Pressure Cooker Refried Beans

Name: Pressure Cooker Refried Beans
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 2 pounds (907 g) dried pinto beans; 1 large onion, diced; 5 cloves garlic; 12 cups (2.8 L) chicken broth; One 8-ounce (227 g) can diced green chiles; 4 bay leaves; 4 teaspoons (12 g) ground cumin; ½ chicken bouillon cube; 7 tablespoons (105 g) lard

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Birrias

By Jesse Valenciana

Published 2025

About

I wish I had a time machine so I could go back to when my little abuela was spending too much time making refried beans and hand her an Instant Pot (or other brand of electric pressure cooker), giving her back countless hours that she could have used to spend looking off into the sea, which she loved to do.

Ingredients

2 pounds (907 g) dried pinto beans
1 large onion, diced

Americas
Mexico
Side dish
Central America
Gluten-free

Method

Combine all the ingredients except the lard in an electric pressure cooker and set to high pressure for 35 minutes, making sure the valve is set to sealed.
Once cooked, allow natural release on the pressure cooker for 15 minutes, then open the valve for manual release.
Discard the bay leaves and strain 4 to 5 cups (960 to 1200 ml) of liquid from the b