Instant Pot Vegetables En Papillote (In A Paper Bag)
Making Instant Pot vegetables en papillote - which refers to a method of cooking food in a folded pouch or parcel - is so simple you will want to have these as your dinner side dish every night of the week.
Course Side
Cuisine French
Keyword Carrots, Gluten-Free, Green beans, healthy recipes, Side Dish, Steaming, Vegetable Sides
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 10 minutesminutes
Total Time 20 minutesminutes
Servings 2
Calories 111kcal
Ingredients
2-3oz.green beansfine, tails chopped off
4small carrotspeeled and sliced into long sticks
¼teaspooncracked black pepper
½teaspoonsea salt
1large garlic clovesliced
1tablespoonbutteror olive oil for Whole30/dairy-free version
1tablespoonlemon juice
1sliceof lemon
1tablespoonfresh herbsI used fresh oregano leaves but you can add rosemary, thyme, parsley
15”square of parchment/baking paper30-35 cm
Instructions
Place the wire rack inside the Instant Pot and add a cup of water.
Lay a piece of parchment paper on a cutting board or a plate. Place the vegetables in the middle, season with pepper and salt, scatter the garlic around. Top with a few dollops of butter and drizzle with lemon juice. Place the lemon slice in the middle and sprinkle with fresh herbs. Fold the paper in half and then, forming a parcel, fold the edges together tightly. It doesn't matter what shape it takes, as long as it is tightly folded all over.
Carefully transfer the parcel onto the wire rack inside the pot. Place and lock the Instant Pot lid, and set the vent to Sealing. Press Manual setting, HIGH pressure and adjust the time to 2 minutes. After 3 beeps, the IP will start to build up the pressure and cooking will begin. Once the timer goes off, allow 2-3 minutes for natural release then use a quick release method (simply pointing the steam vent to Venting) to let the rest of the pressure/steam out.
Open the lid and carefully lift the parcel out of the pot and onto a plate. Open the parcel at the table.