Instant Pot Beet Chicken Stew
I was looking for new recipes for my Instant Pot and of course I got my inspiration from the Farmers Market. They were selling sorrel and since I never tasted it, I wanted to give it a try. I built this Instant Pot Beet Chicken Stew completely around the sorrel. For those of you who don’t know much about sorrel, you can read about it here. I found the taste to be a bit tangy and I felt like it really balanced the sweetness of the beets. It can easily be replace for spinach and a bit of lemon juice in this stew since it’s just a supporting ingredient. The stew is thickened with red lentils. Serve with crusty bread.
The ingredients
Peel and cut the beets
Saute onions with some bay leaves
Add chopped tomatoes. I used a green heirloom tomato because I had one at home.
Chop sorrel if you are using or otherwise use spinach
Add broth, lentils and vegetables to the pot
Add chicken breast
All cooked!
Shred chicken and spoon into bowls
- 1 large onion or two small onions chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic minced
- 3 bay leaves
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 medium yellow beets peeled and cut into large cubes
- 2 medium tomatoes chopped
- 1 cup red lentils
- 4 chicken breasts
- 1 bunch of sorrel or 1 10 oz bag of spinach chopped into large pieces. Reserve a few leaves for garnish.
- Juice of ½ a lemon if using spinach
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 32 oz chicken broth
- Set instant pot to saute
- Add onions and olive oil and cook until translucent
- Add garlic and bay leaves. Cook until fragrant about 30 seconds
- Add beets, tomato, red lentils, chicken breast, broth and salt
- Set instant pot to stew for 20 minutes
- Release manually
- Break up chicken pieces and ladle into bowls
- Serve garnished with leaves
This looks delicious. Thinking of getting an instapot, totally filing this away for when I do.
Thanks! It’s great for stews
So glad you posted this! Seeing our lack of available ingredients lately I had most of this in hand. The soup was FABULOUS! I had to make a few subs based on what I could get my hands on. Boneless thighs, fire roasted canned tomatoes and kale. Couldn’t get any lentils but would love to try that next time! Added a bit of sriracha at the end. Everyone had seconds. Will def make again!!
So happy you enjoyed! Sounds so good!