Chicken and Lentil Soup

Another great recipe for the instant pot from Skinnytaste One & Done cookbook.  This recipe also uses sazon seasoning, so if you try this one, you should make your own sazon seasoning and make the Arroz con Pollo as well!  


1 lb dried green lentils
12 oz 3 boneless skinless chicken thighs, all fat trimmed
7 cups water
2 tbsp chicken bouillon
1 small onion, chopped
2 scallions, chopped
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
3 cloves garlic
1 medium ripe tomato, diced (I used one can diced tomatoes, drained)
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp cumin
1/4 tsp oregano
1/2 tsp sazon* (I used my homemade blend, you could also use paprika)
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, plus more to taste


Place all the ingredients into the instant pot, stir and cover.  Use "Soup" button and cook 30 minutes.  When done, and the pressure releases, shred the chicken and gently stir (so you don't mash all the lentils). 


*You can purchase sazon seasoning from a store, but I made a batch of my own and have had fun finding other recipes for its use.  This is the recipe I used:

Sazon Seasoning Mix
1 Tbsp ground coriander
1 Tbsp ground cumin
1 Tbsp turmeric
1 Tbsp garlic powder
1 Tbsp salt
2 tsp oregano
1 tsp black pepper