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Zesty Instant Pot Beef & Black Bean Skillet

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Zesty Instant Pot Beef & Black Bean Skillet

By @chef1

This dish is a testament to how quickly bold flavors can come together. Seasoned ground beef, hearty black beans, and fresh tomatoes are quickly sautéed to create a satisfying and flavorful meal, perfect for a speedy brunch.

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Ingredients

  • ●4 oz Ground Beef
  • ●1/4 cup Cut Yellow Diced Onions
  • ●1 clove Garlic, minced
  • ●1/2 cup Canned Black Beans, rinsed and drained
  • ●1/2 cup Diced Fresh Tomatoes
  • ●1/4 cup Chicken Broth
  • ●1/2 tsp Paprika
  • ●1g Salt
  • ●1/8 tsp Black pepper
  • ●2.5g Chili crisp
  • ●1 tbsp Grated Parmesan Reggiano
  • ●4.5g Olive oil

Instructions

  1. 1
    Set your Instant Pot to 'Sauté' mode. Once hot, add the ground beef and cook, breaking it up with a spoon, until browned, about 2 minutes. Drain any excess fat if necessary.
  2. 2
    After draining beef fat, add the measured 4.5g olive oil, onions and garlic; sauté for 1 minute.
  3. 3
    Stir in the rinsed black beans, diced fresh tomatoes, chicken broth, paprika, salt, and pepper. Bring the mixture to a gentle simmer, stirring occasionally, for 3-4 minutes, allowing the flavors to meld and the tomatoes to soften slightly.
  4. 4
    Turn off the Instant Pot. Transfer the skillet mixture to a serving bowl. Garnish with chili crisp and Grated Parmesan Reggiano, if desired. Serve immediately.

Recipe details

Category
Main course
Preparation
14 minutes
Cooking
13 minutes

Estimated total: 27 minutes. Planning estimate: stated duration ranges use their midpoint; standard preparation, heating and handling allowances are included. Overlapping tasks are counted once. Resting/chilling is included in total time.

