Questions tagged [beans]
Questions about selecting, identifying, storing, preparing, replacing or cooking with beans as a main ingredient.
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Is there a simple way to make refried beans?
This is a dish that I always eat when dining at Spanish style restaurants, but never seem to be able to replicate at home using black beans and olive oil. The main problem is that the beans seem to ...
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This dal makhani recipe has two water discard steps. Any idea why?
I’m following the dal makhani recipe by Dishoom in London.
The recipe has two steps where the water the lentils are in is discarded and replaced with fresh water.
The first is the water the lentils ...
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Beans rated by cooking time
I'm quite a bean aficionado and have noticed that different kinds of beans vary widely in the amount of cooking the require to achieve an equal level of tenderness. E.g. while I cook small lima beans ...
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How can I know if it's worth cooking a Very Old (10 Years) Chili Bean Mixture Containing Red Kidney Beans?
I had 24-oz. bags of chili mix beans that consist of red kidney beans, navy beans, cranberry beans, and black beans, and which have been stored in our pantry in their original, unopened, plastic bag ...
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How to cook dried red beans faster?
I bought some dried red beans from the supermarket. I learned that in order to cook them well, I need more time. I have to soak them in cold water for one night, then cook for another two or three ...
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Are these Red Beans or Red Kidney beans?
Hello
I would like to ask the community, if this the kidney beans are (which are good for rajma) or these are the red beans. The package says RED BEANS only..
Thank you
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Cooking kidney beans that just started to sprout a little
I have some kidney beans that I soaked overnight to cook the next day but didn't get a chance and accidentally left them out and it's been fairly hot lately. Some of the beans started to get little ...
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Grilling long beans, and a substitute for cooking twine
I've been experimenting with "uncommon" vegetables (in the US) and have recently fallen in love with long beans, which I buy at my local Korean market. Because of their length, I'm able to grill them,...
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What is the English name for Chitra Rajmah?
What is this variety of kidney beans called in English? We call them "Chitra Rajmah" in Hindi.
http://www.helloorganic.com/Rajma_chitra.html
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Cranberry beans on a slow cooker (crock pot)
I have only made a few stews on my slow cooker so I want to try a different recipe. I want to try cooking cranberry/cargamanto beans for a bandeja paisa (similar to a Brazilian feijoada) on a slow ...
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Can I shorten bean soaking time if they'll be slow cooked?
I'm making something using butter beans (fasiola gigandes) which will be cooked for a long time (12+ hours) in a casserole dish with liquid covering them.
Normally I would soak the beans first for a ...
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Do split beans need to be thrown away?
I understand that the primary goal of sorting through dry beans is to remove things like pebbles. I very rarely find any of those, but there are often clean halves of beans. Do they they need to be ...
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How is bean pasta so protein-rich?
I've seen a number of bean pastas that have pretty close to a 1:1 protein/carb ratio. For example, this black bean pasta has 23g carbs and 25g protein per serving. On their own, black beans have a ...
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How should I store beansprouts?
Bean sprouts are a common ingredient in stir-fry recipes, but they don't seem to last very long in my fridge.
How can I keep bean sprouts fresh for the maximum amount of time?
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Is there any way to counteract the calcium chloride included in most canned beans?
All the beans I can find in the local supermarkets have calcium chloride in them, which helps them retain their firmness.
But I want soft beans.
Yes, I can cook my own beans from dry, but sometimes ...
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How long can I soak dried beans before they are considered inedible?
How long (days/weeks) can beans that have only been soaked in the refrigerator last before they are considered inedible/spoiled? I found black beans in the fridge that had been soaking for approx 3 ...
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What bean species are best for baked beans?
I want to cook baked beans, the slowcooker version. I want to make it from dry beans. My question is: what sort of beans will be best for this dish? I need at least 2-3 alternatives, cause I live in ...
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How to keep frozen beans soft?
I like putting beans (e.g., mung beans, red beans) into my ice cream when I make ice cream at home.
What I do: soak the beans overnight, boil them, mash them, then mix them into the cream as it's ...
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Where can I find dried Great Northern Beans?
In a recipe I am trying to make this weekend, I saw the following:
"2 cups dried Great Northern Beans, soaked,
cooked and drained"
Where can I find these? I could not find them at my local grocery ...
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How do you make the green beans served at Din Tai Fung?
Does anyone know how to make these? I'm pretty sure they are just blanched and fried (w/garlic), but I can't seem to get it right.
