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This 3 Ingredients Refried Beans Instant Pot Recipe is a keeper recipe. All the Tex Mex food lovers will love this VEGAN REFRIED BEANS recipe. It is quick, easy and needs no prep at all. Just dump it all in your Instant Pot and you have the best REFRIED BEANS ever. #instantpotrefriedbeans #veganrefriedbeans #mexicanbeans #easybeans #pintobeans
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3 Ingredients Refried Beans Instant Pot Recipe - Vegan & Glutenfree

This 3 Ingredients Refried Beans Instant Pot Recipe is packed with flavors. It is Easy, Vegan, Glutenfree and Oil-free & are cooked in Instant Pot.
Cook Time1 hour
Total Time1 hour
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American, Mexican, Tex Mex
Keyword: 3 ingredients refried beans instant pot recipe, fat free refried beans, instant pot glutenfree recipes, instant pot vegan recipes, instant pot weight watchers recipes, vegan refried beans
Servings: 16 servings
Author: simplyvegetarian777

Ingredients

  • 4 cups Pinto Beans dry
  • 3 tbsp Taco Seasoning
  • 1 cup Salsa, medium hot use mild or hot
  • 6 cups Water

Instructions

  • Place the inner pot inside the Instant Pot and plug it in.
  • Rinse the dry pinto beans in clean water. Add these to the Inner pot along with Taco Seasoning and Salsa. I have used chunky medium hot salsa. You may use any kind and brand salsa. Also you may choose to use mild or hot salsa.
  • Add 5 cups of water to the pot. Close the lid. Set the valve on SEALING. Press the Pressure Cook/Manual Button and set it to HIGH/MORE. Set the timer for 60 minutes. 
  • If you are wondering that 60 minutes is too long, then it is not. For refried beans, we need beans to be cooked soft and ready to be mushed. Hence 60 minutes.
  • Once the time is up and you hear the beep, follow NPR (natural pressure release). When the pressure valve goes down, open the lid carefully. 
  • If you think your beans look dry and need more water, then add 1 cup of water. Stir it. Cool it down to room temperature. The quality of beans vary. Some beans use more water and some not that much. The point if to have beans with little water so that they can be easily turned into REFRIED BEANS. If they are too dry, it would be difficult to blitz them through with the blender. Use your judgment a little and add more water as desired or required.
  • Once the Pinto Beans are cooled down a bit, blitz these cooked beans with either immersion hand blender or use a high-speed blender. Blitz the beans till you obtain a coarse paste kind of consistency. It means most of it is turned into pasty beans with some coarse pieces of beans in it. You decide the consistency of your REFRIED BEANS.
  • Your flavorful REFRIED BEANS are ready. You can store these in the refrigerator for up to a week. You can easily freeze these beans in individual portions. Read the post above the recipe card on instructions on freezing, thawing and reheating the refried beans.
  • This recipe is made with 4 cups dry pinto beans so it is a lot of beans. I made a big batch to freeze some since we use a lot of it. You may easily half the recipe. Season as required.