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I've updated this recipe for Instant Pot Pinto Beans with Footing Beef and so it at present has more beef and is a bit lower in carbs! And y'all tin make this tasty stew in the Instant Pot or in a regular pan on the stove.

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Instant Pot Pinto Beans with Ground Beef shown in two bowls with avocado

A few weeks ago I updated the photos for the oldest pressure cooker recipe on my site, and this recipe for Instant Pot Pinto Beans with Ground Beef is the second-oldest recipe that I first fabricated years ago when I had a stovetop pressure cooker. Of class now I'd make it in the Instant Pot, but there are also instructions in the recipe for making it on the stove if yous adopt that method.

I first made this back in the day when I ate a lot more dried beans. But now I wouldn't want then many carbs, and then when we updated the photos we as well adapted this recipe into a version with more basis beef so it's lower in carbs. And Kara and I both though that was a delicious change, and it also made the recipe have eight servings. (If you lot were a fan of the original version, you can utilize that link to see the printer-friendly recipe.)

And by the way, if you looked at the photo of Instant Pot Pinto Beans with Ground Beef and wondered why it wasn't called chili, in that location's no chili powder in this, so it'south definitely not chili! Actually cilantro is one of the predominant flavors here, so if you're one of those people who doesn't relish cilantro, maybe you'll desire to replace the cilantro with thinly-sliced green onion or merely search for a different stew recipe!

What ingredients do you lot need?

  • canned pinto beans (or see annotation below to beginning with stale beans)
  • Olive Oil (affiliate link)
  • ground beef
  • Fasten Seasoning (affiliate link)
  • onion
  • Minced Garlic (affiliate link)
  • dried Mexican Oregano (affiliate link)
  • footing Cumin (chapter link)
  • dried cilantro (affiliate link) (optional, just recommended)
  • craven broth or homemade craven stock
  • tomato paste
  • canned petite diced tomatoes
  • sliced green onions
  • chopped fresh cilantro (optional)
  • fresh squeezed lime juice
  • salt and fresh-basis black pepper to taste
  • avocado for serving (optional)

How to showtime with dried beans and cook them in the Instant Pot:

If you're not a fan of canned beans, you can easily melt dried beans in the slow cooker or in the Instant Pot. You will need to cook almost one cup of dried beans to replace the 2 cans of beans.

Desire to make Instant Pot Pinto Beans and Ground Beef even lower in carbs?

If you check the nutritional data you'll see that our change of doubling the ground beef and adding a bit more stock fabricated this a recipe with most 22 net carbs in a serving. If you'd like a version with even fewer carbs, just reduce the pinto beans to one tin can and add most another cup of chicken goop, for a soupier version.

What if yous don't desire to use cilantro?

Yous can omit both the dried and fresh cilantro for this recipe if y'all adopt, only if you don't use fresh cilantro I'd recommend doubling the amount of sliced green onion.

What size Instant Pot did I use?

I use a 6 Quart Instant Pot (affiliate link) for all my Instant Pot Recipes. Cheque out my growing collection of Instant Pot Recipes!

Instant Pot Pinto Beans with Ground Beef process shots collage

How to make Instant Pot Pinto Beans with Ground Beef:

(Scroll down for complete recipe, including nutritional information and options for making this in a pan on the stove.)

  1. Since we were using two pounds of ground beef, we cooked the ground beef in a pan for all-time browning. Flavor the beef with Spike Seasoning or another all-purpose seasoning blend. I love the Hamburger Meat Chopper (affiliate link) y'all run into in the commencement photo.
  2. While ground beef browns, drain pinto beans into a colander placed in the sink. You lot can rinse if yous prefer but it'due south non necessary for a stew similar this.
  3. Turn Instant Pot to SAUTE, MEDIUM HEAT and heat the oil, and then add onions and cook about 2 minutes. Add garlic and melt another minute, then add the Mexican Oregano, ground cumin, and stale cilantro (if using) and cook about ii minutes more.
  4. Add together ground beef, beans, love apple paste, canned tomatoes with liquid, and chicken broth to the Instant Pot.
  5. Lock the the lid and set the Instant Pot to MANUAL, HIGH TEMPERATURE, 2 minutes
  6. When time is up allow the force per unit area release naturally for nigh 15 minutes; and so release any remaining pressure.
  7. When pressure level is released open lid and add sliced green onion, chopped fresh cilantro (if using) and lime juice and let it sit for about five minutes.
  8. Season to taste with salt and fresh-ground black pepper.
  9. Serve hot, with diced avocado to add at the tabular array if desired.

