Dried Beans boiling time.

[NotADcotor]

Saw some beans at Walmart [Great Value house brand] and they claim a 30 to 35 minute cooking time for Black Turtle Beans, Pinto Beans and Navy beans. Other makers claim 1 to 1.5 hours and have seen 1.5 to 2 hours in some pretty serious places.

I don't want to poison myself [don't care if they are a bit hard to softish though as long as I can eat them]

The instructions are all for soaking and normal boiling not pressure cooking which would explain a wide difference in time.

I am so confused, don't get me started on the extreme variations in fiber content both from packaging and the USDA and NCCDB

Should I trust the packaging or just say fuck it and stick with the lentils and split peas or maybe...

 

[Robert Mugabe]

I soak dried beans for 8 hours. Then drain and rinse. Then slowly simmer them until tender. I am still alive.

 

[NotADcotor]

I soak dried beans for 8 hours. Then drain and rinse. Then slowly simmer them until tender. I am still alive.

Yeah Id like to get an estimate on simmering time

 

[Robert Mugabe]

Yeah Id like to get an estimate on simmering time

I am thinking around 3 hours. I make a vegetable and bean stew/soup. So after about 3 hours I add the veggies for about an hour at low heat. At that point the beans haven't turned to mush. Guestimate. You can sample a spoonful to test.

 

[NotADcotor]

I am thinking around 3 hours. I make a vegetable and bean stew/soup. So after about 3 hours I add the veggies for about an hour at low heat. At that point the beans haven't turned to mush. Guestimate. You can sample a spoonful to test.

So I could probable put the beans, pint, black navy together with the green and brown lentils olus the split peas for 2 hours and all izz well?

 

[Robert Mugabe]

So I could probable put the beans, pint, black navy together with the green and brown lentils olus the split peas for 2 hours and all izz well?

Well. I use dried beans. Oats. Barley and lentils and soak them all together. I guess the beans need more of a soak than the other ingredients. So far the whole concoction hasn't turned to mush. Which is what I am trying to avoid. But the beans definitely need a lengthy soak and rinse. I definitely give the beans more than a 2 hour soak. Closer to 8.

 

[MrPrezident]

Is there anyplace I can buy a TERB apron? I always did like the way those things were cut out in the back.

Two lovely women and the Prez cooking beans with Prez wearing the apron El Reverso. But can beans really be that good even with hours of cooking time?

This is like fishing. I like fish but I would rather pay someody else to find the fish and cook it.

The beans sound good but this bean soup seems very labor intensive per soup gallon of reward.

 

[xix]

Is there anyplace I can buy a TERB apron? I always did like the way those things were cut out in the back.

Two lovely women and the Prez cooking beans with Prez wearing the apron El Reverso. But can beans really be that good even with hours of cooking time?

This is like fishing. I like fish but I would rather pay someody else to find the fish and cook it.

The beans sound good but this bean soup seems very labor intensive per soup gallon of reward.

See post #2.
Soak over night. After returning from work cook it.
Cooking time depends on the type of beans you have, some are 15 mins others longer and if you are using a true pressure cooker, time is different.

 

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[MissCroft]

I love lentils because you don't have to soak them. Other beans I soak overnight.

I'm not vegan but I love lentil soup or.a nice vegan shepherd's pie....

 

[Frankfooter]

25 minutes from dry in an instantpot.

 

[Insidious Von]

I'm with Missy, dried beans should be soaked overnight. After they're soft enough, the sky's the limit.

Don Pasquale with a recipe I grew up with, never tire of.