How to Make Baked Beans in a Pressure Cooker

Hearty Baked Beans are delicious as a main course on a chilly winter day or served as a side dish at a cookout or barbecue.

Homemade Baked Beans are so rich and flavorful and just perfect for chilly days.

But, they take about 3 hours to cook on the stove and then bake in the oven to get that rich sauce and tender beans.

Using a pressure cooker speeds up the process tremendously, giving you the same delicious taste in less than half the time.

I prepared this using my stove top pressure cooker, but I wrote the instructions so you can use either a traditional stove top or an electric pressure cooker.

Best Pressure Cookers

These are the two pots I have and highly recommend them (affiliate links below! I may receive a commission for any purchases through these links at no cost to you).

Stove Top Pressure Cooker: You can't pressure can in an electric pressure cooker, or at least you shouldn't for safety reasons. So this baby is a must for me.

Electric Pressure Cooker: This one is getting the bulk of the day to day use. I can make stock (aka bone broth) in this and then can it in the stove top one.

Baked Beans in a Pressure Cooker

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Ingredients

 

• 1 pound dried navy beans
• 8 ounces uncooked bacon (chopped)
• 1 large onion (about 1 cup) (chopped)
• 2 ½ cups water
• ⅓ cup molasses or maple syrup
• ½ cup ketchup
• ¼ cup packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon dry mustard
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper

Instructions

 

• Soak beans overnight with 8-10 cups of water. Drain and rinse. Discard the soaking liquid. (see quick soak instructions in Notes if needed)
• Add bacon to pressure cooking pot. Saute (brown) the bacon pieces until until crisp, about 5 minutes. Remove bacon with slotted spoon and put on a plate lined with paper towels. 
• Cook the onion in bacon drippings until beginning to turn translucent, about 3 minutes. 
• Add everything EXCEPT cooked bacon to the pot, stir to combine. Cook on high pressure for 35 minutes. Turn off heat and wait 10 minutes, then do a quick release of the remaining pressure
• Check the beans to see if they are done. If they are undercooked, cook at high pressure for another 5 minutes. Do a quick release of the pressure. 
• Add cooked bacon. Simmer beans uncovered until the sauce is the desired consistency.

Notes

You can do a quick soak of the beans by bringing the beans to a boil in 8-10 cups of water, simmer 2 minutes and then let soak for 1 hour. 

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Until next time, happy eating!
~Audrey