Ingredients:
- 1 cup pinto beans
- 6 cups water
- 1 teaspoon salt
Directions:
Soak the beans 8 hours (or more). Rinse well Put in pressure cooker, add water and salt. Put on stove top and turn heat to high. Once pressure cooker is going like a little steam engine, reduce heat to low for 45 minutes. That’s it!
Barry serves the beans with plenty of the liquid (almost like a bean soup) and just adds salt and pepper to taste.
WARNING: My pressure cooker (Presto) advises against pressure cooking beans (among other things – pasta, peas etc.) because they can foam up, block the vent and cause the safety plug to blow which will make a big mess of your kitchen! However just for the record, following this recipe I’ve never had a problem with my pressure cooker and the pinto beans are so good I’m willing to risk cooking them this way (but that’s me). Enjoy!
Preparation time: 45 m