Easy Instant pot pinto beans recipe

We love our Instant Pot. We use it ALL of the time. There was one day that we used it THREE times... once to make steel-cut oats for breakfast, once to make beans for dinner, and once to make applesauce in the evening. It is so nice just to load it up and let it cook. There is no stirring until you open it. After you do open it, that is when ALL of the smells come out... the delicious aromas make us hungrier! We use our Instant Pot to make rice, potatoes (baked or prep to mash), and pork for carnitas or pulled pork for sandwiches. It is similar to a crock pot but better-- since it cooks things quicker. Not quite instantly!

My mother-in-law came up with this recipe for instant pot pinto beans. I've used black beans in place of pintos and got similar results. Only an hour and a half from DRY beans to cooked! It saves so much time, instead of taking ALL day to cook in a crock pot or on the stove.

First, I always rinse my beans. It reduces dust, but rocks and other minor things get filtered out a bit too. I've found that rinsing beans (even canned) reduces the gas caused by beans. SO NICE!

The original recipe card I wrote from my MIL

 Instant Pot pinto beans recipe

One cup of dry beans (rinsed)

2 1/2 cups of water (or 3)

Loaded up and ready to start...

Place beans and water into the Instant pot and seal. Cook on HIGH pressure for 50 minutes, using natural release (this takes up to 40 more minutes).

After opening the instant pot...

If they're too wet, you can saute them on high with the lid off to cook off some of the moisture. We always do this, and they go from being wet beans in water to much more like cooked pinto beans that are similar to refried beans! We LOVE them in our tacos. 

All done!

Since I have a lot of food sensitivities, I love knowing exactly what is in them. I usually add salt and pepper before serving. It is an EASY recipe and so delicious!

2 Samuel 17:27-29
When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, and Makir son of Ammiel from Lo Debar, and Barzillai the Gileaditefrom Rogelim brought bedding and bowls and articles of pottery. They also brought wheat and barley, flour and roasted grain, beans, and lentils,  honey and curds, sheep, and cheese from cows’ milk for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become exhausted and hungry and thirsty in the wilderness.”

Ezekiel 4:9
“Take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and spelt; put them in a storage jar and use them to make bread for yourself. You are to eat it during the 390 days you lie on your side.