How to Cook Dried Beans
- Ready In:
- 14hrs
- Ingredients:
- 2
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 1 lb dried beans
- water, enough to cover beans by at least 1 inch
directions
- Place 1 pound bag of beans into large bowl. Sift and sort through the beans and remove any pieces of dirt and broken beans.
- Fill bowls with HOT water to cover beans by at least 2 inches. Remove any beans that float to the top when soaking.
- Beans will at least double in size. Soak in HOT water for at least 2 hours, but ideally, soak overnight.
- After soaking, drain beans and rinse with cool water.
- Place in large pot and cover with at least 2 inches of water.
- Place the lid on top with a slight crack. Bring water to a boil. (I crack the lid at the start because I find that when I put the lid on all the way and move onto another task in the kitchen or around the house, the water will be boiling over and make a mess on the stove! So I crack the lid to avoid the spillage.).
- Once boiling, reduce heat to medium and then cover completely. Let cook another 1-1 1/2 hours, or until beans are soft.
- Drain beans.
- Use in your favorite recipe.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
ElizabethKnicely
Meadville, Pennsylvania
29 year old wife and mother of 3 who is obsessed with meal planning.