Cookbook:Instant Pot Beans

| Beans

This is a recipe to cook beans in Instant Pot multicooker.

Ingredients

 * 3 cups dried beans, picked through
 * 8 cups water
 * ½ onion, peeled
 * 3 garlic cloves, peeled
 * Salt
 * Ham (optional), diced or chopped

Procedure

 * 1) Soak the beans in water for 4–12 hours. Drain the water.
 * 2) Place the soaked beans, water, garlic, onion, and ham pieces in the Instant Pot.
 * 3) Seal the lid, close the valve, and set the "manual" button to 35 minutes.
 * 4) Use a natural pressure release or the quick pressure release (see how).
 * 5) When the valve drops, carefully remove the lid.
 * 6) Season with salt to taste.
 * 7) Serve or reuse in other recipes that employs beans.

Notes, tips, and variations

 * The "manual" button and "pressure cook" button are the same and so interchangeably named for the different models.
 * The longer the beans soak, the less cooking time is required.
 * Be sure any beans containing the toxin phytohaemagglutinin (e.g. kidney beans) are thoroughly cooked to prevent toxicity.