This is how easy it is to make pressure cooker ham and beans in your Instant pot ham and beans Pot or Ninja Foodi. Make it into a healthy bean soup using leftover ham, or thicken it up. Load it up with vegetables and it is a complete meal that everyone will love.
No soaking required to cook these Northern dry beans! I wanted to use our leftover ham from smoking it the other night and thought I’d attempt to cook some pressure cooker ham and beans! Using dry Northern beans and a few other simple ingredients it came out great. Just another easy Instant Pot recipes.
Just one of the Instant Pot bean recipes we share on The Typical Mom blog. Seriously, leftover ham is so versatile. We make tons of things with it after the holidays like this and our Crockpot ham and potato soup too. We add new ones each week! Then LIKE our IP Facebook page for new ideas daily. I HIGHLY recommend you buy this non stick pot. It is easier to clean and will avoid the burn message too.
For reference, this is the pressure cooker I have and use for all recipe creations. These are the ingredients we used this time. Of course you can tweak the seasonings but I really like them subtle so you can taste the meat. Instant Pot ham and beans 16 oz. If you use them just remember they’ll need to be removed at the end of course.
Are ham and beans good for you? Especially if you use dry beans they are low in saturated fat and cholesterol. It’s also a great leftover ham recipe so no food goes to waste. How do you make ham and beans less gassy? You can soak them overnight in about 6 cups of water. Then you can decrease the initial cook time from 40 to about 20 minutes or until they’re nice and tender. How do you thicken ham and beans?
I didn’t feel the need to add anything at the end but if you did use cornstarch, flour or arrowroot. Set to saute to boil again. In a small bowl whisk one of these with some water until smooth, then add in. What is the bean setting on Instant Pot? In case you don’t have an Instant Pot we have instructions for slow cooker ham and beans here as well. Pressure cooker ham and beans is great in your Instant Pot.
Ninja Foodi cooking times would remain the same as below. Of course timing will vary depending on how many you’re making and how tender you like them. If you’ve never made a pressure cooker bean soup from scratch it is really quite simple. You can even cook things like Instant Pot black beans from dry that are great inside burritos or taco bowls. I share Instant Pot cooking times for beans here so you can see how long dry beans take. Really it is no time at all using an Instant Pot, Crock Pot Express or Ninja Foodi! Most take about 30 minutes to cook beans in an Instant Pot so they’re tender.