BBQ Baked Beans (Instant Pot)
Tangy sweet beans take very little time in the instant pot.
Ingredients
- 16 ounces dry navy or pinto beans
- 8 cups water
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 8 slices bacon
- 1/2 yellow onion , finely chopped (or 2 Tbsp dry mined onion)
- 1/2 red or green bell pepper , cored, seeded, and finely chopped (optional)
- 2/3 cup honey barbecue sauce store-bought or homemade
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 1 Tbsp yellow mustard
- 1/4 cup cider vinegar
- 1 tsp liquid smoke
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup water
Directions
Add 16 oz beans, 8 cups water and 1 tsp salt to instant pot.
Cook on high pressure for 20 minutes. Allow the pressure to naturally release for 20 minutes.
Remove lid and pour beans into a colander/strainer. Rinse with cold water. Set aside.
Set Instant Pot to saute setting.
Add 8 slices bacon and saute for a few minutes until it starts to get golden brown, tossing and scraping down the bottom of the pot often.
Drain some of the grease.
2 Tbsp minced onion and cook until tender (optional, add 1/2 of red pepper).
Turn IP off.
Mix 2/3 cup honey bbq sauce, 1/2 cup ketchup, 1 Tbsp mustard, 1/4 cup vinegar, 1 tsp liquid smoke and 1/2 cup brown sugar in a bowl or the IP.
Add to the pot and stir well to combine.
Add 1/2 cup water and beans.
Secure IP lid, close steam valve and cook on high pressure for 15 minutes. Natural release the pressure.
If the sauce still seems thin, turn on Saute mode and boil some of the liquid off, stirring frequently until the sauce thickens.
Modified from: https://tastesbetterfromscratch.com/instant-pot-baked-beans/