Instant Pot Butter Beans Recipe
Instant Pot Butter Beans Recipe is easy, tasty and quick to make. A no soak butter bean recipe you will want to make over and over again.
Servings 10 servings
Calories 311kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- • 1 – 2 cups smoked ham chopped into large chunks
- • 1 large red onion chopped
- • 2-3 cloves garlic crushed or minced
- • 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
- • 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- • 1 teaspoon Cajun seasoning
- • 1 teaspoon salt
- • 3 bay leaves
- • ½ teaspoon white pepper
- • ¼ teaspoon red pepper
- • 16 ounces dried lima beans large beans, rinsed and sorted
- • 2 ham hocks
- • 6 cups chicken broth
- • 2 cups water
Instructions
- Turn Instant Pot on saute mode and add the vegetable oil. Add in smoked ham, red onion, and garlic, and saute for 3-5 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds to minute.
- Turn off the saute mode and add in butter, seasonings, beans, ham hocks, and liquid.
- Close the lid on Instant Pot and set the pressure valve to sealing.
- Set a high-pressure cooking time of 25 minutes, and allow for a natural pressure release of 15 minutes at the end of the cooking time, before releasing the rest of the pressure.
Notes
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 311kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 46mg | Sodium: 1200mg | Fiber: 9g | Sugar: 5g