Black Beans Hotpot
A Costa Rica dinner made with beans & lentils. Ready in about 1 hour 16 minutes. Difficulty: medium.
- 21 minPrep (about)
- 55 minCook (about)
- 1 hr 16 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- MediumDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 14 oz black beans
Fresh & other
- 1 onion
- 1 green bell pepper Shopping tip: Bell pepper (UK recipes call it pepper).
- 1 red bell pepper Shopping tip: Bell pepper (UK recipes call it pepper).
- ⅓ cup celery
- 4 cloves garlic
- 5 cups water
Spices & seasonings (4): ground cumin, oregano, salt, black pepper
- 1 ½ tsp ground cumin
- 1 tbsp oregano
- 1 ½ tsp salt
- 2 tsp black pepper
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Add all your ingredients in your Instant pot, Lock the lid on.
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Set your Instant Pot to High Pressure for 35 min.
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Wait until the beans are done cooking.
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Let the pressure release naturally for 20 min before releasing the remaining pressure, open.
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Serve.
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Let the beans get cool fully before saving them in your fridge or freezer.
On the side: Crusty bread
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (5 min)
- Slice the bread. Warm it in the oven for 5 minutes if you like.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.