Brothy black beans, gently seasoned, with perfectly poached eggs floating on top of little crostini toasts, finished with spoonfuls of red tomato salsa! This black bean soup with poached egg is one of the many reasons I adore Mexican cuisine.

In a few days I’m headed to Michoacan Mexico with girlfriends. My mouth is already watering thinking about the food! It seems like a perfect time to re-share this simple soup inspired by a flavorful brunch dish I had a few years back.
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Recently I shared how to cook pinto beans using a pressure cooker or Instant Pot. With all the gorgeous potato varieties at farmer’s markets and in the stores right now, I got to thinking about these potato and bean tacos. Besides, it’s taco Tuesday!

Soft golden corn tortillas, creamy smashed beans and steamed potato chunks. So many tasty possibilities.

Holy culinary crayons!! Today you’re seeing purple potato and pinto bean tacos, because I found the purple spuds at the farmer’s market and wanted to show them off. Whatever your heart desires, taco potatoes can be orange sweet potatoes, Yukon yellows, new reds, or russets–a palette awaits.

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This post shows how to cook pinto beans in a pressure cooker. In 15 minutes, you can have rich, tender, creamy, ready-to-enjoy beans all soupy in a nutritious cooking broth. Pressure cookers reduce cooking time and fuel energy–for cooking beans, they’re awesome tools!

Cooked from scratch, dried beans have unmatched flavor and texture–and cooking beans in the Instant Pot or stovetop pressure cooker happens fast!

There’s more than one way to go about pressure cooking beans from scratch, some faster than others. You can put the washed beans in the pot, cover with water and cook them like that, or you can soak the beans beforehand. Then, either way, after cooking, you can opt to turn off the heat and let the pressure come down naturally, or you can “quick-release” the pressure.

Click here to PIN How to Cook Pinto Beans in a Pressure Cooker!
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