How these estimates were calculated
  • Prepare measured ingredients: 10 min planning allowance (vegetable_prep)
  • pan preheat: 3 min planning allowance (pan_preheat)
  • transfer: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
  • sauce heat: 3 min planning allowance (sauce_heat)
  • transfer: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
  • Chosen 10-minute initial preparation allowance includes implicit chopping and measuring; written preparation is not counted here again.
  • Ground Beef: Recipe Studio owner-chosen estimate: count 50% of the initial meat fat for explicitly drained excess fat. This is a calculation convention, not measured absorption or a universal cooking yield. Meat protein and other non-fat nutrients are not halved.
  • Assumed 80% lean ground beef. Recipe instructs to drain excess fat.
  • Cut Yellow Diced Onions: USDA cup, chopped portion weight
  • Matched diced yellow onions to raw onions, chopped.
  • Garlic, minced: USDA clove portion weight
  • Canned Black Beans, rinsed and drained: USDA SR Legacy canned pinto beans, drained solids (174286), used as a disclosed comparable drained-legume nutrient approximation for black beans, not undrained canned-bean analysis. Black/pinto variety, brand and moisture vary. No rinsing-loss factor is invented; sodium uses the drained reference before any additional rinsing loss. Separate USDA cooked-black-bean cup weight used below, not a can-to-drained yield. (https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/174286/nutrients)
  • Canned Black Beans, rinsed and drained: USDA Food Patterns Equivalents Database 2015–2016 methodology, Appendix 11: one cup equivalent cooked black beans = 175 g. Chosen cooked-solid volume approximation for already-drained black beans; separate pinto-drained nutrient profile. Residual moisture and packing vary; no unknown package drained yield calculated. (https://www.ars.usda.gov/arsuserfiles/80400530/pdf/fped/fped_1516.pdf)
  • Drained black beans: USDA cooked-black-bean 175 g/cup weight, with separately disclosed USDA canned drained-pinto nutrient approximation; no can yield or rinsing retention percentage.
  • Diced Fresh Tomatoes: USDA cup, chopped or sliced portion weight
  • Matched diced fresh tomatoes to raw red ripe tomatoes, chopped.
  • Chicken Broth: USDA cup portion weight
  • Assumed ready-to-serve chicken broth.
  • Paprika: USDA tsp portion weight
  • Owner-authorized explicit recipe amount or suitable ingredient substitution.
  • Table salt; unknown quantity means sodium is omitted, not guessed.
  • Black pepper: USDA tsp, ground portion weight
  • USDA black pepper; documented seasoning allowance applies only to to-taste/pinch amounts.
  • Chili crisp: Fly By Jing Original manufacturer label accessed 2026-10-22: 1 tsp (5 g), 30 kcal, 3 g fat, 0 g carbohydrate/fiber/protein, 65 mg sodium. Chosen original chili-crisp formulation; other brands and oil-to-solids ratios vary. Label zeros rounded. Not shichimi dry spice or plain chili oil. (https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0065/8515/5653/files/CC-Original-NFP.png?v=1742595140)
  • First alternative chili crisp; chosen Fly By Jing Original product label, not dry shichimi or pure chili oil.
  • Excludes optional Grated Parmesan Reggiano
  • Recipe Studio chosen explicit quantity for an ingredient required by the written method.
  • Salt: Owner-authorized explicit recipe amount or suitable ingredient substitution. Original: {"item":"Morton Iodized Sea Salt","amount":"1/4 tsp"}. Authored: {"item":"Salt","amount":"1g"}.
  • Chili crisp: Replace unsupported Trader Joe’s crunch product with reviewed Fly By Jing standard choice. Original: {"item":"Trader Joe's Chili Onion Crunch","amount":"1/2 tsp"}. Authored: {"item":"Chili crisp","amount":"2.5g"}.
  • Olive oil: Recipe Studio chosen explicit quantity for an ingredient required by the written method. Original: not separately listed. Authored: {"item":"Olive oil","amount":"4.5g"}.
  • Paprika: Owner-authorized explicit recipe amount or suitable ingredient substitution. Original: {"item":"Simply Organic Paprika","amount":"1/2 tsp"}. Authored: {"item":"Paprika","amount":"1/2 tsp"}.
  • Black pepper: Owner-authorized explicit recipe amount or suitable ingredient substitution. Original: {"item":"Freshly Ground Peppercorns","amount":"1/8 tsp"}. Authored: {"item":"Black pepper","amount":"1/8 tsp"}.
  • Salt: Owner-authorized explicit recipe amount or suitable ingredient substitution. Original: {"item":"Morton Iodized Sea Salt","amount":"1/4 tsp"}. Authored: {"item":"Salt","amount":"1g"}.
  • Chili crisp: Replace unsupported Trader Joe’s crunch product with reviewed Fly By Jing standard choice. Original: {"item":"Trader Joe's Chili Onion Crunch","amount":"1/2 tsp"}. Authored: {"item":"Chili crisp","amount":"2.5g"}.
  • Olive oil: Recipe Studio chosen explicit quantity for an ingredient required by the written method. Original: not separately listed. Authored: {"item":"Olive oil","amount":"4.5g"}.
  • Paprika: Owner-authorized explicit recipe amount or suitable ingredient substitution. Original: {"item":"Simply Organic Paprika","amount":"1/2 tsp"}. Authored: {"item":"Paprika","amount":"1/2 tsp"}.
  • Black pepper: Owner-authorized explicit recipe amount or suitable ingredient substitution. Original: {"item":"Freshly Ground Peppercorns","amount":"1/8 tsp"}. Authored: {"item":"Black pepper","amount":"1/8 tsp"}.

ground beef · black beans · tomatoes · Instant Pot

Estimated nutrition per serving

385 calories · 27.6 g protein · 27 g carbohydrate · 18.7 g fat · 7.1 g fiber · 943 mg sodium

Source and basis: USDA FoodData Central and reviewed product references; ingredient-based calculation per serving. Documented USDA or manufacturer portion weights; all listed ingredient mass included before cooking losses. Excludes optional Grated Parmesan Reggiano Full ingredient matches and assumptions below.

Recipe Context

This recipe was created with the following context in mind:

brunch
fall
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