Smoky Ham Hock and Pinto Bean Soup is full of textures and flavors. This easy pressure cooker ham and bean soup recipe makes the perfect comfort food dinner. Jacky, the husband and wife team from Pressure Cook Recipes. Thanks Barbara for having us here and thank YOU so much for pressure cooker ham and beans by!

We love our pressure cookers and are CRAZY about delicious food! We enjoy spending hours researching, testing, and tasting recipes together in our kitchen. Making Smoky Ham Hock and Pinto Bean Soup in an Instant Pot An Instant Pot is one of the most popular brands of electric pressure cookers. They are easy to use and your Instant Pot can help you create this Smoky Ham Hock and Pinto Bean Soup! Today, we’re excited to share our newest creation with you! We love cooking beans in a pressure cooker, as it saves us so much time.

Before developing the actual recipe, we first did a little pinto beans experiment to find the best cooking time for the desired texture and flavors. Dump-and-Go Version: Easy no fuss method where you place all the ingredients into the pressure cooker, then set-it-and-forget-it. Flavors Version: Split the beans into 2 sets and place them into the pressure cooker at 2 different times. This method allows you to enjoy the best of both worlds from the 2 tests above. This version results in an overall flavorful dish full of texture. Note: no pre-soaking or quick soaking required as we found it’s unnecessary for bean soup.

Lock the pressure cooker’s lid in place and pressure cook at High Pressure for 50 minutes. Garnish with cilantro and minced tomatoes. Place smoked ham hock, onion, garlic cloves, cumin powder, dried oregano, ground black pepper, bay leaves, 1 cup of pinto beans, and 3 cups of chicken stock into your pressure cooker. Lock the pressure cooker’s lid in place and pressure cook at High Pressure for 10 minutes. Lock the pressure cooker’s lid in place and pressure cook at High Pressure for 25 minutes.