Instant Pot Charro Beans

I have my precious Instant Pot. I don’t use it as much as I really should. But this recipe, hands down, is really good!

Ingredients:

2 cups of dried beans, picked and cleaned. Yep, I said dried beans, no soaking, changing water, any of that nonsense….You are welcome!

1/4 lb salted pork, or bacon, cut into small pieces

1/2 onion, yellow or white, diced

1/2 bunch of cilantro stem, roughly chopped. Yep, stem, save the pretty green leaves for garnish for those amazing brown sugar carnita tacos!

1 jalapeno, seeded and diced

1/2 TBSP ground cumin

1/2 TBSP ground smoked paprika

5 cups of chicken broth, or 5 cups of water + 1 chicken bullion cube

Method:

Heat up instant pot to high heat on saute function, add salted pork to render fat and slightly brown. Add onions and cilantro stem and jalapenos. Add cumin and smoked paprika. Stir until fragrant and onions are translucent. Add beans, broth. Lid on, lock and close vent.

Change the function to pressure cook, 30 minutes. Let pot release pressure naturally after beans are done. Stir the beans and enjoy!

Note, I did not add any salt, salted pork is quite salty as is, you can always add more salt at the very end, after tasting. Serve alongside any tacos, breakfast, or enjoy a bowl of charro beans on its own. This can be easily mistaken as authentic Mexican restaurant take out 🙂