It’s so easy to make Instant Pot Black Beans to use in so many dishes! 2 cups of dried beans will yield about 6 cups of cooked black beans!
I don’t know about you, but I keep a stash of dried black beans in our pantry all the time so I am able to pressure can them for long-term storage. I haven’t purchased canned black beans in a while! However, recently while making a quick pot of chili, I went to our pantry to grab a jar of home-canned black beans and realized we were OUT!
Yep, I had used all of my home-canned black beans and hadn’t realized it, so I knew what I had to do. I grabbed a big ol’ bag of dried black beans, cooked them in my Instant Pot, and in under an hour I had my cooked black beans in the chili. Hooray!
The best part was by using my Instant Pot, I didn’t have to soak the dried beans overnight! I rinsed them, dumped them in my Instant Pot with water, minced garlic and salt, let them cook for 25 minutes and they turned out perfect!
I used 2 cups of dry black beans and ended up with about 6 cups of cooked beans, so I was able to use some for the chili and froze the rest to use in other meals. If you’d like to know how to easily cook Instant Pot Black Beans, you can find out right here!
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Rinse and Sort The Beans
It probably goes without saying, but you should definitely rinse and sort the black beans you’ll be using because sometimes dirt or little pebbles find their way into the bags (crazy, right?).
Pour the beans you will be using (2 cups dried) into a colander and give them a good rinse to clean them. Let them drain well.
Do a quick check of the beans in the colander to make sure no tiny pebbles are hiding! I also try to pull out some of the beans that have already split or been broken during packaging.
Into The Instant Pot They Go!
Place 2 cups of rinsed and sorted black beans into the inner pot. Add 1 teaspoon of kosher salt and about 1½-2 teaspoons of minced garlic to the beans.
Pour 6 cups of water over the beans. This amount of water should be enough to fully cover the beans and be about 1″ over the top of them (add more water, if necessary).
Cook The Instant Pot Black Beans
Lock the lid of the Instant Pot in place and flip the pressure lever to SEALING. Set the cooking program for MANUAL (high pressure) and set the cooking timer for 25 minutes.
It will take close to 10 minutes for the internal pressure to build and then the cooking program (and timer) will begin. When the Instant Pot reaches full pressure, the pressure gauge will pop up.
Once the cooking time (25 minutes) has ended, let the pressure release NATURALLY, which means you do nothing while the internal pressure lowers on its own.
The pressure gauge will drop back down once all internal pressure has been released, indicating it is safe to unlock and remove the lid of the Instant Pot.
Remove the lid and you will find perfectly cooked black beans to use as you see fit. They will be the same consistency as canned black beans you would find at the grocery store!
Use a slotted spoon to remove the beans from the Instant Pot, and now they are ready to be eaten or added to other dishes.
Using the Instant Pot Black Beans
I love to make black beans in the Instant Pot and add them to a big pot of homemade chili. They are also good when mashed and seasoned well to use as black refried beans, as a side dish.
Black beans taste wonderful in other Mexican dishes (burritos, salads, tostadas and taco bowls), as well. There are so many uses for these black beans; the possibilities are practically endless.
You could also use them to make Black Beans And Rice, Easy Black Bean Stew, Turkey Black Bean Soup (Instant Pot), Black Bean Butternut Squash Chili and Black Bean Burgers, to name a few!
If you are fortunate enough to have an Instant Pot, using it to cook dried black beans is a simple (and much quicker) way to do this. I hope you have the opportunity to try making Instant Pot Black Beans!
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- Instant Pot Cornbread
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- Instant Pot Ground Beef Stroganoff
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It's so easy to make Instant Pot Black Beans to use in so many dishes! 2 cups of dried beans will yield about 6 cups of cooked black beans!
- 2 cups dry black beans rinsed, drained, sorted
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1½ teaspoons minced garlic
- 6 cups water or more to be 1" above beans
Pour beans into a colander; rinse and drain. Discard any rocks/broken beans.
Place beans into inner pot. Add salt and minced garlic. Pour 6 cups water over the beans. This should be enough to fully cover the beans and be 1" over the top of them (add more water, if needed).
Lock the lid of the Instant Pot in place; flip pressure lever to SEALING. Set the cooking program for MANUAL (high pressure); set timer for 25 minutes. It will take about 10 minutes to reach full pressure, then the cooking program (and timer) will begin. When it reaches full internal pressure, the pressure gauge will pop up. Once cooking time (25 minutes) has ended, let the pressure release NATURALLY (do nothing). The pressure gauge will drop back down once all internal pressure has been naturally released, indicating it is safe to unlock and remove the lid.
Remove Instant Pot lid; remove beans with a slotted spoon and use the cooked black beans as you see fit. Enjoy!
NOTE: 2 cups of dried beans will typically yield about 6 cups of cooked beans. Serving size used for the caloric calculation was ½ cup cooked beans.
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