Instant Pot Cowboy Beans

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lbs Ground Beef (90%-93% lean)
• 1/2 lb Thick Cut Bacon, chopped (about 6-8 slices)
• 1 large Onion, diced
• 6 cloves Garlic, pressed or minced
• 2/3 cup Water*
• 1 lb Kielbasa Sausage, smoked (cut into 1 1/2" pieces)
• 2 28 oz cans Pork & Beans (or baked beans)
• 1/2 cup Ketchup
• 1 (14 oz) can Red Kidney Beans*, drained & rinsed
• 1/2 cup Barbecue Sauce
• 1 1/2 Tbsp Dijon Mustard
• 1/3 cup Molasses
• 1/2 tsp Pepper
• 1 Tbsp Chili Powder
• 1 Tbsp Smoked Paprika
• 1 tsp Liquid Smoke (optional for a little deeper smoky flavor)

To Finish

• 1/4 cup Brown Sugar

Instructions

• First, get everything prepared. Meat & veggies sliced, spices prepared, garlic ironed or minced, measure cups, etc. This helps the method go smoothly!

• activate the pot's Sauté setting and add the bottom beef, bacon, and onion. Cook till meat is not any longer pink (you should not have to be compelled to drain it unless you utilize a fattier meat. Leave a number of the fat in there..

• Add the garlic and stir. Let cook for a second.

• Add the water and kielbasa.

• Add the remaining ingredients so as (except brown sugar), and don't stir, simply push them down into the mixture to hide them.

• place the lid on the pot and set the steam unharness knob to the waterproofing position.

• Cancel the Sauté setting.

• Press the Pressure Cook/Manual button or dial, and so the + or - button or dial to pick eight minutes.

• Watch the pot till it involves pressure. this is often a fairly thick mixture, therefore you wish to create certain you do not get the burn message. If you do, take away the lid if the pin remains down (otherwise unharness any pressure first) and acquire your wood spoon down in there and scrape rock bottom. Add another 1/4 cup of water if it's too thick, shut the lid, and reset.

• once the cook time is finished, flip the pot off (so it does not move to warming) and let it sit undisturbed for quarter-hour (Natural Release). Then unharness the remaining pressure in brief bursts, till you're certain no sauce are spewing out with the steam.

• once the pin within the lid drops down, open and punctiliously error the beans. Stir within the refined sugar.

• Serve with corn bread.