Instant Pot Pinto Beans
Learn how to make dried beans in your instant pot with this scrumptious pinto beans recipe.
Servings - 8 servings
Ingredients
- 16 oz. bag dried pinto beans rinsed and soaked
- 1 small white onion finely chopped
- 1 small jalapeno finely chopped
- 2 tsp minced garlic
- 1 Tbsp chili powder
- 1 Tbsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp salt
Instructions
- Rinse and soak the pinto beans. Drain well. Note: soaking not required, see time options below.
- Add the beans with the water (7 cups, soaked beans or 8 cups, unsoaked beans), chopped onion, chopped jalapeno, minced garlic, chili powder, ground cumin and salt into the base of the Instant Pot insert. Give all the ingredients a good stir. Put the lid on top.
- Steam valve: Sealing.
- Cook: Beans setting. OR...Manual/High for 30 minutes if unsoaked, Manual/High for 20 minutes if soaked.
- Release: Natural.
- Once release is finished, open the lid and stir well.
- Serve Instant Pot Pinto Beans as side dish, or use them to mix in with other proteins and meats.