Instant Pot Calico Beans - Dump and Go Dinner
These Instant Pot Calico Beans make a hearty dinner reminiscent of days spent camping and nights around a toasty fire. Humble cans of beans are dressed up with a little bacon and ground beef, then pressure cooked for an impressively easy dinner.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups cook Ground Beef
- ½ cups cook and dice Bacon
- 3 tablespoons Minced Onion, Dried
- 16 ounces drain and rinse Kidney (Dark Red) Beans, Canned
- 16 ounces Pork and Beans
- 16 ounces rinse and drain Cannellini (White) Beans, Canned
- 1 cup Ketchup
- 1 cup Brown Sugar
- 1 cup Water
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Cooking Instructions
Freeze For Later Cooking Day Directions
These directions help you cook or prepare this meal PRIOR to being frozen for serving later (see Serving Day Directions when you are ready to prepare it to eat).
Why would I want to freeze this?
- Combine all ingredients except water in a large bowl.
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Make From Frozen Serving Day Directions
These directions help you cook or reheat this meal AFTER it's been frozen for when you are ready to eat it.
- Prep from frozen
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Make It Now Cooking Directions
These directions are for cooking this recipe to serve immediately and NOT to freeze for later.
- **Due to the nature of pressure cooking there is always room for inconsistency. The times given here are based on 4 servings fresh. If you are using more servings you may need to increase your cooking time.**
- Combine all ingredients in Instant Pot.
- Lock lid into place and seal steam nozzle.
- Cook on high pressure for 25 minutes.
- Quick pressure release.
12 Comments
Join the discussionIf you are making fresh, do you still add the 1 cup water?
Hi Bethany – Yes, you would add the 1cup of water to this if making from fresh. Hope this helps! ~OAMM
Hmmm, water is not listed as an ingrediant is it neccesary, how much?
This recipe calls for 1 cup of water.
Do you put the container into the IP?
No, you do not put the container into the IP. You can only put oven safe glass or steel bowls/containers into the Instant Pot.
Do you put container of frozen meal into crockpot.
No, you can only put oven safe glass or steel bowls or containers into the Instant Pot.
Has anyone tried this without adding the brown sugar?
Thanks!
yes. you can cut back on it a bit 1/4 cup total. it adds to the bbq flavor with the mustard and ketchup. i also add wooster sauce and a splash of liquid snoke.
Is it supposed to be liqidy? I followed the recipe to a t.
It will be a bit liquidy as the water added to cook and come to pressure will make that happen but it will thicken up a bit.