Kitchen Basics
How To Soak and Cook Dried Beans at Home
In this short tutorial, I will show you How To Soak and Cook Dried Beans. Whether it’s a long soak overnight or a speedy soak, this is my fool-proof method. Start by sorting through the dried beans. Sometimes little
- Serves 1 recipe
- Prep 5 minutes
- Cook 2 hours
Start by sorting through the dried beans. Sometimes little things like small stones or broken pieces of beans are missed and packaged. You’ll want to discard all debris.
There are two ways you can soak beans. The first is to add them to a large bowl and cover them with water by 2-inches. Or you can do the speedy method as shown in the steps below.
Place the sorted beans in a colander and rinse them under cold water.
Add them to a medium-sized pot and cover with hot water, about 6 cups.
Cover and bring to a boil, cooking the beans in a rolling boil for 2 minutes.
Drain the beans; you willll notice the skins starting to pull back.
Place the beans back in the pot, cover with fresh cool water and bring back to a boil. Once the water is boiling, reduce the heat to low and simmer for 1-1/2 to 2 hours or until the beans are tender.
Voila! Reliable beans!
Drain and set them off to the side. You could even make the beans a few days in advance and only store in an airtight container in the fridge.
Enjoy! And if you give this How To Soak and Cook Dried Beans method a try, let me know! Snap a photo and tag me on twitter or instagram!
The recipe
Cook Dried Beans and How To Soak
A simple How-To for soaking and cooking dried beans. Generally speaking 1 pound beans equals 3 cups cooked beans
- Serves 1 recipe
- Prep 5 minutes
- Cook 2 hours
Ingredients
- 1 pound beans
Method
- 1
Start by sorting through the dried beans. Sometimes little things like small stones or broken pieces of beans are missed and packaged. You’ll want to discard any debris or broken beans.
- 2
There are two ways you can soak beans. The first is to add them to a large bowl and cover them with water by 2-inches. Or you can do the speedy method as shown in the steps below.
- 3
Place the sorted beans in a colander and rinse them under cold water.
- 4
Add them to a medium-sized pot and cover with hot water, about 6 cups.
- 5
Cover and bring to a boil, cooking the beans in a rolling boil for 2 minutes. Drain the beans; you willll notice the skins starting to pull back.
- 6
Place the beans back in the pot, cover with fresh cool water and bring back to a boil. Once the water is boiling, reduce the heat to low and simmer for 1½ to 2 hours or until the beans are tender.
- 7
Drain and set them off to the side. You could even make the beans a few days in advance and only store in an airtight container in the fridge.
Per serving
- Serving1 recipe
- Calories635 kcal
- Carbohydrates118 g
- Protein37 g
- Fat3 g
- Saturated Fat1 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat2 g
- Monounsaturated Fat1 g
- Potassium1764 mg
- Fiber48 g
- Sugar2 g
- Vitamin C4 mg
- Calcium313 mg
- Iron11 mg
