Instant Pot Mini for Beginners: Your First Recipe (Lentil Soup)

This Instant Pot Mini 4 Qt Tomato and Lentil Soup Recipe is perfect for complete beginners to Instant Pot cooking. We’ll cover all the recipe steps for this 3-4 portion comforting soup, how to use the controls on the Rio Mini (including adjusting the sauté level), how to use Natural Pressure Release and what you can do to avoid the dreaded ‘Burn Notice’. By the end of the video I hope you will not only have a delicious soup, but learned some essential tips on using the Instant Pot and have less fear about diving in. It’s so worth the effort! Now let’s get that box open!

📚 CHAPTER MARKERS
0:00 Intro
01:15 Ingredients
02:16 Prepping the soup: How to use sauté and adjust the levels
04:53 How to reduce the risk of a ‘burn notice’
07:02 Setting the pressure cooker for the soup
08:47 How to do a Natural Pressure Release (NPR) in the Instant Pot
10:54 Finishing the soup

🍲INGREDIENTS
1 Tbsp Olive Oil
1 Tsp Cumin Seeds
1 Tsp Black Mustard Seeds
1 bay leaf
1 green chilli (slit down the side to give flavour but not too much heat)
1 medium onion
160g (1 cup) red lentils
1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 can of tomatoes
750 ml (about 3 cups) stock of your choice
2 Tbsp tomato puree
A couple of handfuls of baby spinach (optional -stirred in at the end)

Tips:
*Use medium sauté level for the onions and spices
*Pressure cook high for 2 minutes then use Natural Pressure Release (takes 20-30 minutes after the 2 mins pressure cook)
*Leave the ‘Keep Warm Button on during Natural Pressure Release
* Don’t stir in the tomato puree – just add to the pot on top after the other ingredients
! DO NOT use Quick Release for this soup

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