Cook at high pressure for 1 minute manual or pressure cook mode in an instant pot.
Electric pressure cooker green beans.
Once the water comes to a boil lid the pressure cooker and cook for 1 minute on high pressure.
If you like your green beans soft cook 5 minutes.
Using canned greened beans instead of fresh makes it possible to cook the green beans and potatoes together.
Why this recipe works.
At the end of the cook time release all pressure immediately by turning the valve to venting.
Green beans actually cook in much less time in the pressure cooker typically just a few minutes or less but the extended cook time of 25 minutes is to allow the flavors to really meld together and for the beans to get good and soft giving them that consistency of having simmered all day.
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.
Electric pressure cooker fresh green beans notes.
Lock the lid on the cooker.
Set your instant pot or electric pressure cooker to 4 minutes on high pressure.
Remember the onions and green beans will also be releasing very flavorful water.
Sauté garlic green beans.
Add the chicken broth seasoned salt pepper cajun seasoning and sugar.
Put a vegetable steaming basket in the pressure cooker and pour in 1 cup of water.
Spread the beans out on top of the basket then sprinkle with the salt and pepper.
Killing spoilage organisms on green beans requires a water temperature of 240 degrees fahrenheit which is well above the 212 degrees fahrenheit where water normally boils.
These remind me of sunday dinner at mom s house.
We don t want to make soup.
Toss until coated in bacon grease.
Add the beans to the electric pressure cooker and cover with 6 cups of water.
Bring the water and beans to a boil using the electric pressure cooker s sauté function on high.
When 1 minute is up carefully release the pressure manually.
Place bacon in the bottom of a pressure cooker and cook over medium high heat turning occasionally until evenly browned about 8 minutes.
I often eat just steamed green beans for dinner by.
If you want this to be a dump and go recipe use cocktail onions and bacon bits.
A pressure cooker is the only safe way to can green beans and other low acid vegetables at home.
Everything in the pot.
If you are using fresh beans from the garden you will want to wash and trim your beans beforehand.
Saute for 1 minute.
Add in minced garlic sauté for roughly 30 seconds.
Ensure to coat the oil over the whole bottom of the pot.
Add 1 tbsp 15ml peanut oil or olive oil in the pot.
Pressure cooker green beans.
Pressure cook for 1 minute with a quick pressure release.
Do not let the garlic burn.