I’ve been experimenting with my Instant Pot electric pressure cooker. For some reason I bought several pounds of black beans from a co-op so Brazilian Black Beans seemed like a good thing to try. I made this Monday night and we loved it. It made enough for dinner, a couple of lunches (with rice) and I still had a couple of cups left which I’ve been eating for lunch sans rice.
Please excuse the terrible photo. I forgot to take one Monday night with the rice so this is what I had for lunch. That’s a dollop of sour cream on top.
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Brazilian Black Beans
Start beans in the Instant Pot and rice in a rice cooker. In less than an hour you’ll have an incredibly tasty dinner. And healthy, too!
Ingredients
- 8 slices of bacon, cut in 1/2 inch pieces
- 1 small onion, diced
- 3-4 cloves of garlic, minced
- 4 cups of chicken broth (may substitute vegetable broth)
- 1 cup of water
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1/2 teaspoon Creole seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 pound of dry black beans, washed and picked over
Instructions
- Heat pressure cooker until hot on sauté setting.
- Cook bacon until lightly browned and starting to get crisp on the edges.
- Add onion and cook about 3 minutes
- Add garlic and cook another 30 seconds while stirring to prevent burning.
- Add beans, broth and water.
- Add seasonings.
- Stir well, secure lid and cook on high for 40 minutes.
- Release steam, smash some of the beans against the side of the pot to thicken the liquid.
- Taste and add more seasoning if desired.
- Serve over hot, cooked rice.
Instant Pot
Recipe based upon this one: The Best Brazilian Style Black Beans and Rice
i have a Crock Pot Express 8 qt size…I assume the recipes would be quite similar on this as on an Instant Pot?
I would think so but can’t say for certain. Beans are pretty forgiving, though. If you try it, please come back and let me know how it turned out. If you have to make any adjustments that would be helpful information in case someone else with the Crock Pot Express is reading this.