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Instant Pot/Slow Cooker Garlic Herb Lentils–easy lentil stew with onions, garlic, carrots and celery. It’s almost got a creamy consistency and is super comforting. Make it fast in your pressure cooker or simmer it all day in your slow cooker.
Instant Pot/Slow Cooker Garlic Herb Lentils
I feel like lentils are a highly underrated food. First off, they are super healthy. They have so much fiber and protein in them. And they are gluten free. Second, they don’t need to be soaked and they actually can be cooked quite quickly. Finally, they are able to take on whatever seasonings and flavors you want. They seem to just soak up flavor.
To make instant pot/slow cooker garlic herb lentils I used a package of Hurst’s Garlic and Herb Lentils. These are green/brown lentils that have a bam pow seasoning packet inside.
I love using Hurst’s products, especially in my slow cooker and Instant Pot. I have made so many recipes over the years with their products. My favorites are:
Slow Cooker Chicken, White Bean and Pinto Bean Soup
Instant Pot Bean and Bacon Soup
This lentil stew was seriously so comforting and creamy and delicious. My husband made the comment afterwards, “you need to make a batch of this weekly!” He wanted to take a serving with him each day to work. These garlic and herb lentils went along really nicely with my instant pot butter chicken and some naan bread. However this stew is hearty enough to be a main dish.
More recipes you’ll love with lentils…
Italian Lentil Soup with Sausage
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Instant Pot/Slow Cooker Garlic Herb Lentils
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 10 servings 1x
Description
Easy lentil stew with onions, garlic, carrots and celery. It’s almost got a creamy consistency and is super comforting. Make it fast in your pressure cooker or simmer it all day in your slow cooker.
Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 medium yellow onion, finely diced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 7 cups chicken broth or vegetable broth
- 2 carrots, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
- 2 celery ribs, cut into 1/4 inch pieces
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 (14 oz) can crushed tomatoes
- 1 (15.5 oz) package Hurst’s Garlic and Herb Lentils with seasoning packet
Instructions
- If making in the slow cooker heat a pan on your stove over medium high heat. If making in the Instant Pot heat your pot using the Saute setting. When the pan/pot is hot add in the oil. Add in the onion and saute for 4-5 minutes. Add in the garlic and saute for 30 seconds. For slow cooker, transfer onion to slow cooker.
- Add the broth into the instant pot/slow cooker. Add in the carrots, celery, bay leaf, crushed tomatoes, the lentils and HALF of the seasoning packet. Save the other half for later.
- For slow cooker: cover and cook on low for about 6 hours, or until lentils are tender. For instant pot: cover and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to “sealing.” Set the manual or pressure cook button to 12 minutes. When time is up let the pressure release on its own for 10 minutes then move the valve to “venting.”
- Remove the lid. Stir in the rest of the seasoning package.
- Serve lentils as a stew or as a side dish. Enjoy! (My kids liked a little dollop of sour cream on top of theirs).
- Category: Meatless
- Method: Slow Cooker/Pressure Cooker
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These Lentils were great! I will be making this again. Thanks
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You’re welcome!
The lentils are not available near me nor online at this time. Although they list the ingredients in the flavor packet, the amounts are not listed. However, there is a Ham Flavor pack option on the sponsor’s website. I’m wondering if it would be a nice option since I can’t get the original?
That would be super tasty! I love their seasonings.
I have tried multiple lentil recipes for the pressure cooker, and this continues to be my favorite. I do not use the Hurst brand lentils. I use a bag of brown grocery store lentils and add a teaspoon of cumin, as well as some dried thyme, basil, parsley, salt, and pepper.After cooking, I add a bit more of each. It is not a quantitative science, you can do this by taste.
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Thanks for sharing your experience! I love that idea!
This “recipe” is kind of useless without the specific brand of lentils and the seasoning packet…it’s not a recipe at all, really, so much as directions to add the lentils, carrots, and celery to broth. This is basically just a paid promotion of that brand and type of lentils.
Do better. Post the recipe with stock ingredients and measurements, not a specific brand of (paid endorsement) lentils.
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Yes, as stated in the first line of this article “Big thanks to Hurst’s Beans for sponsoring this recipe for Instant Pot/Slow Cooker Garlic Herb Lentils. Thank you for supporting my website and its sponsors.” I rarely post sponsored content. Less than 1 time per month. These opportunities allow me to continue blogging. Thanks for understanding.
I appreciated the recipe, as I had a package of said lentils and wanted to know how people were using them. It was also delicious. Thanks!
Glad to hear it Greg!
Nice comments. It’s people like you who just throw that nasty negativity everywhere. Get a hobby or something to deflect your ridiculousness. It must really be tough being you.
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I’m also having trouble finding Hurst’s lentils, where do you purchase them? I’ve checked on line and they are just a bit pricey.
Check here… https://hurstbeans.com/store-locator
I buy my lentils and other dried peas and beans at the bulk food store. How can I make this soup without using the seasoning packet from Hurst’s?
You can season with garlic powder, onion powder, salt and pepper and any other seasonings you like, just to taste. I don’t have measurements because I haven’t done it this way.
Added bacon to ours! Yummy
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Great idea!
Hi Karen,
What is the flavor profile of this stew? Does it lean Indian or is straight up neutral garlic (if that makes sense?)
It’s not really Indian although if I had naan bread I would eat it with it! It’s more a basic garlic flavor profile but you can add in indian spices if you’d like!
I this soup and am having some tonight.
I love it too!
I put one garlic clove in mine, I use regular lentils without the spices.
What is the color of the lentils? I know that certain ones can’t take long cooking times, but I can’t remember which ones. That brand is not sold in Canada.
p.s. Love your recipes!
Hi Carol, they are brown/green lentils! Good luck! Thanks for following along 🙂
I really want to try this recipe but our grocer doesn’t carry that brand of lentils. What spices should I use to cover the missing seasoning packet?
Hi Lindsay, Well definitely salt and some garlic powder. I can’t really tell you the amounts because I’m not sure. I’d also throw in some onion powder and maybe a little tiny bit of liquid smoke.