✅ SOS-free as written (verified) · 🌐 External recipe · 🆓 Free to view, no account needed · 📅 Checked October 4, 2026
👩🍳 Creator and host: Chef AJ, on ChefAJ.com
🍽️ Dinner · chili · 👥 6 to 8 servings · ⏱️ about 30 minutes (10 minutes at pressure) · 🍲 Instant Pot or electric pressure cooker, plus a blender · 📦 freezes well
🌿 Our description: Quick-cooking red lentils turn creamy in a pressure cooker with a blended base of salt-free fire-roasted tomatoes, red bell peppers, garlic, apple cider vinegar, and a few whole dates. Smoked paprika and chipotle bring the warmth. Chef AJ likes it over a baked potato.
🌾🎉 Fiber win: a whole pound of lentils plus peppers and tomatoes makes this a big-fiber, big-protein pot.
🔄 Make It the Kitchen Monk Way
✅ Already SOS-free as written. A few Kitchen Monk checks:
| Ingredient | Kitchen Monk check | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Salt-free tomatoes and tomato paste | Carton or glass jar, or a BPA-free can | As written |
| Salt-free chili powder | Confirm the label lists no salt | Label check |
| About 12 Deglet Noor dates for the whole pot | Whole fruit, blended in: fits our standard. Start with fewer if you prefer a less sweet chili | As written |
| No pressure cooker? | Simmer on the stove until the lentils are soft, adding water as needed | Not tested |
📊 Made as written, the creator’s recipe applies; we have not calculated nutrition for it. Full substitution reference →
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