{"id":6365,"date":"2016-08-14T06:00:33","date_gmt":"2016-08-14T12:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pressurecookingtoday.com\/?p=6365"},"modified":"2022-03-18T12:43:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T18:43:36","slug":"pressure-cooker-smoky-ham-hock-and-pinto-bean-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pressurecookingtoday.com\/pressure-cooker-smoky-ham-hock-and-pinto-bean-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Pressure Cooker Smoky Ham Hock and Pinto Bean Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Smoky Ham Hock and Pinto Bean Soup<\/strong> is full of textures and flavors. You’ll love the tender & moist ham lending its’ smoky flavors to the fulfilling soup. This easy pressure cooker ham and bean soup recipe makes the perfect comfort food dinner.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Hi there! We\u2019re Amy + Jacky<\/strong>, the husband and wife team from Pressure Cook Recipes<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n Thanks Barbara for having us here and thank YOU so much for dropping by!<\/p>\n\n\n\n We love our pressure cookers and are CRAZY about delicious food!! We enjoy spending hours researching, testing, and tasting recipes together in our kitchen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Today, we’re excited to share our newest creation with you! We love cooking beans in a pressure cooker<\/a>, as it saves us so much time. Plus, we can never say no to a bowl of comforting soup (yes, even when it’s hot! hehe~) In fact, we once enjoyed a bowl of piping hot soup as we were sweating bullets at 100\u00b0F+ without any air-conditioning!! Such an unforgettable experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Little Beans Cooking Experiment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Before developing the actual recipe, we first did a little pinto beans experiment to find the best cooking time for the desired texture and flavors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Test 1 Test 1 Results:<\/strong> Test 2 Test 2 Results:<\/strong> Using these results, we developed 2 different cooking methods for this recipe:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Note:<\/strong> no pre-soaking or quick soaking<\/a> required as we found it’s unnecessary for bean soup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Making Smoky Ham Hock and Pinto Bean Soup in an Instant Pot<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Pressure Cooker Smoky Ham and Pinto Bean Soup Recipe Ingredients:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/strong>Cooking Method & Time: High Pressure for 30 minutes
Liquid: 3 cups of water
Release Method: Full Natural Release<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Beans’ Texture & Flavors – beans are fully cooked, tender with some chew & texture; full of flavors
Soup’s Texture & Flavors – soup is flavorful, but not as flavorful as Test 2’s results<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Cooking Method & Time: High Pressure for 50 minutes
Liquid: 3 cups of water
Release Method: Full Natural Release<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Beans’ Texture & Flavors – beans are soft cooked and less flavorful than Test 1’s results
Soup’s Texture & Flavors – soup contains more texture & much more flavorful than Test 1’s results<\/p>\n\n\n\nWatch How to Make Smoky Ham and Pinto Bean Soup:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n