Easy Baked Beans Pressure Cooker Recipe

Step-by-Step Guide on how to cook Instant Pot Baked Beans. Make easy baked beans from scratch with dry beans using the quick soak or overnight soak methods. Tender creamy beans packed with deliciously rich complex flavors. A crowd-pleasing side dish for more than just barbeques, cookouts, and parties!

Heinz baked beans might be the first thing that comes to mind when you think about baked beans! Side note: my parents call them “ketchup beans”.

We crafted this Baked Beans Instant Pot Recipe with the traditional American-style Baked Beans in mind. Let us know in the comments if you’re looking for British-style baked beans!

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From our experiments cooking baked beans in Instant Pot, we found that molasses slow down the bean cooking. And the acidic ingredients (such as vinegar, dijon mustard, tomato sauce, and ketchup) slow it down even more. So it’s best to add in the acidic ingredients after pressure cooking.

What Beans to Use for Baked Beans? We used dried Navy Beans to make this Instant Pot Baked Beans recipe. Based on our experiments, soaking the dry beans overnight yields the best results.

Blackstrap Molasses: this is a key flavoring in this baked beans, so choose a high quality brand with a flavor profile and aroma that you like.

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Maple Syrup: it’s common to use brown sugar to make traditional baked beans. But, we chose to use Maple Syrup instead for more complex flavors and aroma.

Regular Soy Sauce: soy sauce is not a traditional ingredient in baked beans. But, it’s one of our secret ingredients for a kick of some umami flavors and aroma. This will enhance the baked beans’ flavor profile. Try it!

Amy + Jacky’s Tips! If your house is very warm, place your large container of beans in the fridge to avoid fermentation.

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If you’re short on time or forgot to soak the beans overnight, you can use this quick soaking method. But, the result won’t be as good as the option 1 overnight soaking method.

While the bacon is rendering in Instant Pot, combine ¼ cup (80g) blackstrap molasses, ¼ cup (60g) maple syrup, 1 tbsp (15ml) regular soy sauce, and 1¾ cup (438) cold water in a 1L (4 cups) glass measuring cup. Mix well.

Add ¼ tsp fine table salt, 2 bay leaves, soaked navy beans (889g) and the remaining molasses mixture in Instant Pot. Mix well and make sure all the beans are submerged in the molasses mixture.

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Important Amy + Jacky’s Tips! The pressure cooking time may vary depending on many factors such as the age of the beans. If your beans aren’t fully cooked, add more pressure cooking time accordingly. For reference, some readers reported they need to pressure cook for an extra 15 to 25 minutes for their beans.

Add 2 tsp (12g) dijon mustard, and 1 tsp (5ml) apple cider vinegar in the baked beans in Instant Pot. Mix well.

Taste and adjust the seasoning by adding more blackstrap molasses, salt, or vinegar if necessary. For reference, we added another tablespoon of blackstrap molasses.

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These sweet-savory baked beans are a crowd-pleasing side dish for bbq, potlucks, picnics, or parties. You can serve them with fresh cornbread, potato salad, crusty artisan bread, homemade biscuits, or mac and cheese.

Make easy Instant Pot Baked Beans from scratch with dry beans using the quick soak or overnight soak methods. Tender creamy beans packed with deliciously rich complex flavors. A crowd-pleasing side dish for more than just barbeques, cookouts, and parties!

Best Pressure Cooking Time: The pressure cooking time may vary depending on many factors such as the age of your beans. If your beans are not fully cooked, add pressure cooking time accordingly. For reference, some readers reported their beans need to pressure cook for an extra 15 to 25 mins.

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Blackstrap Molasses: this is a key flavoring in this recipe, so choose a high quality brand with a flavor profile and aroma that you like.

Regular Soy Sauce: soy sauce isn't a traditional ingredient in baked beans. But, it’s one of our secret ingredients for a kick of some umami flavors and aroma. This will enhance the baked beans’ flavor profile. Try it!

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Calories: 309 kcal | Carbohydrates: 41 g | Protein: 13 g | Fat: 10 g | Saturated Fat: 3 g | Cholesterol: 15 mg | Sodium: 278 mg | Potassium: 753 mg | Fiber: 11 g | Sugar: 13 g | Vitamin A: 10 IU | Vitamin C: 1.4 mg | Calcium: 99 mg | Iron: 3.1 mg

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Some of my favorite things to cook in my Instant Pot are bean dishes. I no longer buy canned beans because cooking them under pressure is so easy! Depending on the type of bean, in general, you can have a big batch of beans done in half an hour. My Instant Pot Black Beans cook in 25 minutes, the pinto beans for Instant Pot Refried Beans cook for 45 minutes. It's just so easy! These baked beans cook in 33 minutes, for the perfect texture, and then simmer in the sweet sauce.

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You are not cooking beans in tomato sauce so there is no chance of the dish burning. You can customize the sauce flavor to your likings. Also, add bacon or bits of pork if you like! These Instant Pot Baked Beans are absolutely delicious and perfect for your next barbecue party!

I always use great Northern beans when making baked beans. Navy beans are great too! Great Northern beans are a little bit larger than the navy kind. In general, you want to use a white type of bean.

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Instant Pot Baked Beans Recipe

The best Instant Pot Baked Beans cooked in your pressure cooker! No soaking needed for this easiest, fail-proof recipe! The sauce is made with ketchup or tomato sauce, your favorite BBQ sauce, brown sugar and soy sauce. It's the perfect side dish for your next BBQ dinner.

Make sure you use cold water to cook the beans. Warm or hot water will affect the cooking time and final result. You may end up with crunchy beans.

Serving: 4 oz | Calories: 222 kcal | Carbohydrates: 41 g | Protein: 8 g | Fat: 3 g | Saturated Fat: 1 g | Cholesterol: 5 mg | Sodium: 617 mg | Potassium: 560 mg | Fiber: 7 g | Sugar: 20 g | Vitamin A: 115 IU | Vitamin C: 3 mg | Calcium: 76 mg | Iron: 2 mgThese Instant Pot “Baked” Beans are smoky, thick, tangy and sweet. Perfect as an easy side dish for any meal, and easy to make vegetarian if you prefer!

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Add that to the fact that I’ve received numerous requests for an Instant Pot baked bean recipe… and this beautiful recipe was born!

These beans start with dried navy beans and are so packed full of smoky/sweet flavors! Every mouthful is a treat for your tastebuds.

Making them in the Instant Pot is genius since you don’t have to heat up your whole house by having the oven on, or if you do have it on already, it frees oven space up for other delicious recipes, like Corn Pudding, or Mac and Cheese!

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Plus, since they’re cooked in a pressure cooker, these beans have a great texture, and are ready in about an hour or so (not including the time it takes the pot to come to pressure – that varies from person to person). One hour of nearly hands off time… what could be better?!

Some beans just won’t soften up; so if after cooking, some are just hard and won’t get nice and soft, don’t panic.

The main culprits for rock hard beans are the age of the dried beans and improper storage. So for best results, use beans that are recently purchased, and be sure to check the sell by dates on the package before buying. I also like to take my bags of dried beans and add them to airtight food storage containers to make sure they’re kept fresh.

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During testing, I found that we enjoyed the texture more when the dried beans were soaked overnight then cooked according to the recipe. However, there is a way to cook these beans without soaking first. I have those instructions detailed down in the “Chef Tips” section below the recipe.

The traditional type of beans that are used are navy beans, but pinto or Great northern beans could be used as well. The good