Instant Pot Pinto Beans with Ground Beef in two bowls with colorful napkin and avocado

More Soup with Dried Beans and Legumes in the:

Instant Pot Separate Pea Soup

Mexican Chicken Soup

Chicken Chickpea Soup

Weekend Nutrient Prep:

This recipe has been added to a category chosen Weekend Nutrient Prep to aid y'all observe recipes you can prep or melt on the weekend and eat during the week!

Ingredients

  • two xv oz. cans pinto beans
  • 2 T olive oil
  • two lbs. basis beef
  • ii tsp. Spike seasoning
  • ane onion, chopped
  • 1 T minced garlic
  • one T stale Mexican oregano
  • i T basis cumin
  • one T dried cilantro (optional)
  • four cups chicken broth (see notes)
  • two T lycopersicon esculentum paste
  • i 14.v oz. can petite diced tomatoes
  • i/2 cup sliced dark-green onions
  • i cup chopped fresh cilantro (or i whole bunch)
  • ii T fresh squeezed lime juice
  • salt and fresh-ground pepper to taste
  • diced avocado for adding at the tabular array, optional

Instructions

  1. Since we were using ii pounds of footing beefiness, nosotros heated one tablespoon of oil and cooked the ground beef in a pan for best browning. Flavor the beefiness with Fasten Seasoning or another all-purpose seasoning blend.
  2. While ground beef browns, bleed pinto beans into a colander placed in the sink. Yous can rinse if y'all prefer just it's non necessary for a stew similar this.
  3. Turn Instant Pot to SAUTE, MEDIUM Rut and heat the oil, then add onions and cook about 2 minutes. Add garlic and cook another infinitesimal, then add the Mexican Oregano, ground cumin, and stale cilantro (if using) and cook about 2 minutes more.
  4. Add together ground beefiness, beans, tomato paste, canned tomatoes with liquid, and chicken broth to the Instant Pot.
  5. Lock the the lid and prepare the Instant Pot to Manual, Loftier TEMPERATURE, 2 minutes
  6. When time is up let the pressure release naturally for about 15 minutes; and so release whatsoever remaining pressure.
  7. When force per unit area is released open up lid and add sliced dark-green onion, chopped fresh cilantro (if using) and lime juice and allow it sit for nearly 5 minutes.
  8. Season to sense of taste with table salt and fresh-footing black pepper.
  9. Serve hot, with diced avocado to add at the tabular array if desired.

How to Cook in a regular soup pot on the stove:

  1. For canned beans, rinse and drain every bit described to a higher place.
  2. To apply dried beans, you will need to soak beans overnight, bleed, add fresh water to cover by a few inches and simmer until beans are soft, about 45 minutes.
  3. Follow directions as above for browning meat, browning onions with garlic and herbs, and deglazing frying pan with chicken stock.
  4. Combine browned meat, onion mixture, chicken stock, water, cooked beans, tomato paste, and canned tomatoes in heavy soup pot, adding 1 cup more chicken stock for cooking in open up pan.
  5. Simmer over low heat about 45 minutes, adding a bit more h2o if needed.
  6. When stew seems done, add greenish onion, chopped cilantro, and lime juice as above and cook a few more than minutes.

Notes

I would use my homemade chicken stock if I had some.

Recipe created by Kalyn when she had a new pressure cooker!

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

8

Serving Size:

one
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 511 Total Fat: 23g Saturated Fatty: 7.9g Unsaturated Fat: 11.1g Cholesterol: 103mg Sodium: 1088mg Carbohydrates: 34g Fiber: 12g Carbohydrate: 3.6g Protein: 42g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated by the Recipe Plug-In I am using. I am non a nutritionist and cannot guarantee 100% accuracy, since many variables impact those calculations.

Instant Pot Pinto Beans with Ground Beef square thumbnail image of bean stew in two bowls, with avocado

Low-Carb Diet . Depression-Glycemic Diet / Due south Beach Diet Suggestions:
If you'd like an even lower-carb version of this dish, use one can of beans with about some other cup of craven broth and the increased amount of ground beef, but recipes with dried beans still probably won't work for a strict depression-carb nutrition plan. As long as you use lean footing beef, everything in this Instant Pot Pinto Beans with Basis Beefiness is approved for all phases of the original S Beach Diet.

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Historical Notes for this Recipe:
This recipe was first posted in 2009 when I had a new stovetop pressure level cooker. Now it'south perfect to make in the Instant Pot. The recipe was updated with new photos and more information in 2022.

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