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Instant Pot Lima Beans and Ham

Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Additional Time 2 minutes
Total Time 47 minutes
Course: Main Dish

Ingredients
  

  • 1 meaty ham bone or smoked ham hock
  • 1 16 ounce bag dried baby limas
  • 1 32 ounce carton chicken broth
  • 2 cloves garlic peeled
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 onion peeled but intact
  • 4 cups water

Method
 

  1. 1. Sort beans to remove rocks and moldy beans.
    Rinse well.
  2. 2. Place beans in pressure cooker. Add the
    remaining ingredients to the pressure cooker, not filling over half way to
    avoid foaming.
  3. 3. Close and set the value to sealing. Set the pressure cooker to manual or pressure cook for 40 minutes. Naturally release for 10 minutes before a quick release.

    4. Carefully remove garlic, bay leaf, onion, and ham
    bone from the pressure cooker. Remove the ham from the bone, cutting into
    smaller pieces if needed, and return to the pressure cooker