Lentejas a la Mexicana (Mexican Lentils)
A Mexican-style lentil dish cooked in the pressure cooker with a blended tomato base, then finished with diced carrots, crispy bacon and fried plantain.
⏱️ Prep: 10 min🍳 Cook: 10 min
Ingredients
| 4 | tomatoes | |
| 1 | small onion | |
| 2 | cloves garlic | |
| 1 tsp | 5 ml | vegetable oil, or as needed |
| 0.75 pound | 340 g | lentils |
| — | salt | |
| 8 cup | 1.9 l | water |
| 3 | carrots, diced | |
| 3 | slices cooked bacon, crumbled | |
| 1 | plantain, cut into rounds and fried |
Instructions
For 6-Quart / 8-Quart Instant Pot. Servings: 2/4/6/8. Ready in: 35 min. Prep time: 10 min. Cook time: 10 min.
- Blend tomatoes, onion, and garlic in a blender until smooth. Alternately, place ingredients in a large bowl and blend using an immersion blender.
- Heat oil in inner steel pot of pressure cooker set to Sauté on Normal. Sauté lentils with blended tomato mixture in hot oil until fragrant, 1 to 3 minutes. Season with salt to taste and pour water into pot. Press Cancel to stop Sauté.
- Lock pressure cooker lid in place and set steam vent handle to Sealing. Select Pressure Cook and cook on High Pressure for 6 minutes. Move steam vent handle to Venting to quick-release pressure. When the red float falls into its original position, all pressure is released from the pot.
- Add carrots to pot. Lock pressure cooker lid in place again and set steam vent handle to Sealing. Select Pressure Cook and cook on High Pressure for 3 minutes. Let pressure release naturally. When the red float falls into its original position, all pressure is released from the pot.
- Season lentils with salt to taste. Ladle into bowls or onto a deep plate and top with crispy bacon and fried plantains.
Mealthy Tip: Skip the bacon for a vegetarian and vegan version.