Name: Pressure Cooker Vegetarian Frijoles Refried Beans
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 4 Servings
Ingredients: 1 pound Pinto Beans (rinsed and drained); 5 cups Fresh Water; 2 Tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil; 1 teaspoon Ground Coriander; 1 cup Yellow/Brown Onion (diced); 5 cloves Fresh Garlic (minced); 6 oz Fire Roasted Green Chiles (drained or); OR; 2 Serrano Chile or Jalapeno (diced); 4 teaspoons Sea Salt; 1 teaspoon Ground Cumin; 1/2 teaspoon Chipotle Chili Powder; 1 Tablespoon White Vinegar; 1 Tablespoon True Lime ((Lime, Garlic & Cilantro Seasoning)); OR; 2 Fresh Limes (juiced); 1/2 teaspoon Ground Coriander; 1/2 cup Fresh Cilantro Leaves (chopped)

Pressure Cooker Vegetarian Frijoles Refried Beans are a delicious quick and super healthy side dish or main course. Full of fiber and flavor.

Pressure Cooker Vegetarian Frijoles Refried Beans

We try to eat Pressure Cooker Vegetarian Frijoles Re-Fried Beans a few times a week because we love them and well, “they” say it’s good for you.

Whoever “they” are. Sometimes, we eat beans as a side dish, over rice, in burritos, over a salad, it all depends.

Pressure Cooker Frijoles Refried Pinto Beans are so easy to make in a, guess what? A Pressure Cooker! Ha!

The day got away from me and I turned to my husband and said, let’s make it a bean night. How about a bean burrito? Yes, he happily answered. He loves bean burritos.

We don’t use many canned products and I knew I had a bag of Pinto beans, and of course my Instant Pot, so Pressure Cooker Vegetarian Frijoles it is. Black Beans are wonderful in this recipe too!

Cast of Ingredients for Pressure Cooker Frijoles Refried Pinto Beans

Homemade beans are so easy and so good and you can control the salt, which is fantabulous. Canned beans are filled with sodium.

If you haven’t tried the True Lime brand of crystalized citrus, you are missing out.

This brand is probably the best flavoring I have ever tried, as the ingredients are freeze dried and crystalized and taste like you picked the citrus right off the tree.

Always rinse your beans in a strainer and check for rocks. Somehow, small rocks sometimes make it into dry beans.

I love this RSVP Stainless Steel Strainer because it fits right into my Instant Pot Smart DUO cooking pot and I also use it as a colander, so it does double duty.

I’ve been cooking with stainless steel and cast iron for years and there is a trick to make them non stick.

My Instant Pot DUO Plus Pressure Cooker has a stainless steel cooking pot. I always heat my pot and then add a little oil. This will help prevent sticking.

Dice up the onion, garlic and pepper and Sauté for a minute.

If you don’t have a fresh pepper, use a can of fire roasted green chiles, but don’t add it in yet.

You don’t want to add salt while cooking beans.

Add in the beans and some water. You’ll add the rest of the seasonings later.

I discovered the True Lime – Lime, Garlic Cilantro a while ago and since then have purchased all their flavors.

I love to add some of the True Lime Crystals to a tall glass, with a squeeze of Agave, water and ice. It makes a refreshing drink and tastes like you just picked the Limes off your own tree.

Living in California, we have fresh citrus all year round and I generally use fresh, but for my drinks, it is just so easy to carry the True Lime Packets in my purse and make a quick Limeade whenever I like.

An Immersion Blender is a very important appliance for the kitchen, as it makes blending sauces very easy since you can do it right in the pot. A food processor will work too, just a bit messy.

Make the beans whatever texture you desire. Taste and adjust seasoning for your own personal taste.

Since I was making burritos for dinner, I wanted just a little texture.

Don’t tell my husband, but that’s Homemade Greek Yogurt, not sour cream. 😉

Yummy Bean Burrito with Pressure Cooker Vegetarian Frijoles

Yum. Whole Grain Tortilla filled with pressure cooker homemade frijoles, Queso and Greek Yogurt.

Pressure Cooker Vegetarian Frijoles Re-Fried Beans could not be easier, and so versatile. For more vegetarian recipes, please click here.

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