Easy No Soak Instant Pot Black Beans
This Easy No Soak Instant Pot Black Beans recipe makes delicious tender beans. Try making Instant Pot Black Beans without soaking today!
Servings: 6 cups
Cost: $3
Equipment
- 1 Electric Pressure Cooker (Instant Pot or similar)
Ingredients
- 1 pound dried black beans
- 6 cups water
- 1 tablespoon chicken or vegetable boullion
- ½ large onion
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Check the black beans for small stones and rinse them.
- Add the black beans, water, bouillon and onion to the instant pot.
- Select the Bean/Chili option or High Pressure for 30 minutes. Usually 30 minutes produces perfectly cooked beans. However, depending on how old your black beans are you may need between 25-40 minutes (see troubleshooting below).
- Allow a 10 minute natural pressure release and then you can open the vent for a quick pressure release.
- Check the beans for softness. If they are too firm look at the troubleshooting tips below!
- Drain the beans, and discard the onion.
Notes
Dried Broken Beans
If the bag of beans looks like many of them are starting separate into broken pieces then you may have an older batch of dried beans. Add an additional 5 minutes to the pressure cook time.
Cooked Beans Are Hard
If the beans aren't quite soft enough seal the lid on the Instant Pot and cook for an additional 1-3 minutes. If they are very firm cook for 3-5 minutes longer.
If you aren't in a rush you can keep the lid open and use the sauté function on the Instant Pot until they are tender. You may need to add a little water as they cook because of the evaporation.
Cooked Beans Are Too Soft and Falling Apart
If the beans are starting to fall apart and get mushy you may have cooked them too long. Use them to make refried beans. Next time, reduce the pressure cook time by 5 minutes.
TIP: If you are planning on adding these beans to a meal that will be cooking for a long time you may want to use a different cooking time. Reduce the time to about 25 minutes in the Instant Pot to make firmer beans. That will help ensure they don't fall apart when using them in your next dinner!
- Storage: Store cooked beans in an air-tight container in your refrigerator for up to 7 days.
- Reheating: Warm beans in the microwave or on the stove with a little liquid in the pot.
- Freezing: Freeze beans in pre-portioned amounts in quart-sized freezer bags.