Instant Pot Pinto Beans
These Instant Pot pinto beans are so simple to make and require no soaking! Just throw in your dried beans, some simple spices, a ham hock for meaty flavor, and in just a little over an hour you'll be rewarded with a big pot of pinto beans. So easy!
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Ingredients
- 1 pound dried pinto beans picked through and rinsed
- 4 cups chicken stock
- 1 (4 ounce) can chopped green chiles
- 1 smoked ham hock
- 1 small yellow onion diced
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 teaspoon Kosher salt
Instructions
- In your Instant pot add dried beans, chicken stock, green chiles, ham hock, onion, and bay leaf.
- Stir to combine.
- Add the lid to the Instant Pot to the pot and make sure the vent is in the "seal" position.
- Set the cooking time for manual high setting 40 minutes.
- Wait for the pressure to build, about 10 minutes, and cook for 40 minutes.
- Let the Instant Pot naturally release for 15 minutes.
- After 15 minutes carefully vent the Instant Pot and after the pressure is released remove the lid and give the beans a gentle stir.
- Remove the bay leaf from the pot.
- Take out the ham hock and cut off any of the meat that remains on the ham hock. I usually throw out the skin/fat part and just keep the chunks of meat.
- Add the meat back to the pot and serve the beans as a side dish or as a main course.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 2506kcal | Carbohydrates: 324g | Protein: 170g | Fat: 56g | Saturated Fat: 19g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 8g | Monounsaturated Fat: 24g | Cholesterol: 214mg | Sodium: 4185mg | Potassium: 8055mg | Fiber: 72g | Sugar: 28g | Vitamin A: 38IU | Vitamin C: 36mg | Calcium: 594mg | Iron: 28mg
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