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I donвЂ™t know where Amy and Jacky find such beautiful large ham hocks as pictured, but the ones I find are much smaller so I purchased a package with two ham hocks. IsnвЂ™t it nice when fellow bloggers can work together? First I appreciate that Barbara invited Amy and Jacky to share one of their recipes on her website. I made Amy + JackyвЂ™s delicious Smoky Ham Hock & Pinto Bean Soup on Sunday and would like to share my experience.

#Ham hock and jar of beans full

Turn off the heat and do a Full Natural Release (roughly 20 minutes).

Lock the pressure cookerвЂ™s lid in place and pressure cook at High Pressure for 25 minutes.

Open the lid carefully and pour in the rest of the pinto beans (1 cup) and 2 cups of water.

Turn off the heat and do a Full Natural Release (roughly 15 minutes).

Lock the pressure cookerвЂ™s lid in place and pressure cook at High Pressure for 10 minutes.

Place smoked ham hock, onion, garlic cloves, cumin powder, dried oregano, ground black pepper, bay leaves, 1 cup of pinto beans, and 3 cups of chicken stock into your pressure cooker.

Clean pinto beans with cold running tap water.

Garnish with cilantro and minced tomatoes.

Turn off the heat and do a full Natural Release (roughly 20 minutes).

Lock the pressure cookerвЂ™s lid in place and pressure cook at High Pressure for 50 minutes.

Place all ingredients (smoked ham hock, onion, garlic cloves, cumin powder, dried oregano, ground black pepper, bay leaves, pinto beans, and unsalted chicken stock) into your pressure cooker.

#Ham hock and jar of beans how to

Watch How to Make Smoky Ham and Pinto Bean Soup: Note: no pre-soaking or quick soaking required as we found itвЂ™s unnecessary for bean soup. This version results in anВ overall flavorful dish full of texture. This method allows you to enjoy the best of both worlds from the 2 tests above.

More Texture & Flavors Version: Split the beans into 2 sets and place them into the pressure cooker at 2 different times.

Dump-and-Go Version: Easy no fuss method where you place all the ingredients into the pressure cooker, then set-it-and-forget-it.

Using these results, we developed 2 different cooking methods for this recipe: SoupвЂ™s Texture & Flavors вЂ“ soup contains more texture & much more flavorful than Test 1вЂ™s results SoupвЂ™s Texture & Flavors вЂ“ soup is flavorful, but not as flavorful as Test 2вЂ™s resultsД¬ooking Method & Time: High Pressure for 50 minutesД«eansвЂ™ Texture & Flavors вЂ“ beans are soft cooked and less flavorful than Test 1вЂ™s results Pressure Cooker Smoky Ham and Pinto Bean Soup Recipe Ingredients:Д«efore developing the actual recipe, we first did a little pinto beans experiment to find the best cooking time for the desired texture and flavors.Д¬ooking Method & Time: High Pressure for 30 minutesД«eansвЂ™ Texture & Flavors вЂ“ beans are fully cooked, tender with some chew & texture full of flavors Plus, we can never say no to a bowl of comforting soup (yes, even when itвЂ™s hot! hehe~) In fact, we once enjoyed a bowl of piping hot soup as we were sweating bullets at 100вЏ+ without any air-conditioning!! Such an unforgettable experience. Today, weвЂ™re excited to share our newest creation with you! We love cooking beans in a pressure cooker, as it saves us so much time. They are easy to use and your Instant Pot can help you create this Smoky Ham Hock and Pinto Bean Soup!

An Instant Pot is one of the most popular brands of electric pressure cookers.