How to Cook Dried Beans - with soaking and no soak methods

How to cook beans in an Instant Pot - No Soak Method

by Yazzi Huerta

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Instant pot beans are easy because they don't require prepping or soaking! Easily make dried beans in your instant pot and add them to your favorite dishes.

Prep2 min

Cook30 min

Total32 min

Yield5

Ingredients

• 1 pound dried beans
• 8 cups water
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 to 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 o 3 cloves peeled garlic, optional
• 1 bay leaf, optional

Instructions

1. Pick through the beans and discard any shriveled or unappealing beans.
2. Add the beans to your instant pot.
3. Combine all ingredients in the pressure cooker.
4. Secure the lid. Make sure the pressure regulator valve is closed. (On an Instant Pot, this means it will be set to the "sealing" position.)
5. Cook the beans. Here are the cooking times for unsoaked beans in the Instant Pot. Double-check the manual that came with your pressure cooker for more exact cooking times:
6. Pinto beans: 25 to 30 minutes
7. Black beans: 20 to 25 minutes
8. Cannellini beans: 35 to 40 minutes
9. Chickpeas (garbanzo beans): 35 to 40 minutes
10. Red kidney beans: 30 minutes (boil for 10 minutes before pressure cooking)
11. Navy beans: 25 to 30 minutes
12. Black-eyed peas: 20 to 25 minutes
13. Great Northern beans: 25 to 30 minutes
14. Cook beans at high pressure for the time recommended above. The pressure cooker will take 15 to 20 minutes to come to full pressure before cooking begins.
15. Once cooking is complete, let the pressure release naturally on its own, which takes about 20 to 30 minutes. You can do a "quick release" by opening the pressure valve on the top of the pressure cooker. If doing a rapid release, be careful because the bean liquid sometimes foams into the valve.
16. What to do if your beans aren't quite done: Put the lid back on the pressure cooker and make sure the release valve is set back to "sealing." Cook at high pressure for another 5 to 10 minutes (depending on if you think your beans need just a little more time or a little more time to finish). The pot will quickly come back up to pressure because the contents are already hot. Check your beans after the extra cooking time and continue cooking for longer if needed.

Nutrition per serving, approximate

114Calories

3.2gFat

0.5gSat. fat

20.2gCarbs

4.2gFiber

7.3gSugar

4.4gProtein

964.4mgSodium

0mgCholesterol

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