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Cuban black beans make a great side dish for almost any meal.  In the Instant Pot these beans can be made in a little over an hour.

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Cuban black beans have lots of flavor because they add peppers, onions, and garlic to the mix.  Of course, you could buy a can of black beans and mix in the ingredients.  However, with the Instant Pot dried beans are extremely easy.  There is no need to pre-soak the beans.  Instead you add them directly to the Instant Pot.

A key ingredient in our Cuban Black Bean recipe is pork.  Ideally I like to add  diced Virginia country ham to the beans.  However, this is rare in many parts of the world.  Bacon, regular ham or a ham hock is a fine substitute.

Cole Cooks: Virginia Country Ham

Of course, this makes it non-vegetarian.  To make a vegetarian version simply omit the pork and substitute vegetable broth for chicken broth.

Preparing the beans only takes about 10 minutes.  They need a little over an hour to cook in the Instant Pot.

Most recently we made the beans in conjunction with our Cuban Ropa Vieja.  This presents a challenge because the Ropa Vieja used the Instant Pot.  My solution was to cook the Cuban black beans first.  I removed them from the Instant Pot and let them simmer on low heat while the Ropa Vieja cooked.

Cole Cooks: Instant Pot Ropa Vieja

The beans taste great the next day and actually improve in flavor.  Cooking the Cuban black beans, refrigerating them and serving the next day is another option.

A version of this recipe is our Instant Pot Black Bean Soup.  This recipe adds more broth and calls for pureeing the beans.

Cole Cooks: Instant Pot Black Bean Soup

Instant Pot Cuban Black Beans

These delicious Cuban black beans use the Instant Pot to bring dried beans to full flavor in little over an hour.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Mexican

Servings 8

Ingredients

  

• 1 pound dried black beans
• 3 slices bacon or 4 ounces ham diced
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 onion diced
• 1 red yellow or orange bell pepper, diced
• 6 cloves garlic minced
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
• 1 bay leaf
• 3 cups chicken broth
• 1 jalapeno pepper seeded and diced

Instructions

 

• Rinse and drain black beans
• Set Instant Pot to Sauté. If using bacon add and brown. Set aside bacon.
• Add oil to Instant Pot. Add onion , pepper, garlic, salt, cumin and coriander. Sauté for 3 to 5 minutes. Add beans, vinegar, bay leaf, bacon/ham, chicken broth and optional jalapeno pepper..
• Set Instant Pot on high pressure for 40 minutes. After the 40 minutes, allow Instant Pot to natural release for 20 minutes. Serve.

Keyword Bean, Black Bean, Cuban, Instant Pot, Side Dish

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