Instant Pot Colorful Wheat Berry Salad–The perfect summer salad for all picnics, potlucks and barbecues. Wheat berries with a lime dressing, black beans, avocados, grape tomatoes, red peppers, jicama, red onion and cilantro. It’s got the crunch, the chewiness and the bright flavors all in one salad.
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Instant Pot Colorful Wheat Berry Salad
I’ve been making this wheat berry salad in the slow cooker for a while. I needed to prepare it quickly yesterday so I decided to use my Instant Pot to cook the wheat. It worked magically and the salad was put together within 40 minutes. We served it at our July 4th dinner and it was very popular.
If you have the time you can make this salad ahead of time. The longer the salad sits before you serve, the better. Make it a whole day ahead if you please. The flavors just get more and more married and it tastes better and better.
I haven’t worked much with jicama and before I made this salad I didn’t know what it really tasted like. Let me just tell you that it is essential for this recipe! It has the crisp and crunch like an apple and it’s totally worth buying and cubing. Here is a helpful video if you’re unsure how to peel and cut it.
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What Pressure Cooker Did You Use?
To make Instant Pot Colorful Wheat Berry Salad I used my 6 quart Instant Pot Duo 60 7 in 1*. I love this Instant Pot because it has the yogurt making function which I use almost weekly. It has two pressure settings (high and low), and there are also little slots in the handles so that you can rest the lid there instead of putting it down on your counter-top.
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Instant Pot Colorful Wheat Berry Salad
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 10 servings 1x
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The perfect summer salad for all picnics, potlucks and barbecues–wheat berries with a lime dressing, black beans, avocados, grape tomatoes, red peppers, jicama, red onion and cilantro. It’s got the crunch, the chewiness and the bright flavors all in one salad.
Ingredients
FOR THE WHEAT BERRIES:
- 1 cup wheat
- 4 cups water
- 1 tsp salt
FOR THE SALAD
- 1 large avocado, diced
- 1 1/2 cups cubed jicama
- 1 small red onion, finely diced
- 1 red bell pepper, finely diced
- 1 (15-ounce can) black beans, drained and rinsed
- 2 cups grape or cherry tomatoes sliced in half
- 1/2 cup lime juice
- 1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Cook the wheat berries. Place wheat berries, water, and salt into Instant Pot. Cover the pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 30 minutes on high pressure. When time is up perform a quick release by moving the valve to venting. Pour the wheat into a sieve and run cold water over it. Set aside.
- Toss it together. Combine the avocados, jicama, onion, bell pepper, wheat berries (cooked previously), black beans, tomatoes, lime juice, cilantro, olive oil, cumin, salt and pepper in a medium bowl and adjust seasonings to taste. Chill at least 30 minutes and up to overnight before serving.
Notes
I used soft white wheat berries. But it doesn’t matter too much on which wheat you use. Check the bulk section of your grocery store for wheat berries.
- Category: Salads
- Method: Instant Pot
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/10 of the salad
- Calories: 176
- Sugar: 2 g
- Sodium: 154 mg
- Fat: 9 g
- Carbohydrates: 20 g
- Protein: 4 g
Keywords: salad, potluck, picnic, meatless
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The ingredient list should say wheat berries not just wheat. Right?
Yes! oops!
It’s hard to find wheat berries at my local grocery store. I wonder if this would be good with cous cous or quiona??
I was thinking quinoa would be really good! Try it!
Get Bob’s wheat berries at Vitacost. I never order without replenishing. Also get oat groats. They’re sooooo good cooked with onions and garlic and spices, totally savory. Quinoa’s great but wheat berries et al are so good.
★★★★★