s creamy, spicy, cheesy and loaded with crab, so it’s basically all the best type of foods combined into one amazing dip.
Instant Pot Corned Beef & Cabbage
Instant Pot Corned beef is so easy to make. It cooks up so tender, that once you try this easy pressure cooker Corned Beef recipe, you’ll never make it any other way.
High Protein Labneh Cheese Balls
Homemade Labneh Cheese balls allow you to combine thickened greek yogurt with the spices of your choice to make either a sweet or savory side dish.
Lemongrass Tea with Ginger
Brew homemade lemongrass tea with ginger and enjoy a cold, refreshing drink for the summer. Making iced tea in your Instant Pot or pressure cooker has never been easier, or more delicious.
Peanut Butter Fat Bombs
These Peanut Butter Fat Bombs are the perfect little treat to boost your fat intake while keeping it low carb. They’re so good that you’ll enjoy them even if you aren’t living a keto lifestyle!
Keto Oreo Chaffle Recipe
Take a great chocolate chaffle recipe and then add some great keto cream cheese icing, and what do you get? Only the most delicious, creamy keto waffle ever–or is it a keto oreo?
Coconut Pandan Panna Cotta
A delicious Coconut Pandan or Panna Cotta Recipe made with 5 ingredients. You can, of course, add some whipped cream and sugar-free chocolate chips for topping, but this is delicious and filling to eat by itself.
Keto No-Cook 5-ingredient Lemon Mousse
This Keto Lemon Mousse is smooth, sweet, tangy and absolutely yummy! Not to mention it’s low carb and incredibly simple and quick to make.
Avocado Lime Popsicles
These delightfully light and refreshing Avocado Lime Popsicles are the perfect way to cool down this summer! As added bonuses, they’re dairy-free, kid-friendly, low carb and make a fantastic keto fat bomb.
Keto Sweet Cream Truffles
The center of these Keto Sweet Cream Truffles is mind-blowing. You will feel like you’re cheating on your diet but, you’re really not. They’re a sweet delight to kill any sweet tooth craving.
Keto French Silk Pudding
It sounds, looks, and tastes fancy but, this Keto French Silk Pudding takes about ten minutes to prep and only ten minutes to cook. Did I mention it’s healthy and allergy-friendly as well? You can’t beat a dessert like this one.
Raspberry Cream Bombs
These Raspberry Cream Bombs are absolutely delicious and come together in just a few minutes.
Keto Truffles
These Keto Truffles are so milky and creamy, and you’re going to love them!
Creamsicle Popsicles
If you want a summer treat you don’t have to feel guilty about, these 3-ingredient Low Carb Creamsicle Popsicles are just the ticket! They are so easy and delicious that you won’t even notice they’re low carb.
High Protein Jello Mousse
This Keto Jello Mousse is a low carb dessert, made with just a handful of ingredients. It’s sure to become a standby dessert for those times when you just must have a keto dessert.
No-Bake Keto Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars
No-Bake Keto Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars will satisfy all of your dessert cravings with almost none of the sugar. Low Carb, low sugar, high fat Peanut Butter Bars make a perfectly delicious keto dessert or fat bomb and they taste just like Reese’s peanut butter cups!
Five Ingredient Keto Flourless Chocolate Brownies
Five Ingredient Keto Flourless Chocolate Brownies are moist, delicious, and have 3 gms of carbs per serving. These taste just like the real thing!
Almond Butter Chocolate Keto Fat Bombs
3-ingredient Almond Butter Chocolate Keto Fat Bombs cook in less than 5 minutes in your microwave. Chill overnight and enjoy when you’re craving some chocolate.
Keto No-Bake Key Lime Cheesecake
In just a few minutes, you can make this Keto no-bake Key lime cheesecake! This will remind you of a Keto Key Lime pie with cream cheese, and it just melts in your mouth!
I hope this list helped you realize that you don’t need a lot of crazy, or expensive ingredients to eat easy Keto dishes! Pin this post on Pinterest or share it on Facebook so you don’t lose it!
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