Name: Pressure Cooker Butter Beans with Beer and Bacon
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: Dried large lima beans (butter beans) - 1 pound; Bacon - 1 pound; Water, or more as needed - 4 cups; Beer - 1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle; Ground cumin (Optional) - ½ teaspoon; Jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced - ½; Garlic, minced - 1 clove

Ingredients for - Pressure Cooker Butter Beans with Beer and Bacon

1. Dried large lima beans (butter beans) 1 pound

2. Bacon 1 pound

3. Water, or more as needed 4 cups

4. Beer 1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle

5. Ground cumin (Optional) ½ teaspoon

6. Jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced ½

7. Garlic, minced 1 clove

How to cook deliciously - Pressure Cooker Butter Beans with Beer and Bacon

1 . Stage

Place beans into a large container and cover with several inches of cool water; let stand 8 hours to overnight.

2 . Stage

Place bacon in the open pressure cooker and cook over medium-high heat, occasionally turning, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain bacon slices on paper towels and remove the pressure cooker from heat. Reserve bacon grease in the pressure cooker to cool, about 10 minutes.

3 . Stage

Stir 4 cups water into cooled bacon grease; add beer and cumin.

4 . Stage

Drain and rinse soaked beans; add to water mixture in the pressure cooker.

5 . Stage

Place the lid on the pressure cooker and secure tightly. Cook beans according to the manufacturer's instructions over medium-high heat, about 30 minutes; release the pressure.

6 . Stage

Stir jalapeño pepper and garlic into beans. Crumple bacon over beans.

7 . Stage

Close the pressure cooker again and bring the pressure to 15 pounds per square inch over medium heat. Immediately turn off the heat. Remove the pressure cooker from heat and allow pressure naturally decrease to 0.