Cooking with Dry Beans

By ClaudiaJan

Ingredients

• Overnight Method
• to beans, removing stones and bad beans. Rinse them and cover with cold water. Let them stand overnight or about eight hours. Drain, then cook according to your recipe.
• Quick Soak Method

Preparation

Step 1

Cooking Soaked Beans
For 1 pound of beans, bring 6 cups of water to a boil. Add beans, boil gently, uncovered, 25 minutes to 2 hours, or until tender. Cooking times will vary according to types of beans used. Add water as necessary during cooking to keep beans covered.