Instant Pot Butter Beans

White bowl of cooked butter beans with sliced smoked sausage garnished with parsley leaves in bowl.

This Instant Pot Butter Beans recipe is a staple in my kitchen. Preparing them in the Instant Pot is simple and convenient, and yields delicious warm comfort food results every time. These beans are cooked with smoked sausage drippings and a flavorful seasoning blend that will leave your tummy full and happy.

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Course: Recipes

Keyword: Instant Pot Butter Beans

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 40

Additional Time: 5

Total Time: 55

Calories: 306kcal

Author: Shanese

Ingredients

1 lb package Butter Beans
1 lb smoked sausage sliced
4 cups of chicken broth
1 bell pepper chopped
1 onion chopped
2 celery stalks chopped
2 green onion stalks chopped
4 cloves or 2 teaspoons minced garlic
2 tablespoons butter
2 bay leaves
Cajun seasoning blend details in notes
Hot sauce
1 Tablespoon Vegetable oil

Instructions

If you are soaking the butter beans before cooking, that will be your first step. To soak, place beans in a large bowl or pot and cover with about 2 inches of water. Once the beans have soaked and are rinsed, move on to the next step. If you chose not to soak the butter beans, move on the step 2.
Turn Instant Pot on the saute setting. Once hot add oil and saute sausage in Instant Pot for 3 - 5 minutes. Remove and set aside.
Add chopped onion, celery, green onion, and bell pepper to Instant Pot and saute until softened. Once softened add minced garlic and saute until fragrant.
Turn off saute setting. Add the chicken broth, butter beans, bay leaves, and cajun seasoning blend to the Instant Pot and lightly stir.
Cover with lid and to sealing. Set Instant Pot to Manual Setting on high pressure for 40 minutes.
After 40 minutes do a quick release. Once pressure has been released, remove lid and add sausage back to pot along with the butter and a few dashes of hot sauce and stir to combine and melt butter.
This last step is optional. After adding sausage, butter and hot sauce, change to saute setting and stir for about 5 additional minutes. I prefer really creamy butter beans and this last step does that.

Notes

Cajun seasoning blend :

1 Tablespoon cajun seasoning
1 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

I recommend to adjust all seasonings to taste, especially the cajun seasoning blend as some brands can be heavy on the salt, spiciness or both.

As the beans are soaking, you should prep the other ingredients: Slice sausage; chop onions, celery, green onion, bell pepper and garlic if using fresh.

To make this recipe even more quick and convenient, use pre-chopped fresh or frozen vegetables as your recipe starter in place of the onion, celery and bell pepper.

You do not have to pre- soak the butter beans. If you choose not to soak them I recommend adding additional cooking time. Maybe 10 or 15 minutes.

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