Gatsby Default Starter

Beans

Ingredients

  • 1 lb dried beans
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • Aromatics

Instructions

  1. (Optional) Soak dried beans and salt overnight (or at least 4 hours)
  2. (Optional) Drain beans
  3. Put beans in Instant Pot
  4. Cover with 7.5 cups water
  5. Add salt, pepper, oil and aromatics
  6. Cook for 5 - 45 minutes (see cooking time table)
  7. Natural release for 20 minutes
Dried Beans, Legumes, and LentilsDry Cooking Time (minutes)Soaked Cooking Time (minutes)
Adzuki / Azuki / Aduki16 – 204 – 9
Anasazi20 – 255 – 7
Black beans20 – 256 – 8
Black-eyed peas14 – 184 – 5
Cannellini beans (white kidney beans)30 – 356 – 9
Chickpeas (chickpeas, garbanzo bean, or kabuli)35 – 4010 – 15
Great Northern beans25 – 307 – 8
Kidney beans, red15 – 207 – 8
Lentils, green8 – 10n/a
Lentils, brown8 – 10n/a
Lentils, red, split1 – 2n/a
Lentils, yellow, split (moong dal)1 – 2n/a
Lima beans12 – 146 – 10
Navy beans20 – 257 – 8
Pinto beans25 – 306 – 9
Peas16 – 2010 – 12
Scarlet runner20 – 256 – 8
Soy beans35 – 4518 – 20