Quick and Easy Instant Pot Green Beans

Quick & Easy Instant Pot Green Beans

The holidays are fast approaching and if you are hosting family and friends this year preparing all those holiday sides dish recipes are so much easier when you use your Instant Pot pressure cooker to cut back on the time it takes to cook and serve all your favorite holiday side dish recipes like these Easy Instant Pot Green Beans.

These Easy Instant Pot Green Beans are made with bacon. This classic family favorite holiday side dish recipe is easy to make and will have you serving the best tasting and fastest holiday fresh greens beans you have ever made!

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The more I use my 6 quart Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker the more I fall in love with it. This Instant Pot Green Beans recipe was so good I couldn’t stop myself from sneaking a few green beans out of the bowl as I was setting up to take these photos.

The Instant Pot Green Beans turned out even better than my favorite crock pot green beans recipe I have been making for years during the holidays.

I also converted my very popular Crock Pot Candied Sweet Potatoes recipe into an Instant Pot Candied Sweet Potatoes recipe. I’ll be sharing that holiday sweet potatoes recipe soon.

How Long Do You Pressure Cook Fresh Green Beans

How long do you pressure cook fresh green beans depends on the texture you like your cooked fresh green beans to have.

If you like your fresh green beans to have a crisp snap to them when you bite into a fork full then you should follow my Instant Pot Green Beans cooking time exactly. My pressure cooking time will yield perfectly cooked fresh green beans that have just a slight crunch to them.

If you like your fresh green beans to be cooked a tiny bit more that will yield a softer cooked green bean then add 2 more minutes on my Instant Pot Green Beans recipe pressure cooking time and follow the quick release directions the same as you would if you like a crisp snap to your fresh green beans.

Instant Pot Southern Style Green Beans

It is very easy to make your favorite southern style fresh greens beans in a pressure cooker and they will be cooked to perfection. Have you bought an Instant POt Pressure Cooker yet?

I know I mentioned in my I Bought An Instant Pot Pressure Cooker post that it would never replace my favorite appliance the slow cooker.

But the more I use my 6 quart Instant Pot electric pressure cooker the more I fall in love with it. I have only used the pressure cooker or steam cooking setting so far. I am seriously afraid to use the slow cooker setting at this point. What if I fall in love with it too?

In one sense I could get rid of all the crock pots I own. And I own a lot of crock pots. I think I have 10 crock pot slow cookers!

I don’t know what I am going to do? I love my crock pots and I know exactly which size crock pot to use depending on the slow cooker recipe I am making.

What do you think? I’d love to hear from anyone who has started using their Instant Pot on the Slow Cooker setting and if your happy with the way is slow cooks your favorite crock pot recipes.

How to Make Instant Pot Green Beans

• 2 to 3 lbs fresh green beans, washed and ends trimmed
• 6 oz thick cut bacon cut into small cubes
• 1 small onion, peeled and minced
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 cup of water or chicken broth

1. Open the Instant Pot electric pressure cooker and remove the steam basket and set it aside. We will not be using the steam basket for this recipe.
2. Place all of the ingredients into the bottom of the pressure cooker.
3. Place the lid on the Instant Pot and make sure it is locked into place.
4. Close the steam valve.
5. Press the steam button, adjust the heat setting to normal if needed.
6. Set the timer to 2 minutes.
7. When the timer goes off using a long wooden spoon carefully push the steam valve to the open position and quick release the steam pressure.
8. Once the steam is gone releasing carefully open the lid allowing any steam to release away from your face and body.
9. Place the cooked green beans in a serving bowl to serve.
10. Makes about 8-10 servings.

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