Instant Pot Pinto Beans (Pressure Cooker)

Looking for the best instant pot pinto beans recipe? This Pinto Beans Pressure Cooker is fast, nutritious, smoky, tasty, thick, and rich.

These pressure cooker pinto beans are the perfect side dish for a quick, satisfying dinner that’s ready in minutes rather than hours.

Whole pinto beans are one of my favorite side dishes at a Mexican restaurant. I prefer them as soup, which is extremely delicious.

The pinto beans pressure cooker tastes so flavorful. However, as you know, overnight soaking is required for the traditional beans.

And, in fact, I will be using a pressure cooker for this quick pinto beans pressure cooker recipe.

You can skip the soaking altogether, and you will even have the dry beans ready for dinner in around an hour.

What Are Pressure Cooker Pinto Beans?

If you are looking for a way to cook pinto beans without soaking them, then I present to you your pressure cooker pinto beans recipe.

This simple recipe is tastier compared to canned pinto beans. This is my favorite way of cooking pinto beans.

This is so because this quick recipe for pressure cooker pinto beans results in perfect pinto beans every single time I use it.

Pinto beans are also an excellent source of protein and fiber, as they are rich in them.

They will also make the perfect side dish or a mouth-watering addition to burrito bowls or burritos.

Preparing Instant Pot Pinto Beans (No Soaking Needed)

• Prep Time: 5 minutes
• Cook Time: 50 minutes
• Additional Time: 15 minutes
• Total Time: 1 hour and 10 minutes
• Yield: 5 cups, drained

This is my favorite Mexican-style recipe, so get ready to use it, or just eat it plain.

These pressure cooker pinto beans are the best. No soaking is required, just a much faster cooking time.

Ingredients for Instant Pot Pinto Beans

• 1 pound of dry pinto beans (about 2 cups)
• 1 bay leaf
• ¼ teaspoon of ground black pepper
• 6 cups of water
• 1 teaspoon of Kosher salt
• 1 small diced yellow onion (approximately ½ cup)

Laid-Out Instructions

• First, you are to rinse the beans but make sure you’ve picked out any stones, pebbles, or even non-bean materials.
• And, based on your preference, you can soak the beans in water overnight, as this will help reduce the cooking time.
• However, you need to know that this is not necessary as you will be using a pressure cooker and this is a no-soak recipe.
• With that being done, you are now ready to put the beans into the Instant Pot or pressure cooker. Proceed by adding onion, salt, water, bay leaves, and pepper.
• After that, you are to mix and make sure the lid is secure. The valve should then be turned to seal. When that is done, you are to set the pressure cooker to pressure cook.
• Alternatively, you can simply set it to manual. However, this depends on the model of your pressure cooker. Set it to high pressure and allow it to cook for 50 minutes for dry beans.
• And, for soaked beans, allow them to cook for 15 minutes. Afterward, allow the pressure to release naturally.
• So, just leave it alone for 15 minutes while it naturally releases the pressure. After that, you can quickly release any remaining pressure.
• All you have to do is switch the valve to “vent.” Now, you can remove the lid and the bay leaf, but you must carefully remove the bay leaf.
• With that being done, you can drain the beans, or you can just scoop the beans out using a slotted spoon.
• Or, you can just decide to enjoy them with the cooking broth. It is tasty. Now, you can serve and garnish your healthy pinto beans with chopped cilantro, but this is based on your preference.

How Long Do Pinto Beans Take To Cook In An Instant Pot?

The cooking time will be shorter if you soak the beans before cooking. For softer beans, you can just add a few minutes to the cooking time.

However, for firmer beans, you can just reduce the minutes a bit from the cooking time.

The pressure cooking times differ as they are determined by the age of the beans and also by the different brands.

How to Store Pinto Beans

There are several ways to store this easy pressure cooker pinto beans. I will be discussing some of these ways below:

Refrigerator

• You can store your pinto beans in the fridge. All you need to do is allow them to cool off completely before you proceed with the storing process.
• After that, you can put them in a leak-proof and sealed food container or just get a Ziploc bag. Now, you can store them in the fridge, which will allow them to last for up to 5 days.

Freezer

• Additionally, you can also store your pinto beans in the freezer, which will allow them to last for up to 5 months.
• The process is almost the same because you also need to allow it to cool completely before you proceed to store it in a sealed food container or Ziploc bag. Make sure you store them with the liquids from the Instant Pot.

How to Reheat Pinto Beans

There are also several ways to reheat your pinto beans, especially when you cook them and store them in the fridge or freezer.

Instant Pot

• Funny, you can use an Instant Pot or pressure cooker to both cook and reheat pinto beans. Put the frozen pinto beans in the pot if they are frozen.
• Then, proceed to add 1/3 cup of water. After that, close the lid and make sure it is secure. The valve should now be turned to the sealing position.
• With that being done, you can now cook on Pressure Cooking, Manual, or Steam for 8 minutes. And, if your pinto beans are not frozen, you are to set the timer for 5 minutes.
• And, then, go for the natural release, which should be for 5 minutes. Then comes the quick release.

Dutch Oven

• This is also another way you can reheat your pinto beans. All you need to do is put your pinto beans in a Dutch oven.
• And, then proceed to add 1/3 to ½ cup of water, and bring to a simmer. After that, allow the beans to warm through in 5 minutes.

Final Thoughts: Pinto Beans Pressure Cooker

Well, with all that being said, I will like to give you a few suggestions of what you can serve pinto beans with.

Fortunately, there are a good number of good recipes you can serve your pinto beans when you make them.

And some of these recipes include pulled pork, pork chops, Instant Pot long grain rice, pressure cooker boiled potatoes, mashed potatoes, and Instant Pot whole chicken.

I’m sure you now have everything you need to make the best pinto beans pressure cooker, all thanks to this easy recipe.