Electric Pressure Cooker Fresh Green Beans

Set your instant pot or electric pressure cooker to 4 minutes on high pressure.

Electric pressure cooker fresh green beans.

These remind me of sunday dinner at mom s house. Turn the steam valve to closed. Do not let the garlic burn. Ensure to coat the oil over the whole bottom of the pot.

Fresh green beans are plentiful during the summer. Since i am a southern cook i love southern green beans but they take at least an hour to prepare and simmer until incredibly flavorful. Place all ingredients into pressure cooker and stir. If you want this to be a dump and go recipe use cocktail onions and bacon bits.

Pressure cook for 1 minute with a quick pressure release. Notes and variations for cooking green beans in the pressure cooker. Spread the beans out on top of the basket then sprinkle with the salt and pepper. Why this recipe works.

Everything in the pot. Sauté garlic green beans. I often eat just steamed green beans for dinner by. Once the water comes to a boil lid the pressure cooker and cook for 1 minute on high pressure.

Cook at high pressure for 1 minute manual or pressure cook mode in an instant pot. Bring cooker to pressure and reduce heat to the lowest temperature that will still maintain a jiggle. Electric pressure cooker fresh green beans notes. These pressure cooker instant pot green beans taste like they have been simmering for hours but yet they only take four minutes to cook.

We don t want to make soup. Using canned greened beans instead of fresh makes it possible to cook the green beans and potatoes together. However if you prefer you can fry up regular bacon and crumble and slice up a yellow onion instead. I have not tried doubling the recipe in a smaller pressure cooker so just be sure you aren t exceeding the maximum fill of your model if you re planning to.

Feel free to double the recipe as long as you are using at least a 6 quart pressure cooker. Cook for 3 4 minutes 5 minutes if you like your beans extra soft. Add in minced garlic sauté for roughly 30 seconds. Reduce pressure under cool running water.

Add the beans to the electric pressure cooker and cover with 6 cups of water. Add 1 tbsp 15ml peanut oil or olive oil in the pot. I believe these pressure cooker green beans are even more delicious. Bring the water and beans to a boil using the electric pressure cooker s sauté function on high.

1 lb fresh green beans ends snapped off 1 tbsp butter 2 3 pieces of bacon thick cut 1 lg onion cut in eighths 2 garlic cloves smashed 1 c chicken stock salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste 8 10 small red or new potatoes if desired uncut. When 1 minute is up carefully release the pressure manually. There s a time and place for al dente hericot vert that french for barely cooked green beans but these pressure cooker green beans are not that at all. Lock the lid on the cooker.

This recipe as written makes enough green beans for about 4 servings. Remember the onions and green beans will also be releasing very flavorful water. Remove from heat and allow to cool for 5 minutes.