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Instant Pot Refried Beans

Creamy pressure-cooked pinto beans mashed with garlic into velvety refried beans.

Total time
55 min
Serves
8
Difficulty
Medium
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Instant Pot Refried Beans
As seen on Episode 53

The preparation

6 steps, about 55 minutes start to finish.

  1. 01

    Rinse dried pinto beans.

  2. 02

    Add beans, garlic, canola oil, and water to Instant Pot.

  3. 03

    Pressure cook until beans are very soft.

  4. 04

    Drain most liquid, reserving some.

  5. 05

    Mash beans to desired consistency, adding reserved liquid as needed.

  6. 06

    Season with salt.

lightbulb The chef's notes

“Pressure-cook the beans until they're truly soft, since firm beans won't mash creamy. Save some of the cooking liquid and add it back as you mash, so you can loosen them to just the texture you want.”

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