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Cook pinto beans, from dry beans, in about an hour thanks to pressure cooking. But the recipe I use the most, simple Instant Pot Pinto Beans, aren’t on the blog. Here’s the method I use on weeknights. Simple, delicious, dried beans, cooked in about an hour thanks to pressure cooking. No soaking, no fancy stuff, just a simple pot of beans, cooked from dried in about an hour. But, If you do want to get fancy, use these pinto beans to make refried beans: Instant Pot Refried Pinto Beans. Do You Need to Soak Beans Before Pressure Cooking?

What is the ratio of water to beans in an Instant Pot? How many cups is 1 pound of pinto beans? I don’t soak my pinto beans in this basic recipe. They don’t need an overnight soak, and cook to tenderness with 40 minutes at high pressure. That doesn’t mean you can’t soak the beans. They turn out fine, though the bean broth isn’t quite as full bodied. Soaked beans cook much quicker, 18 minutes at high pressure.

I use that when I’m cooking the beans with other ingredients, where the shorter cooking time keeps me from overcooking the whole dish just to get the beans tender. For details, see the recipe below. Substitute a couple of cloves of unpeeled garlic. The beans will still be good. Or just stick with the water – this recipe is vegan as written.

Want to flavor the beans a little? Add a teaspoon of ground cumin, or ground chili powder to the pot with the beans. Pressure cooker dried beans are one of the reasons I became a pressure cooker convert. Try them – you’ll never go back to canned beans. How to Make Instant Pot Pinto Beans This pinto bean recipe is straightforward, because I like a simple pot of beans.