These Instant Pot pinto beans are super flavorful and easy.
Ingredients
- slices bacon: 3 piece
- chicken broth: 4 cups
- pinto beans, rinsed: 1 pound (dried)
- ½ cups water: 1 piece
- onions: 0.5 cup (to taste, chopped, optional)
- green Chili peppers: 2 piece
- ¼ teaspoons garlic powder: 1 piece
- ¼ teaspoons kosher salt: 1 piece
- chili powder: 1 tsp
- ground cumin: 0.5 tsp
- paprika: 0.5 tsp
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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Turn on a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot) and select Sauté function. Add bacon and cook, turning once, 4 to 6 minutes. Add chicken broth, pinto beans, water, onions, chile peppers, garlic powder, salt, chili powder, cumin, and paprika. Close and lock the lid.
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Select high pressure according to manufacturer's instructions; set timer for 45 minutes. Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.
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Release pressure using the natural-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, 10 to 40 minutes. Unlock and remove the lid.
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Remove bacon and chile peppers; chop to desired consistency and return to the pot. Mash beans with a potato masher until they reach desired consistency.
