Electric Pressure Cooker Fresh Green Beans

Reduce pressure under cool running water.

Electric pressure cooker fresh green beans.

Set your instant pot or electric pressure cooker to 4 minutes on high pressure. Turn the steam valve to closed. Add 1 tbsp 15ml peanut oil or olive oil in the pot. Everything in the pot.

Fresh green beans are plentiful during the summer. Electric pressure cooker fresh green beans notes. Put a vegetable steaming basket in the pressure cooker and pour in 1 cup of water. Remove from heat and allow to cool for 5 minutes.

Do not let the garlic burn. 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. Place all ingredients in pressure cooker. Sauté garlic green beans.

I often eat just steamed green beans for dinner by. Why this recipe works. These remind me of sunday dinner at mom s house. Cook for 3 4 minutes 5 minutes if you like your beans extra soft.

Add the beans to the electric pressure cooker and cover with 6 cups of water. However if you prefer you can fry up regular bacon and crumble and slice up a yellow onion instead. 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. Add in minced garlic sauté for roughly 30 seconds.

Remember the onions and green beans will also be releasing very flavorful water. Once the water comes to a boil lid the pressure cooker and cook for 1 minute on high pressure. 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. Pressure cook for 1 minute with a quick pressure release.

Ensure to coat the oil over the whole bottom of the pot. If you want this to be a dump and go recipe use cocktail onions and bacon bits. Using canned greened beans instead of fresh makes it possible to cook the green beans and potatoes together. Spread the beans out on top of the basket then sprinkle with the salt and pepper.

Bring cooker to pressure and reduce heat to the lowest temperature that will still maintain a jiggle. Feel free to double the recipe as long as you are using at least a 6 quart pressure cooker. At the end of the cook time release all pressure immediately by turning the valve to venting. 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. We don t want to make soup. When 1 minute is up carefully release the pressure manually. Notes and variations for cooking green beans in the pressure cooker.

These pressure cooker instant pot green beans taste like they have been simmering for hours but yet they only take four minutes to cook. This recipe as written makes enough green beans for about 4 servings. Lock the lid on the cooker.