Instant Pot Chili
Monday August 31, 2020
Prep Time: 20 minutes (+ time to soak beans)
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Serves: 4-6
Difficulty (out of 5):
Ingredients
Chili
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion
- 2-4 cloves of garlic
- 1 lb ground turkey (or other meat)
- 6-8 fresh tomatoes
- 1 bell pepper
- Optional veggies:
- 4-5 stalks of celery
- 1 sweet potato
- 2 carrots
- 3 cups stock or water
- 1/2 cup dried kidney beans (can also add black beans, chickpeas, etc)
- 1 cup green lentils
- 1-2 Tbsp chili powder
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp ground black pepper
Toppings Bar
Mix and match!
- shredded lettuce
- diced avocado
- diced green onion
- shredded cheese
- tortilla chips
- sour cream (?)
- diced purple onion
- cilantro
Instructions
Preparing Beans
If you’re using dried beans, soak them for at least 12 hours before hand.
Chili Instructions
- Dice all your veggies into approximately centimeter sized pieces. Keep the tomatoes separate from
- Mince the garlic
- Turn on your Instant Pot to Saute
- Add olive oil to the pot and add your garlic and onion.
- Stir until fragrant.
- Add your meat and cook until mostly cooked through (it’s okay if it’s not entirely brown as it will continue cooking)
- Add your other veggies. Generally, sweet potato and carrots should be added first (as they take longer to cook) and add the tomatoes last.
- Continually stir for around 3-5 minutes. Once the meat and veggies start to release liquid and its bubbling a bit, add the stock/water.
- At this point, add the beans, lentils and spices and stir.
- Cook at high pressure for 15 minutes.
- Turn off the Instant Pot and let it naturally release steam for around 10 minutes. Then you can manually release the rest.
- If the chili looks too water-y, turn it back on to Saute and let it thicken. Be sure to stir it during this time.
- Taste and add spices/salt as necessary.
Notes
- Generally, you should not need to cook the beans before cooking the chili because they should cook and soften with everything else. However, if you feel more comfortable, you can also separately pressure cook the beans beforehand.