Pressure Cooker Bean Cooking Times at a Glance
| Beans (1 Cup Dry) Approximate Minutes Under High Pressure | |||
| Bean | Soaked 4-8 hours | Unsoaked | Yield in Cups |
| Aduki | 5—9 | 4—20 | 2 |
| Anasazi | 4—7 | 20—22 | 2 1/4 |
| Black (turtle) | 9—11 | 20—25 | 2 |
| Black-eyed (cow) peas | — | 9—11 | 2 1/4 |
| Cannellini | 9—12 | 22—25 | 2 |
| Chick-peas (garbanzos) | 10—12 | 30—40 | 2 1/2 |
| Christmas lima | 8—10 | 16—18 | 1 1/4 |
| Cranberry | 9—12 | 30—35 | 2 1/4 |
| Fava* | 12—18 | 22—28 | 2 |
| Flageolets | 10—14 | 17—22 | 2 |
| Great Northern | 8—12 | 25—30 | 2 1/4 |
| Lentils | — | 7—10 | 2 |
| Lima (large) | 4-7 | 12—16 | 2 |
| Lima (baby) | 5—7 | 12—15 | 2 1/2 |
| Peas (split, green) | — | 8—10 | 2 |
| Peas (whote, green) | — | 16—18 | 2 |
| Pigeon Peas (grandules) | 6—9 | 20—25 | 3 |
| Pinto | 4—6 | 22—25 | 2 1/4 |
| Navy (pea) | 6—8 | 16—25 | 2 |
| Red Kidney | 10—12 | 20—25 | 2 |
| Scarlet Runner | 12—14 | 17—20 | 1 1/4 |
| Soybeans (beige) | 9—12 | 28—35 | 2 1/4 |
| Soybeans (black) | 20—22 | 35—40 | 2 1/2 |
I purchased 5lbs of the Christmas Lima Beans. The package says if cooking in a pressure cooker unsoaked, the cooking time is 40 minutes. Your chart says 16-18 minutes.
Hi, Tami –
Sorry we didn’t respond quickly – just saw this!
16-18 minutes is if the beans are pre-soaked and processed in pressure cooker.
Hope this is helpful and you can email me directly at steve@chilismith.com
We appreciate you and apologize for delay.
Steve