Quick Pressure Cooker BBQ Baked Beans with Bacon

When you get the craving for baked beans but don’t have hours to spare, Pressure Cooker Baked Beans with Bacon is your answer. 

Busy lifestyles don’t often have time for cooking. Dried beans cooked in a stovetop pressure cooker. Budget-friendly homemade baked beans.

Saucy, sweet, smoky, cooked under pressure in less than 30 minutes.

Do you have a pressure cooker? Which kind, stovetop, electric or the new Instant Pot? Are you one of the people who is scared to try any type of pressure cooker all together? Believe me, I was one of those people. 

RECIPE and INSTRUCTIONS for this pressure cooker beans recipe are at the bottom of this post.

I only started using a pressure cooker in the last year. Hubby insisted I get one. I insisted he stand by my side the first time I used it.

Do you know what I made? Sticky Toffee Pudding.

Of course, I didn’t stop there. Irish Stew with Guinness is a great pressure cooker recipe too.

Shopping List

• dried navy beans
• onion
• bbq sauce
• ketchup
• bacon or bacon bits
• water
• oil
• salt and pepper

Slow cooker beans, Instant Pot beans, or beans baked in the dutch oven. So many great ways to enjoy this ultimate comfort food. Who doesn’t enjoy baked beans on toast?

Cooking baked beans from scratch gives you full control of the ingredient list. Flavors can be adjusted to personal taste! Use all kinds of bbq sauce flavours, spicy ketchup and of course maple syrup.

How To Make Pressure Cooker Baked Beans

This is one of those old fashioned pressure cooker recipes. Nothing fancy, no electronics needed. Homemade baked beans in minutes.

Depending on your type of pressure cooker, directions may vary slightly. Always follow manufacturer directions. For this recipe, I used a *(affiliate) stovetop pressure cooker.

1. Pre-soak the beans using either of the methods below.
2. Add beans to your cooker.
3. Add hot water to the pot along with some oil.
4. Place lid on and secure.
5. Cook on HIGH.
6. Once pressure level is reached, reduce heat to maintain pressure and cook for an additional 12 minutes.
7. Remove from heat and use a NATURAL RELEASE method to release the pressure.
8. Open the lid and drain, and set beans aside.
9. Using med-high heat, place the pressure cooker on the stovetop.
10. Cook the onion in the oil.
11. Add the water, ketchup, barbecue sauce, seasonings, and beans.
12. Mix well, bring to a boil and cook until tender (about 15 minutes).
13. Add in the bacon bits.
14. ENJOY!

Can I Cook Beans Without Soaking?

No, you cannot. Soaking the beans is a VERY IMPORTANT step that must be done BEFORE cooking the beans.

Soaking the beans thoroughly cleans them and also make them easier to digest. The water is then discarded. Be sure to rinse and drain the beans after soaking.

For this recipe, I used the overnight soak method.

• Place the dried beans in a large bowl or pot
• Cover with lots of water
• Add 1 tsp. of salt to the water
• Let soak overnight
• Remove any floaters
• Rinse, drain and place in the pressure cooker

Alternatively, you can use the quick soak method.

• Add the beans to a pot
• Cover with water, and bring to a boil
• Turn off the heat and let the beans sit in the hot water for an hour
• Remove any floaters
• Rinse, drain and place in the pressure cooker

Types Of Dried Beans

For this baked beans recipe I used navy beans. You can be creative and use lots of other beans. Here are a few suggestions:

• Fava
• Kidney
• Great Northern White
• Pinto
• Black
• Chickpeas
• Cranberry
• Black-Eyed Peas

This barbecued beans recipes included bacon bits.

You can dice up fresh bacon, cook it and add it to the recipe at the end, or use store-bought *(affiliate) bacon bits (like I did).

Since you are experimenting with dried beans, did you know dried lentils are easy to make and nutritious too? Great for budget-friendly and protein-packed meals.

Here are a few recipes to try:

• Puy Lentil Pasta Sauce (perfect over spaghetti squash)
• Red Lentil Meatless Tourtiere (a holiday classic)
• Poached Eggs and Lentil Hash (great for #meatlessmonday)
• Spicy Beluga Pasta Sauce (a great way to try black lentils)
• Green Lentil Mini Cream Cheese Balls (a fun and healthy appetizer for any party)

Once you try making pressure cooker baked beans from scratch, heading to the grocery store for store-bought beans in a can will be history.

What an economical way to feed a family, and YOU get to flavour them just the way YOU like to.

I just know if you mix in some of my Bourbon Caramelized Onion Jam, these beans will be kicked up a notch.

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