You really wont miss the meat in these flavorful, filling, and healthy Instant Pot Lentil Tacos! Ready in 20 minutes, and easily adaptable to use ingredients and toppings you already have, this vegetarian instant pot recipe is a WINNER.
I’m a big fan of mixing up our dinners with some meatless meals. I’m not a vegetarian (far from it 🙂 ) but I also don’t like my family eating heavy servings of meat every single night.
One of my favorite vegetarian meals is black bean burgers — so dang easy and TASTY! I love that I usually always have what I need to make them. I also really love this creamy pesto tortellini.
I feel like Mexican flavored dishes are even easier to make meatless because of all of the delicious flavor and spices you can add to the dish. These sweet potato and black bean enchiladas, and these black bean and corn quesadillas, for example, always leave us feeling satisfied.
What I really love about these Mexican inspired lentil tacos are how hearty the mixture is–you wont even miss the meat! They are soo flavorful, and delicious, and one of my absolute favorite vegetarian instant pot recipes.
The Instant Pot makes this meal even more genius. Throw everything in the pot, and give it a stir. That’s it! Cook it for 15 minutes on high pressure, and you’re ready to eat. No babysitting the lentils, no stirring the pot. You don’t even need to let the pressure naturally release!
This Instant pot lentil tacos recipe is also really easily adaptable to what you have on hand.
Substitution Ideas:
Chopped onion for onion powder.
Use the saute function on the instant pot to saute 1 cup chopped onion in a little bit of oil, before adding the rest of the ingredients.
Water for chicken broth.
You can use water if you don’t have chicken broth. I just like the extra boost of flavor that the chicken broth adds. Or you could add 4 teaspoons/4 chicken bullion cubes to the water.
Tomato sauce instead of salsa.
Additional veggies:
Try adding corn, diced green chilies (if you like it spicy), or another chopped vegetable, like zucchini.
More great Instant Pot Dinner recipes:
Instant Pot Chicken Taco Bowls
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You really wont miss the meat in these flavorful, filling, and healthy Instant Pot Lentil Tacos! Ready in 20 minutes, and easily adaptable to use ingredients and toppings you already have, this vegetarian instant pot recipe is a WINNER.
- 2 cups dry lentils , green or brown
- 4 cups low-sodium chicken broth
- 1/2 cup salsa
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin
- corn or flour tortillas , for serving
- shredded cheese
- 14.5 ounce can diced tomatoes
- avocado , chopped (or guacamole)
- fresh cilantro
- green onion , chopped
- olives
- sour cream (or plain Greek yogurt)
- salsa , or hot sauce
- Add all ingredients to instant pot and stir to combine.
- Close the lid and move valve to sealing position.
- Cook on manual (high pressure) for 15 minutes.
- Once the timer beeps, cover the valve with a towel and switch it to quick release to release all of the pressure.
Open lid and gently stir.
Allow to cool while you prepare toppings.
- Serve warm, inside corn or flour tortillas, with desired toppings.
*Makes 4 cups, to make about 16 tacos (using 1/4 cup mixture/per serving.)
Try my other Instant Pot Recipes!
Recipe adapted from My Plant Based Family.
Nutritional label is based off a 1/4 cup servings (to fill 1 taco). Does not include toppings.
Have you tried this recipe?!
RATE this recipe and COMMENT below! I would love to hear your experience.
Daniele says
I just made these for dinner and they’re sooo good! So easy and full of flavor!
Lauren Allen says
Thanks so much Daniele! So happy you liked them 🙂
Lynnda Yager-Hale says
These are our new addiction! We ate them 3 times last week and I am now making another batch! Thank you for bringing this into our life!!
Lauren Allen says
Wonderful! I’m really happy to hear that. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
LMK says
Delicious and so easy!! Will definitely be added to our rotation!
Susan says
I was skeptical but thought i would give these a try – I am SO glad I did! Thanks for a great recipe!
claudia desiree zepeda says
Yum! Thanks so much for this recipe! Just made them and my lentil came out a little hard. Should I add a few minutes to the instant pot? Thanks! 🙂
Lauren Allen says
Yes, I would just add 1-2 more minutes 🙂 Enjoy!
Jermaine says
Hi! I’m going to make these tonight 🙂 I was wondering, is the serving size 1 taco?
Lauren Allen says
I’d love to hear what you think! Yes, the serving size is for 1 taco
Sian says
These were fantastic! We are a mostly-vegan household, so I used vegetable broth in place of chicken and adapted the condiments accordingly. Having tried a variety of recipes for lentil taco filling, I must say this is hands down the best: the lentils are perfectly tender, the filling thickens on cooling, and the spices are just enough for those who are heat-averse (and the rest of us can add more salsa as needed). We’ve so far used the filling in tacos, burritos, and nachos, but I have a feeling it will be outstanding in cornmeal and tortilla-based casseroles, as well. Thanks so much for posting the recipe!
cla says
these look so yummy- mixing it up right now, and i was curious…my hubby can’t do tomatoes…what do i sub for the salsa? thanks!!
Lauren Allen says
Hope you enjoy it! You could substitute a green salsa verde or green enchilada sauce instead…
Gabrielle Guy says
I have a question. Do the lentils still need to be soaked overnight? I’m brand new to using the instant pot so sorry if this is an obvious one!😅 looking forward to trying this recipe. Thank you!
Lauren Allen says
No, they dont 🙂 Enjoy!