There are few things as soothingly satisfying as a pot of beans simmering until tender. This vegan black bean stew tastes like it’s been cooking all day, with layers of flavour in every creamy bite, and with a pressure cooker, it comes together in just 45 minutes. Perfect for weeknight dinners when you want something wholesome, comforting, and low-key.
This post also includes a review of the COSORI 6-quart 8-in-1 electric pressure cooker, a little peek into my experience with it, and a past giveaway (now closed).
This post is sponsored by COSORI. Please read the full disclosure below.
Rediscovering Beans and Comfort in the Kitchen
When we moved to Canada, I had to leave behind my old stove-top pressure cooker — a true kitchen companion for beans, soups, and quick one-pot meals. Its absence made me realize how much I relied on it to effortlessly create nourishing food like legume-based soups and sometimes even a quick one-pot pulao meal.
When COSORI offered to send me one of their electric pressure cookers, I was both curious and excited. I had never used an electric model before, and I wondered: could it make cooking beans feel the same way it used to, or even better?
The COSORI 6-quart 8-in-1 pressure cooker does more than just pressure cook. It’s a slow cooker, rice cooker, steamer, sauté pan, yogurt maker, food warmer, and even an oven for baking. The idea of making vegan yogurt or a simple cake in it has me quietly scheming my next kitchen experiments.
Out of the box, I noticed the little touches that make a difference:
- A sturdy stainless steel pot that feels solid and reassuring in your hands
- A glass lid that lets you peek in on your food without disturbing it
- Handy accessories like a rice spoon, ladle, steamer rack, and extra sealing ring
The LED digital control panel has 15 preset programs, and the handles stay cool while cooking, which is a small comfort but adds to the overall sense of ease.
While the tempered glass lid seems to be very durable, the stainless steel inner pot is what impressed me the most. It has some weight to it which suggests it is of good quality and won’t be deformed or dented easily if you ever drop it. Even when I accidentally scorched food, soaking the pot for half an hour brought it back to new, no harsh scrubbing was required.
A gentle reminder: always make sure there’s enough water. Burnt beans are no fun.
For weekday dinners, this cooker has become a secret weapon. Mess-free one-pot meals — stews, soups, beans, even desserts — are suddenly approachable.
You can find the latest model, the COSORI Premium 9-in-1 Pressure Cooker, on Amazon US and Amazon Canada.
Beans, Made Easy (and Enjoyable)
Aside from stews, curries and soups, what I have been enjoying the most in this pressure cooker is beans. Cooking beans used to feel like a test of patience: soak, stir, peek, worry. With this pressure cooker, it’s a breeze: add the beans, water, and spices, close the lid, press a button, and let the kitchen do the work.
Black beans, one of the slowest legumes to cook, transform into the creamiest, most tender version of themselves in under 45 minutes, even without soaking (though I usually soak them for better digestion). Mushrooms, carrots, and bell peppers added during browning give a subtle depth, making the stew feel layered and satisfying.
Cooking beans has become less about the clock and more about the rhythm of my kitchen — the aroma, the textures, the silent satisfaction of creating nourishment.
Pressure Cooker Black Bean Stew
Quick video demo:
Serving suggestions: Serve with rice, mashed potatoes, a fresh salad, tomato salsa, or coriander chutney.
Pressure Cooker Black Bean Stew Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup dried black beans, soaked overnight and drained (200 g), *see notes
- 2 1/2 cups water, (600 ml)
- 1 tablespoon minced ginger
- 1/3 teaspoon asafoetida, optional
- 1 small onion, optional
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon sweet paprika, (or cayenne/chili powder for spice)
- 1 teaspoon coriander seed powder
- 1/3 teaspoon allspice, (or pinch cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg)
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 – 2 tablespoons maple syrup**
- 1 cup crushed tomatoes, (canned or fresh, 240 ml)
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil or olive oil
- 3/4 teaspoon salt, or to taste
- 1/2 cup frozen sweet corn and green peas , optional
- 4 – 5 stems curled parsley, (or cilantro/coriander)
Instructions
- Sauté aromatics: plug in pressure cooker, press sauté-brown, start, heat 2 min
- Add coconut oil, ginger, onion; sauté 1 min
- Add spices: asafoetida, cumin, paprika, coriander, allspice, oregano
- Sauté 30 sec
- Add liquids: crushed tomatoes, bay leaf, maple syrup, soy sauce
- Sauté 5 min (cover to prevent splatter)
- Pressure cook beans: press stop, add beans, water, salt, stir
- Seal lid, lock pressure valve
- Press beans-chili setting (11 min default, high pressure, medium temp), start, see notes
- Let steam release naturally (~20 min) or manually for firmer beans
- Finish stew: open lid carefully
- Add corn and peas if using
- Cover with glass lid, press soup, cook until desired thickness
- Press stop. Taste and adjust salt
- Serve with rice or mashed potatoes, a fresh salad, tomato salsa or coriander chutney.
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Full disclosure: I received a 6-quart pressure cooker from COSORI for this review and recipe. I was not remunerated in any other way, i.e. no money exchanged hands. All opinions in this review are unbiased and my own; I was not pressured to write a positive review whatsoever. I liked the product after cooking with it for several weeks and hence I am happy to share this review and recipe (as well as host a giveaway for readers/subscribers of this blog).
