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Instant Pot Baked Beans

Instant Pot Baked Beans are delicious and an easy recipe to make using a pressure cooker. This no-soak method is the perfect barbecue side dish and so much better than the canned version. You just need a few ingredients including bacon, onion, vinegar, molasses, brown sugar, ketchup and beans! You can omit the bacon for a vegetarian/vegan recipe version.
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Keyword Homemade baked beans, Instant Pot Baked Beans
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Servings 12
Calories 284kcal
Author A Mom's Impression

Equipment

  • Pressure Cooker

Ingredients

  • 1 lb dry Great Northern Beans
  • 8 cups water
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 8 slices raw bacon cut into small pieces
  • 1 small onion chopped
  • 2/3 cup barbecue sauce
  • 1/2 cup ketchup
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/4 cup white vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons molasses

Instructions

  • Add beans, 8 cups of water and salt to the inner pot of the pressure cooker. Place the lid on the pressure cooker and seal shut. Make sure that the pressure valve is set to closed. Set the pressure cooker to manual, high pressure for 25 minutes. When cooking cycle is complete, carefully naturally release the pressure. Open the pressure cooker and drain the beans. Set aside.
  • Add bacon and onion to the pot and turn pressure cooker on to the saute mode. Cook until the bacon is done. Turn off the pressure cooker and drain greese. In the same pot stir in the barbecue sauce, ketchup, brown sugar, water, vinegar and molasses. Mix well.
  • Return the beans to the pot and stir. Place the lid on the pressure cooker and seal shut. Close the pressure release valve. Set the instant pot to manual, low pressure for 15 minutes. When cooking cycle is complete, naturally release the pressure.
  • Carefully open the pressure cooker, and serve immediately.

Notes

*Serves 12-16