How to Make Perfect Black Beans in Your Instant Pot —restaurant style beans in under 45 minutes—no soaking required!
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Black beans are one of my favorite foods. I like them. A lot. Like, we have them at least once a week. I like them in tacos, in soup, heck, I even use black bean aquafaba in brownies. Black beans are good stuff. One of the reasons I wanted to get an Instant Pot was to be able to make dried beans from scratch more quickly than I did on the stovetop, so I could break my expensive habit of buying canned beans. But like I’ve said before, I was slightly terrified of my Instant Pot. I wouldn’t use it unless Irving was at home for months. And then I got over my fear and started experimenting. I have to say, I’m really liking it now that I’m used to it! Which leads me to this post — How to Make Perfect Black Beans in Your Instant Pot!
How to Make Perfect Black Beans in Your Instant Pot
The key thing to remember with your Instant Pot is that the cooking time isn’t the total time. These beans cook for 22 minutes, but it takes about 10 minutes for the pot to come up to pressure, and about 10 to release, so all in, these take about 45 minutes. Did I mention that you start with DRY beans? Yep. No soaking required. You could call these miracle beans if you’d like. I won’t mind.
When we go out to a Mexican restaurant I usually order “frijoles de la olla”—whole beans. Some (though not all) refried beans use lard in the cooking process, but whole beans tend to be vegan. However, if I can make restaurant style food at home I’ll take it—dining out with my two wild ones does not make for a relaxing evening!
When I make my black beans at home I add lots of flavor to make these taste just like those restaurant style black beans I love so much—the regular suspects—onions, garlic, cumin, salt. And then a few “top secret” ingredients. The first is bay leaves. Irving was the one who taught me this trick, and it makes beans so yummy! I had to laugh when I read this article about Chipotle’s bay leaves—ha! I promise, they are not yard waste! The second, my own secret ingredient, is VEGAN worcestershire sauce (yes, I promise, there is such a thing—some grocery store brands are even accidentally vegan!).
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It’s so easy to make Black Beans in Your Instant Pot!
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Frijoles de la Olla—How to Make Perfect Black Beans in Your Instant Pot
Ingredients
- 1 pound dry black beans
- 3 cups water
- 1/2 yellow onion sliced in rounds
- 2 garlic cloves sliced in half
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin
- 2 teaspoon salt
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 teaspoon worcestershire sauce be sure to read ingredients and choose a vegan sauce
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in your Instant Pot.
- Turn the steam release valve to sealing.
- Put the lid on your Instant Pot.
- Set your Instant Pot to cook on manual (high pressure) for 22 minutes (will take about 10 minutes to come up to pressure).
- Allow to natural release for 10 minutes.
- After 10 minutes has passed, use a dishtowel to cover the steam valve and turn from sealing to venting. Steam will release for a few seconds—be careful because it will be hot!
- Once the steam has released fully, carefully turn the lid and remove. Give the beans a good stir.
- Serve!
Notes
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