The best Instant Pot Baked Beans cooked in your pressure cooker! No soaking needed for this easiest, fail-proof recipe! This is a perfect side dish recipe for your next BBQ dinner.
We serve it with Easy Grilled Chicken or pulled pork and a side of baked potatoes.
Some of my favorite things to cook in my Instant Pot are bean dishes. I no longer buy canned beans because cooking them under pressure is so easy! Depending on the type of bean, in general, you can have a big batch of beans done in half an hour. My Instant Pot Black Beans cook in 25 minutes, the pinto beans for Instant Pot Refried Beans cook for 45 minutes. It's just so easy! These baked beans cook in 33 minutes, for the perfect texture, and then simmer in the sweet sauce.
You are not cooking beans in tomato sauce so there is no chance of the dish burning. You can customize the sauce flavor to your likings. Also, add bacon or bits of pork if you like! These Instant Pot Baked Beans are absolutely delicious and perfect for your next barbecue party!
Ingredients:
- great Northern or Navy beans
- water
- onion
- bacon
- ketchup
- BBQ sauce
- brown sugar
- soy sauce
- salt and pepper
Instructions:
- Start by checking if your stainless steel insert it in your Instant Pot.
- Place beans into pot, then add onion, bacon and water. Stir.
- Close the lid, set valve to sealing position, set timer to 33 minutes. Make sure the IP is set to cook at HIGH pressure.
- Once the timer is done, let the pressure release naturally. It's recommended for cooking beans.
- Once the pressure pin is done, open the lid carefully. Drain beans from liquid. Place back in the Instant Pot.
- Press "saute" setting.
- Add ketchup, BBQ sauce, brown sugar and soy sauce. Stir well. Simmer until bubbly. Cook for 5 minutes, stirring often.
- Turn off the Instant Pot. Let the beans sit for 15 minutes or so. The mixture will thicken while it cools.
Why is this recipe the best?
- no canned beans, no soaking: dried beans are cheaper and you can make this recipe without soaking them overnight, yet still get the perfect texture.
- no burn message: we are not pressure cooking the beans in tomato sauce so the IP will not burn the dish.
- flavor: use your favorite BBQ sauce for the best flavor; add molasses for deeper, sweet flavor;
What beans are the best for making baked beans?
I always use great Northern beans when making baked beans. Navy beans are great too! Great Northern beans are a little bit larger than the navy kind. In general, you want to use a white type of bean.
More Instant Pot recipes:
- Instant Pot Pulled Pork
- Instant Pot Ribs
- Instant Pot Baked Potatoes
- Instant Pot Mac and Cheese
- Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes
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Easiest Instant Pot Baked Beans
Ingredients
- 2 cups dried great Northern beans see note
- 6 cups water
- ½ sweet onion chopped
- 4 slices bacon chopped, optional
- ¾ cup ketchup or tomato sauce
- ¾ cup BBQ sauce
- ½ cup packed brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Check if your stainless steel insert it in your Instant Pot and the lid has the silicone ring in place.
- Place beans into the Instant Pot. Add onion, bacon and water. Stir.
- Close the lid, set valve to sealing position (the newer models do this on their own). Set timer to 33 minutes. Make sure the IP is set to cook at HIGH pressure. The IP will beep and will start coming to pressure, which will take 10 to 12 minutes.
- Once the timer is done, press "cancel/off" button and let the pressure release naturally. It's recommended for cooking beans.
- Once the pressure pin is done, open the lid carefully away from your face. Drain beans from liquid. Place back in the Instant Pot.
- Press "saute" setting.
- Add ketchup, BBQ sauce, brown sugar and soy sauce. Stir well. Season with salt and pepper.
- Simmer until bubbly. Cook for 5 minutes, stirring often.
- Turn off the Instant Pot. Let the beans sit for 15 minutes or so. The mixture will thicken while it cools.
Jen says
This is my first attempt at making baked beans in my IP. The recipe turned out perfectly, and was delicious. However, next time I will adjust the amount of BBQ sauce just because my family and I prefer more of a tomato flavour.
Laura says
Loved your recipe! Made this for our family get together and it was a big hit!!! Thank you 🙂
Do you think these could be frozen to eat at a later date?
Sue says
I made these today, using exactly what the recipe called for. They were fantastic! I'm saving this recipe for future use. Thank you!
Anna says
That's fantastic! Thank you so much, Sue!
Lin says
Is the bacon supposed to be cooked before adding? I did not cook mine. The meat in the bacon was cooked. The white fat part of bacon did not seem to be cooked at all. I had to fish out the bacon as it was inedible. I did fry it up in a pan and added it back in, but was another few steps and another dirty pan.
Miles Thompson says
Wow - finally a good tasty recipe, and my wife was surprised I was making beans with tomato sauce, not pork and molasses. I made it in a stovetop pressure cooker (T-Fal).
Next time I would:
Use 7 cups of water. 6 were OK, but I like the margin of safety.
With navy beans (pea beans) the cook is 35 minutes, natural releas. Maybe a minute or two longer.
Using ketchup and BBQ sauce the beans were intensely flavoured, even though I cut the brown sugar to 1/4 cup. Next time I think I'd use
1/2 cup passata or tomato sauce
1/4 c ketchup
1/2 cup BBQ sauce
1/4 c bean liquor
We ate these as a main course. Very good!
Cheers - Miles Thompson
Enfield, NS Canada
Jaime says
Why is it important to use the stainless insert? I have a Cuisinart with an enameled pot.
Anna says
Hi Jamie! The reason for that mention is to make sure the insert is in the Instant Pot. Many times we forget them in the washer and pour the liquid onto the heating element. Use whatever insert you have. I hope this explains this!
Patrick Kleist says
For some reason, when following this recipe's cooking time, the beans ended up mushy.
Lena says
If I were to double this recipe would I have to also increase cooking time?
Anna says
Hi Lena! In theory, you should not have to increase the cooking time. However, to be safe, I always add at least 5 more minutes.
Ashley F says
One of my favorite new barbecue sides!
Sara Welch says
This looks so easy and heartwarming! Will make a great side dish with some potato salad and BBQ!
Krissy Allori says
These beans were delicious and easy to make!
Anna says
Thank you, Krissy!
Trang says
Definitely so easy!