Instant Pot Yellow Eye Beans. Dried beans, ready in about an hour without soaking, thanks to pressure cooking.
Yellow Eye Beans, with their brown spots, remind me of a pinto, like the spots on black-eyed peas remind me of a Holstein cow. That said, yellow eye beans are not a black-eyed pea variation; they are closer to Navy beans, and are often used in New England Baked Beans recipes.
These Yellow Eye beans came in my Rancho Gordo bean box, so I’m going to make of a pot of beans with garlic and onion. Of course, the pot is an Instant Pot – I pressure cook all my beans. Looking for creamy, mild beans with hint of garlic? Try a pot of yellow eye beans.[feast_advanced_jump_to]
Dont have garlic? Just skip it. It wont be a garlicky pot of beans, but it will still be good.
A 6-quart pressure cooker. Pressure cooker dried beans are one of the reasons I became a pressure cooker convert, and love my Instant Pot. Try them – you’ll never go back to canned beans. (OK, maybe you will, for convenience – but see the Storage section for tips on make ahead freezer beans.)
This recipe scales down easily – cut everything in half if you don’t need as many beans, or have a 3-quart pressure cooker. Scaling up runs into space issues; if you have an 8-quart pressure cooker, you can double this recipe, but it’s too much to fit in a 6-quart pressure cooker.
Soaking yellow eye beans?
I get the “to soak, or not to soak?” question all the the time.
I don’t soak my yellow eye beans in this recipe. They don’t need an overnight soak, and cook to tenderness with 30 minutes at high pressure.
That doesn’t mean you can’t soak the beans. They turn out fine, though the bean broth isn’t quite as full bodied. Soaked beans cook much quicker, 12 minutes at high pressure. I use that when I’m cooking the beans with other ingredients, where the shorter cooking time keeps me from overcooking the whole dish just to get the beans tender.
- Salt your bean water! “Salt toughens beans” is a myth. Salting before cooking helps season the beans all the way through as they cook.
- Try to buy beans from a store with lots of bean turnover. Beans dry out as they age, which makes them a little tougher to cook.
- If your beans are still tough when the cooking time is over, especially any “floaters” at the top of the pot, you probably got some old beans. Give the pot a stir, lock the lid, and pressure cook the beans for another five minutes.
- Simmer to thicken: If you have the time, and want thicker bean liquid, simmer the beans for 20 minutes after pressure cooking. I set my Instant Pot to Sauté mode adjusted to low, set the timer to 20 minutes, and leave the lid off to let the broth evaporate.
How to Cook Beans in Just 40minutes using a Pressure Cooker.
FAQ
How long do you cook beans in a pressure cooker?
Can you overcook beans in a pressure cooker?
What happens if you don t soak beans before pressure cooking?
How many cups of water do you put in a pressure cooker for beans?
How do you cook beans in a pressure cooker?
Add the beans to the electric pressure cooker and cover with 6 cups of water. Bring the water and beans to a boil using the electric pressure cooker’s sauté function on high. Once the water comes to a boil, lid the pressure cooker and cook for 1 minute on high pressure. When 1 minute is up, carefully release the pressure manually.
How long do you cook kidney beans in a pressure cooker?
Double-check the manual that came with your pressure cooker for more exact cooking times: Red kidney beans: 25-30 minutes (boil for 10 minutes before pressure cooking) Cook beans at high pressure for the time recommended above. The pressure cooker will take 15 to 20 minutes to come to full pressure before cooking begins.
How long does it take to cook chickpeas in a pressure cooker?
For the chickpeas shown above, it took my pressure cooker 15 minutes to reach full pressure, then 10 minutes at full pressure to cook the beans, followed by a 20 minute natural release cool down — a total of roughly 45 minutes to achieve tender beans. Note: I did presoak the beans, which helped cut their cooking time significantly.
How much water do you put in a pressure cooker for beans?
People often ask how much water do you put in a pressure cooker for beans if you’re not soaking them. The general rule of thumb is that you need the water level to be at least one inch above the bean level in your pressure cooker. This is usually about 5 cups of water for every 1 pound of dry beans.