VEGETARIAN

Instant Pot Black Beans (No Soak)

Name: Instant Pot Black Beans (No Soak)
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 1 lb dried black beans, rinsed and picked over; 4 cups water; 1 yellow onion, diced; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 tsp ground cumin; 1 tsp dried oregano; salt, to taste

Black beans cooked from dried in the pot, no soak needed, ready for bowls, tacos, and the freezer.

About 1 hr 10 min 8 servings Easy

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No soak, no problem

Dried beans used to mean planning a day ahead. You had to soak them overnight or they never got soft. The pressure cooker skips all of that. Rinse the beans, pick out any little stones, and they cook in half an hour.

The onion, garlic, cumin, and oregano go in at the start so the beans pick up flavour as they cook. The salt waits. Salt at the start can keep the skins a bit tough. Stirred in at the end, it just seasons them.

Let the pot sit when it is done

Pressure cook the beans for 30 minutes. Then do nothing. A natural release means you leave the pot alone until the float valve drops on its own. As it cools, the beans keep softening in the hot liquid.

Salt them now and taste. If you like the liquid thicker, mash a ladle of beans against the side of the pot and stir them back in. These are the beans I reach for when I make three bean chili, and the rest go in the freezer for another night.

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