How to Cook Dried Beans
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Canned beans are convenient, but dried beans win on flavor every time. Here's how to cook any kind of dried bean to perfection.

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Article summary:

  • Step 1: Pick Through the Beans
  • Step 2: Rinse
  • Step 3: Soak, if Desired, Then Drain -- If you are using thin-skinned beans like black beans, black-eyed peas, split peas, or lentils, you can skip this step.
  • Step 4: Cook With Aromatics
  • Step 5: How to Know When Beans Are Done
  • glimmer_twin [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I need to finally sort my shit out and move from canned beans to dry. Soaking scares me though, especially cos if you fuck up red kidney beans you’ll give yourself food poisoning lol

    • CakeAndPie [any]
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      4 years ago

      To cook kidney beans safely they just need to be boiled for a full ten minutes .

      Soaking isn't necessary for safety. Soaking just rehydrates the beans. If the beans are old and dried out, soaking puts the liquid back in so they'll cook more evenly.

      Some people say soaking makes beans less gassy, but I've never seen a difference. It looks like an urban myth based on the Serious Eats article which actually tried both methods.