See my guide on how to use an Instant Pot. Instant Pot Pinto Beans are easy to make, and they are a versatile ingredient for quick, healthy meals. Learn how to cook pinto beans ham and beans in instant pot dry in your Instant Pot, with cook times for both soaked and unsoaked beans.

How to make the BEST Instant Pot Pinto Beans, with directions for both no soak beans and presoaked beans. Pressure cooking dry beans is so simple! This easy recipe includes both Mexican seasoned beans and plain unseasoned options. Ever since I first made Instant Pot black beans, I’ve been hooked on cooking beans in my Instant Pot pressure cooker. Beans are a good source of vegetarian protein, and cooking dry beans in your Instant Pot is so easy! This Instant Pot pinto beans recipe makes the best Mexican pinto beans. The taste and texture of Instant Pot beans are so much better than canned beans.

Cooked beans are a versatile ingredient for healthy meals, and they also freeze well. I often make a batch of these Instant Pot pinto beans at the beginning of the week and then we get a few meals out of them during the week. You can freeze extra beans for quick meals later on. Enjoy Instant Pot Pinto Beans as a side dish, or use them as a filling for burritos. Serve pinto beans with Mexican rice to make an easy meal of beans and rice.

Do you need to soak beans before pressure cooking? You don’t need to soak beans before cooking them in an Instant Pot. Unsoaked beans will cook evenly and fairly quickly in a pressure cooker. In my experience, unsoaked beans split apart less during pressure cooking. So if you forget to soak your dried beans or you just don’t want to soak them, you can still make delicious pinto beans in your Instant Pot. However, soaking beans for 8 to 12 hours before cooking may make them easier to digest. Soaking helps to remove some of the gas-causing sugars from the beans.

Soaked beans will also cook faster. When I remember to plan ahead, I soak my beans because it’s hardly any more effort. You can decide what works best for you and your schedule. How to cook pinto beans in an Instant Pot Here’s a quick overview of how to make Instant Pot pinto beans. See the recipe box at the end of this post for the full list of ingredients and instructions. Pick over beans to remove any debris, and, if you aren’t soaking your beans, give them a good rinse.