You can use your pressure cooker to cook dried black beans from scratch in under an hour (way faster than soaking them overnight and cooking them on the stove!) And, you can skip buying them canned. If you do decide to soak, check your appliance manual because cooking time will be even shorter.

Instant Pot&reg; Black Beans

dry black beans

Pour beans into a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot&reg;). Cover with a few inches of cool water. Close and lock the lid. Select Manual; set timer for 21 minutes on high pressure according to manufacturer's instructions. Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.


Release pressure using the natural-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, 10 to 40 minutes. Unlock and remove the lid. Drain beans and let cool.


Made exactly as directed. Came out soft and was fast just as described. Without soaking first, these were not quite as whole as when you soak. In other words, some were split. Perfectly useable in recipes and salads, etc. After cooked you can spice to your preference. Personally I would add a grind of pink Himalayan salt while cooking to bring out the flavor of the bean a little more so you don’t have to salt them as much at the table. All in all fast alternative to canned beans!

I made these the same way. They were great. I drained them after they cooled as I was storing them. Do check for rocks in your beans before cooking them though.

This works well. I added some vegetable broth. Mine were firm but soft enough to eat at 25 minutes.

Maybe a minute or two longer on the time.

instant pot® black beans

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 35 minutes

Total: 50 minutes

Servings: 2

Cost: $2.50 /serving

Author : LauraF

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