Green Lentil Soup for Pressure Cooker

• olive oil↗1 tablespoon
• large yellow onion, chopped↗1

  chopped

• sweet Italian sausage (two sausages)↗1⁄2 lb
• large carrot, diced↗1

  diced

• celery ribs, diced↗2

  diced

• garlic cloves, minced↗4

  minced

• dried tarragon2 teaspoons
• dried thyme↗1 teaspoon
• paprika (Hungarian, if available)↗1 teaspoon

  (Hungarian, if available)

• water↗2 cups
• chicken broth↗4 cups
• green lentils↗2 cups
• bay leaves↗2
• salt (or to taste, none if using full salt broth)1 1⁄2 teaspoons

  (or to taste, none if using full salt broth)

• fresh ground black pepper↗3 pinches

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Roll sausage into dime size balls. Brown in the oil, then remove.

2. 2

   Saute the onions, then remove.

3. 3

   Saute the carrots & celery.

4. 4

   Place lentils and everything else in cooker.

5. 5

   Seal the pressure cooker. When the pressure-indicator rises let cook 13 minutes. We don't have a great pressure cooker.

6. 6

   Turn off heat, carefully move handle to safe position to eliminate pressure. Wait for all steam to clear and open.

7. 7

   Discard bay leaf. Serve with French bread.