Pressure Cooker Red Lentil Soup is really easy to make.  Dump all your leftover vegetables into it along with red lentils and pressure cook them for 20 minutes.  It’s the easiest one-pot recipe to make and very little cleanup required.

Oh my gosh! I love my pressure cooker so much!

It makes my life so much easier.

All I have to do is dump all the ingredients into it and let the pressure cooker do all the work for me!

This time, I made a red lentil stew and it was so very very delicious!!

Overhead View of a Bowl With pressure cooker red lentil soup on A Green Plate. 3 Wedges of Lime on The Top of the Plate. A Green Cloth on the Left and Uncooked Red Lentils Around the Plate.
Quick and easy red lentil soup

Tips for making this soup

  • Red lentils are the only lentils that don’t need to be soaked overnight before cooking. They are very light weight, so, you can cook them without any preparation
  • Use veggies you have in store or those that are in season.
  • Fresh tomatoes are better for this red lentil soup, but you can also use canned tomato or tomato paste
  • This soup is freezer friendly, so, you can use it over and over again.
Overhead and Closeup View of a Bowl Filled with pressure cooker red lentil soup
Red lentil soup is easy to make in your instant pot

Recipe inspiration

This recipe has been burning a hole in my SD Card for months.  As a result of hurricane Irma, I lost power for about 12 hours.  It was a tough experience to go through, but, my area was one of those that came out of it with not too much damage.

I was afraid that the veggies in the fridge might have gone bad, so, I made a few recipes with it immediately.  Its hard to see good food go to waste, right?

I dumped all the veggies that could go bad and it was beyond delicious.

Overhead View of a Spoon Filled with pressure cooker red lentil soup Over a Bowl Filled with Red Lentil Soup
Just one spoonful of this soup and you will feel all warm and cozy

Whats your favorite pressure cooker recipe?

My first recipe with the pressure cooker was this Cuban Picadillo and ever since then, I have been in love with it.  I can make so many different recipes with it and I would never run out of ideas.

Related: If you are a soup lover, try my Avocado Soup, Acorn squash soup and my Pumpkin Soup

Pressure Cooker Red Lentil Soup

Overhead View of a Bowl With pressure cooker red lentil soup on A Green Plate. 3 Wedges of Lime on The Top of the Plate. A Green Cloth on the Left and Uncooked Red Lentils Around the Plate.

Pressure Cooker Red Lentil Soup

Rini
Made with veggies and red lentils cooked in a pressure cooker
5 from 2 votes
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course Appetizer
Cuisine American
Servings 3 People
Calories 554 kcal

Ingredients
  

Instructions
 

  • Add all the ingredients into the pot of the pressure cooker except the lime juice)
  • Close the lid of the pressure cooker and set it to the lock position
  • Choose the manual option and cook for 20 minutes
  • Turn off the machine when done and wait until its safe to open the pressure cooker
  • Open the lid and add the lime juice
  • Mix well and serve

Video

Notes

** For the Beet Juice, I used the Juice that’s in the can of Fresh Cut Beets. 
** For a mushy texture, use the Soup option on the Pressure Cooker.  Otherwise, use manual option and cook for 20 minutes
** When the steam valve is down, you should be able to open the lid. 
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Nutrition

Calories: 554kcal
Keyword how to make soup in pressure cooker, what to make with red lentils
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