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    Home » Recipes » Pressure cooker

    Instant Pot (Pressure Cooker) Green Beans

    Published: Mar 20, 2018 · Modified: Jun 26, 2022 by Mike Vrobel · This post may contain affiliate links · 4 Comments

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    Instant Pot (Pressure Cooker) Green Beans. A quick pressure cooker side dish. And I do mean quick: 1 minute at high pressure with a quick release.

    1 minute under pressure? 1 minute under pressure. Here is the pressure cooker version of my favorite vegetable side dish, Steam Sautéed Green Beans.

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    Pressure Cooker Green Beans
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    Now, let me say this up front: there is no reason to pressure cook green beans. They cook too fast. By the time the cooker comes up to pressure, the beans are done; by the time the cooker quick releases, I might as well have made them on the stovetop.

    So, why pressure cook green beans? Flexibility - I use this recipe when I want to use the Instant Pot to free up the stovetop. If I’m cooking for a party, and every burner has a pot on it, the Instant Pot can jump in to act as another cooking vessel. At that moment, I don’t care it’s a pressure cooker, just that it can cook the green beans.

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    Instant Pot (Pressure Cooker) Green Beans


    ★★★★★

    4.5 from 2 reviews

    • Author: Mike Vrobel
    • Total Time: 15 minutes
    • Yield: 1 pound green beans 1x
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    Instant Pot (Pressure Cooker) Green Beans. A quick pressure cooker side dish. And I do mean quick: 1 minute at high pressure with a quick release


    Ingredients

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    • 1 cup water
    • 1 pound fresh green beans, trimmed
    • ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
    • ½ teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
    • A drizzle of olive oil (or butter, optional)
    • A squeeze of fresh lemon juice (optional)

    Instructions

    1. Everything in the pot: Put a vegetable steaming basket in the pressure cooker, and pour in 1 cup of water. Spread the beans out on top of the basket, then sprinkle with the salt and pepper.
    2. Pressure cook for 1 minute with a Quick Pressure Release: Lock the lid on the cooker. Cook at high pressure for 1 minute (“Manual” or “Pressure Cook” mode in an Instant Pot). Quick release the pressure, then remove the lid, tilting it away from you to avoid the hot steam.
    3. Season and serve: Carefully lift the steamer basket full of beans out of the cooker, and dump the beans onto a serving platter. Drizzle with a generous amount of olive oil, squeeze a little juice from a fresh lemon over the top, and serve. Enjoy!

    Equipment

    Steamer Basket

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    Notes

    The beans will continue to cook, even after the pressure is released. I carefully lift the steamer basket out of the pot as soon as I can after the pressure release finishes.

    The recipe works with a 12-ounce bag of pre-trimmed green beans, too.

    • Prep Time: 5 min
    • Cook Time: 10 min
    • Category: Side Dish
    • Method: Pressure Cooker
    • Cuisine: American

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    1. Rosalind says

      August 14, 2020 at 5:05 am

      Delicious, I set the basket of beans on top of leek trimmings, on top of the platform (?). The beans were flavoured, and the water could be used as stock.

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    2. Nancy says

      June 16, 2020 at 6:28 pm

      Very good and easy! Thanks

      ★★★★

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    3. Mama says

      October 01, 2019 at 9:14 pm

      This is the BEST green bean recipe for Instant Pot AND stove top. Thank you. Five Stars

      ★★★★★

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      • Mike Vrobel says

        October 02, 2019 at 7:03 am

        You’re welcome!

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