Homemade Instant Pot Beans and Franks

Do you love homemade pressure cooker recipes? Me too. I don’t have time to make a lot of from scratch homemade meals but these Instant Pot beans and franks are much easier than you might think. One of our favorite kid friendly Instant Pot recipes. (affiliate links present)

Homemade Beans and Franks Recipe

Using dried beans that require NO soaking beforehand it is easy to dump in and have it ready for dinner.

It’s a great side dish when you’re having a party too, or bring to a barbecue / potluck with friends too! You can make it in a Ninja foodi, Crockpot Express or any other brand you have on your countertop.

If you are new to pressure cooking we have a lot of easy one pot meal recipes for you here. To begin with let’s start with a few basic tips:

• You can PRINT this —–> Instant Pot cooking times cheat sheet that will help you understand how long meat, vegetables and beans take to cook in your pressure cooker.
• I HIGHLY recommend you buy this non stick pot.
  • You should know how to deglaze a pressure cooker after sautéing but it won’t have as many issues with this better liner.

For reference, this is the model I have (a 6 quart) and use for all recipe creations.

Instant Pot Beans

With a sweet yet tangy sauce, full of bacon, and lots of hot dogs inside it is so yummy for everyone! Yes we have made Beans and Weenies on the stovetop with canned beans doctored up and those are delish. For sure, no question about it but these are from scratch all the way.

If you’re apprehensive about using a bag of dry beans, don’t, I’ll help you. Using this Instant Pot cooking times for beans sheet it is easy to see how long each type takes and you can add flavors and ingredients from there.

We used pinto beans but really that is up to you. Northern work just the same if you’d rather, or white but that will yield a different color than the classic version.

Beans and Weenies

I mean that is the fun and known term for these right. Especially if you have kiddos you have called it this for sure. Of course it is up to you how much bacon and how many hot dogs you want to put in.

You could also use those little smokies instead of hot dogs, I just tend to use whatever is on sale.

I first made these no soak Instant Pot baked beans and since they came out so well I adapted that recipe to make this and it worked really well the first time around.

It is best served immediately we say so you get the most sauce possible before the beans soak it up a bit more with time but it is totally up to you.

At first I thought making beans from a bag would be labor intensive and not for me but it was SO easy so I did it over and over again after this.

Instant Pot beans and franks

1. 1 bag pinto beans
2. Onion
3. Molasses
4. Brown sugar
5. White wine vinegar
6. Hot dogs (or little smokies)
7. Bacon
8. Ketchup

A variety of seasonings are added to amp up the flavor over and above what you’ve tried in the can.

If you’re looking for an easy pressure cooker baked beans or beans and franks dish this is not hard and tastes amazing. It gets thumbs up from my kids and it was my lunch yesterday when I made it!

If you’re looking for more easy Instant Pot appetizers here are a few others you might enjoy that are yes…..easy!

1. Instant Pot meatballs are fun as a sweet snack
2. If you have more time you can cook dry beans in a Crockpot like we did with slow cooker black beans. Pinto would work the same way, then just add the hot dogs about 1 hour before they’re done.
3. Our Ninja Foodi chili uses canned beans which means it’s done in just 10 minutes, and healthy too