Since I don’t really like to have the cooking water in my food (it gives it a beany taste) I like to pre-cook my beans first, then drain them before adding to the food I’m cooking.  So you can use dried beans but you will need to soak them for 8 hours or more first and then pressure cook for around 30 minutes until they are soft.  Then drain and rinse them and use in place of the canned beans.  You will need around 3 cups of cooked beans for this recipe which is about 1¼ cups of dried beans.