Description
Instant Pot Baby Lima Beans recipe. Pressure cooker lima beans, from dry, with no soaking, are cooked in under an hour and way better than canned beans. Sort and rinse the dry baby lima beans, then pressure cook them with onion, bay leaf, and a little salt for 30 minutes with a natural pressure release.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 pound dry baby lima beans, sorted and rinsed
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 6 cups water
- 1 small onion, peeled and halved
- 2 bay leaves
Instructions
- Sort and rinse the beans: Sort the lima beans, discarding any stones, dirt, or broken beans. Rinse the beans.
- Pressure Cook for 30 minutes (unsoaked) with a 15-minute Natural Release: Put the beans in the pressure cooker, add 6 cups of water, sprinkle with the salt, then add the onion and bay leaf. Lock the lid and pressure cook at high pressure for 30 minutes in an Instant Pot or other electric pressure cooker, or for 25 minutes in a stovetop pressure cooker. (Use Manual, Pressure Cook, or Pressure Cook - Custom mode set to 30 minutes in an Instant Pot). Let the pressure come down naturally, about 20 more minutes. (If you're in a hurry, you can stop the natural pressure release after 15 minutes by quick releasing any remaining pressure.)
- Serve or Save: Discard the onion and bay leaf. Serve the beans with their broth as a side dish or drain them to add to another recipe. Enjoy!
Equipment
Buy Now → - Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Category: Beans
- Method: Pressure Cooker
- Cuisine: American