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Ok, this is a SUPER simple and seriously the Best Creamiest Lentil And Rice Soup you will ever make. Along, with a bonus of 5 Benefits for adding this Power House Budget Friendly Whole Food To Your Weekly Menu.
On my busiest “oh I forgot to think about dinner” days. This is a go to, its fast and super easy!
And the benefits of this power house budget friendly whole food, may just have you adding it to your weekly menu.
Insta Pot is where its at with this soup.
While you can use a crock pot or even a stove top for this recipe, the insta pot is just where its at for me, when it come to this delicious creamy soup. I have tried all three ways of making it, and it is just not the same level of goodness making it in anything else but the insta pot.
For reference, my husband and I traveled the states before settling here at our homestead, and we would frequently stay at campgrounds around friends, and invite them to share a meal with us.
I used the insta pot A LOT on the road, because it was super quick and super easy. One day, I had to make extra of this creamy lentils and rice soup, because I had a bigger group. So, I made a batch in the insta pot and a batch on the stove top.
The difference was SO noticed!
Someone had to leave early that evening, and because I started the stove top creamy lentils and rice soup first, it was already sitting there for a couple hours, so I decided to serve that first.
We ended up eating through the stove top version pretty quickly, and by that time my insta pot version of this creamy lentils and rice soup was ready to serve! After our guests started eating it, they could not believe the difference, and started to make comments asking why I saved the BEST for last?
Haha! Of course that was not my intention but, that is when I knew I wanted this recipe to always be an Insta Pot recipe
It was SO perfectly creamy and delicious. So it is my firm belief that if you only own an Insta pot, just to make this one budget friendly Creamy Lentils and Rice soup, its worth your dime.
However, I can promise you that you will find a multitude of other uses for the Insta Pot gadget.
Gosh, I was not intending to promote the Insta Pot SO much in this post, but I could not leave it unsaid that it makes this lentils and rice soup the creamiest version of itself.
BEST CREAMIEST LENTILS AND RICE
This is one of the most delicious lentils soup recipes you will ever try. It's quick easy and you probably have all if not most of the ingredients sitting on your shelf!
Prep Time0 minutes mins
Cook Time0 minutes mins
Servings: 8
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups brown rice
- 1 1/2 cups lentils
- 1 1/2 tsp Thyme
- 1 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 1/2 Tbs Liquid Aminos
- 10 cups Hot water
- 5 oz Baby Spinach (optional)
Instructions
Toss all ingredients in a big pot.
Insta Pot Directions- Put on Bean/Chili setting for 28 min. Best tasting!
Crock Pot Directions- Put on low for 6-8 hours or on high for 4-5 hours.
5 Reasons For Adding Lentils To Your Whole Food List
- BUDGET FRIENDLY- Who doesn’t love budget friendly foods and in todays world we need more budget friendly meals that can stretch!
- Protein Packed- It has 18 grams of protein per cup serving! Definitely doesn’t replace good grass fed meat protein in my book, but hey makes a great meatless Monday kind of meal.
- Lentils are a great source of Iron, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B1, and Manganese which his essential for your brain’s function, your nervous system and many of your body’s enzyme systems.
- After chicken and beef liver, lentils are the second highest food in folate on this planet! Folate is essential for over half the population as a lack of folate can limit your body’s ability to properly convert hom*ocysteine into methionine.
- In addition to many other great antioxidant foods adding lentils to your list of polyphenol rich foods. can help improve your blood sugar levels, reduce your risk of developing a blood clots, boost your focus and memory… and some experts believe it can lower the risk of cancer.
Ingredients For The Best Creamiest Lentil And Rice Soup
- 1 1/2 cups rice
- 1 1/2 cups lentils
- 1 1/2 tsp. thyme
- 1 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
- 1 1/4 tsp. salt
- 2 1/2 Tbs. Liquid Aminos
- 10 cups water
Insta Pot Cooking Instructions For Best Creamiest Lentil And Rice Soup
- Throw everything into the Insta Pot and cook on the bean and chili setting for 28-30 min.
- Enjoy plain, or top with tomatoes, green onions and a pinch of cilantro.
Crock Pot Cooking Instructions For Best Creamiest Lentil And Rice Soup
Toss everything in your crock pot and let cook on high for 4-5 hours or on low for up to 8 hours.
Leftovers!
So, I make a double batch of this, that way I can have leftovers. So far we are hooked on enchiladas, super simple and transforms the leftovers into what taste like a completely different meal!
I hope you enjoy this recipe much as we do!