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I have not used a pressure cooker myself yet, but have tasted so many dishes made this way by friends, My favorite have been hearty bean stews. Pressure cooking really makes them taste the best.
Hello! thanks for the wonderful recipe! and an awesome giveaway.
My favorite pressure cooker recipe is either chili or seco (a peruvian culantro based stew)
I’ve never used a pressure cooker before. If I win the giveaway, I hope to learn how to use one. 🙂
Beans have always been a favorite pressure cooker item for me.
I love to make stews and soups☺
My son makes old fashioned oat porridge in his quickpot that soaks overnight, so good!
I love soups, stews, curries, grains and beans prepared in a pressure cooker. I’m really looking forward to trying this recipe. It looks amazing!
I love soups, stews, curries, grains and beans, even sauces and desserts made in a pressure cooker. I really look forward to making this recipe. It looks amazing!
yummy! making this for dinner tomorrow (soaking the beans tonight)
I’ve been looking for a good black bean recipe, so I will definitely try this one. It looks delicious!
looks great! Thank you for sharing!
I’ve not used a pressure cooker myself, but growing up I remember my mom using the pressure cooker often for stews. She also made sticky rice desserts with the pressure cooker that turned out wonderful.
I am not really sure! I haven’t use a pressure cooker before!
My favorite type of pressure cooker meals are stews for sure! I love any kind of vegan stew ???
This recipe sounds amazing. I don’t have a pressure cooker, so I’ll adapt it for a slow cooker. Thank you for sharing!
this looks delicious! i love beans but they trigger my gout (imagine a vegan with gout)… but there are lots of things that can be done with a pressure cooker and i like the feature that i can even take it and cook places where there’s no stove of if we’re ever without one again.
I can’t wait to try this.
I’m Indian, so sorry for being a cliche, but my favorite pressure cooking meal to eat is khichdi. Also daal.
But I also make a mean pressure cooker chili, so I’d say that as well.
Everything you guys make looks easy and delicious! If I win (I probably wont) I’d be over the moon because I’m moving into my first place soon and I am so looking forward to cooking in my own kitchen!
Definitely rice and beans!
Since every one of your recipes I’ve tried is delicious I know this bean stew will be a winner. I can’t wait to try it out now that it is getting cooler. I eat a lot of bean chilis since they are my favorite in the pressure cooker, they are so quick to make on a busy weeknight.
I love using a pressure cooker to make beans. Dried beans are such a better value than canned, and a pressure cooker makes cooking them so fast and easy. This is especially helpful since we eat a lot of beans, so nutritious!
I love these pressure cookers that have multiple pre-set functions, like steaming and browning!
My favorite pressure cooker recipes are spinach dahl and “refried” beans! Thank you for sharing your recipes with us and for the chance to win such an awesome pressure cooker! 🙂
Sounds delish, black beans are my favourite. And a Canadian giveaway, bonus lol
Can’t wait to try this recipe! My favorite pressure cooker (I dont have one so I use a pot on the stove) is split pea stew. Thanks for the giveaway 🙂
I don’t have a pressure cooker but I can share the meal I hated the most from the pressure cooker growing up was cow’s tongue. I could always smell it cooking in the pressure cooker as I came home from school. My mom and dad both grew up with it.
My grandmother cooked beans in the pressure cooker. I love beans but never mastered cooking them on the stove so I resorted to a slow cooker. Then I learned about lectins and cut way back. I know a pressure cooker eliminates these and cooks the beans way faster!
I will have to try this!!
Been dying for a pressure cooker like this! If I win this I’d be soooo happy!!!
I love making curries in pressure cookers
I have never used a pressure cooker but, I would love to make chili or spaghetti sauce in it!
I love making bean curry’s
I love making currys
Chili, Jams, Canning veggies from the garden!
Lentils, I love lentils so much. I also love stews, soups and adding a good variety of beans helps me stay full of get a nice variety of nutrients and protein.
My favorite recipe for pressure cooking is chili or stew. However, I really like using the pressure cooker for ingredients rather than whole meals like potatoes, beans, rice, oats, etc.
The soup looks delicious, and I am fascinated by the was you make it in this pot. I have an old fashioned pressure cooker which I use mostly for cooking beans, but this looks like the ultimate cooking tool.
I would start with stew, chili and soups! Your recipe looks and sounds delicious! 🙂
I have never used a pressure cooker so don’t have a favourite but I would love to try it out.
would love to get it to cook my beets fast, they take soooo long.
This looks like an interesting take on black beans. As it happens I have a potful on the stove right now but for a different recipe. Love them
I like using a pressure cooker for soups (my favourite is a lentil tortilla soup), my vegan bolognese sauce and coconut curry with quinoa.
I mostly cook veggies in my pressure cooker. I look forward to making full meals in it.
I haven’t used a pressure cooker before, so I don’t have a preferred meal. I recently went to a vegan cooking class and they recommended pressure cookers for cooking beans and quinoa, so that’s what I hope to use one for.
I have never used a pressure cooker but looks like it would make a great chili
I have never used one before but would like to try making making a few different kinds of soups
I love making different soups.
I love stews and soups!
I haven’t used a pressure cooker but I would try making pressure cooker chili
I love using pressure cookers for soups!