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How to prevent/slow down fava beans from turning to darker color?
I usually make fava beans from dry beans, I simmer them in plain water for hours.
Right after they are cooked they are bright green and have a very fresh delicious taste, but after letting it cool the ...
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Why do beans squeak?
We had some green beans in a chicken dish, and despite being well-cooked, they still squeaked against the teeth.
Its not an unpleasent sensation, but it doesn't really blend with the other foods.
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How does the quick-soak bean soaking process work?
I understand the quick-soak process, as per Is quickly soaking beans or dhal etc. equivalent to an overnight soak? but I'm curious how it works.
My guess is that by heating the dried beans up to ...
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For what dishes I should wash starch off red lentils?
I usually wash grains and beans before using them. I wonder how/for what dishes I should wash red lentils?
When I washed them, the water looks "soapy" (lots of foam) until I change it cr. 8 ...
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Is it possible to make pan roasted garbanzo beans creamy in the center?
I've been messing around pan roasting garbanzo beans recently, and I'm wondering if it's possible to make them creamy in the center and slightly crispy on the outside, like good potato home fries.
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Why refresh lentils before making lentil soup
I recently made lentil soup from a recipe that involved bringing the lentils to a boil and refreshing them before a more prolonged cooking together with the aromatics.
The soup turned out great, but ...
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What can I substitute for lady cream peas without noticeable flavor change?
I was emailed a recipe by a friend -- she'd like me to cook a Strawberry and Lemon White Bean Bundt Cake. One of the ingredients is going to be a problem, though:
1/2 pound Camellia Brand Lady ...
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Split beans in a pressure cooker?
I just got a Presto 6qt. Pressure Cooker. Its manual states that I shouldn't cook split peas in it; does that include split mung beans or dal, or does it refer only to "green peas?"
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What is the difference between Seed, Grain, Nut, Kernel, Pit, Bean?
What is the difference between Seed, Grain, Nut, Kernel, Pit, Bean?
Seed (as in apple)
Grain (as in wheat),
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Nut (as in almond)
Kernel (as in corn)
Pit (as in olive)
Bean (as in fava/broad bean)...
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Can you make red bean paste from bean flour?
I was having a conversation with someone about making a dessert from red bean paste and they mentioned the process being arduous because they had to cook the beans for two hours, and then mash them.
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How to achieve tender or crunchy toasted lentil sprouts?
A few days ago, I started sprouting a batch of lentils. This morning, I took some of the beans, now with 0.5-1 mm shoots growing out of them, tossed them in salt, pepper, and paprika, and spread them ...
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Alternative milk Bean curd
Can milk from beans other than soy be curdled to make a tofu-like product? I know that black beans work, but I am wondering about kidney or pinto for example (or any other). Has anyone experimented on ...
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If the recipe says simmer beans for 3 hours, can I just turn up the heat and cook faster?
I just got home from work, and tonight is my night to cook. Unfortunately, I just realized this recipe for Mexican beans says I should simmer the beans for 3 hours. I'm too hungry for that, but I ...
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What's the approximate dry to cooked weight conversion ratio for beans?
Cooked in water, they of course absorb some of it. Looking for weight, not volume conversion. If it varies by type, this is for Red Kidney Beans, but I'm guessing one general number can be good enough ...
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If I only want to use part of a can of beans, what are my options with the rest?
I typically cook eggs in the morning, and would like to add some legumes to add a little more heft. I'm looking for the easiest way to do this, so I thought of canned beans. However, I don't think I ...
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Undercooked beans in chili?
I made a bit of a mistake, being a lazy bachelor and inexperienced at cooking. I was making chili and when it came time to add beans I discovered I didn't have any canned beans. I did however have ...
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Why do most (all?) recipes call for cooked rather than dry beans?
I'm thinking of recipes like chili, which have a "brothy" component to the finished recipe. One would hope that adding dry beans to an appropriate amount of liquid, loaded with aromatics and ...
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Best way to rehydrate dry black beans so the skins are not hard but beans are soft?
I have a recipe for rehydrating red beans that says you should boil them briefly (2 min) then soak them overnight (6-8 hrs) to rehydrate them so that the skins aren't hard.
Is this advisable? Is ...
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Canned beans contain no liquid?
I recently opened two cans of pinto beans from the same brand (whole foods organic). One can looked perfectly normal with a fair amount of liquid and no visible beans until drained.
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The mystery of heating up canned beans- What the tin says
Cans of beans say "Heat for 3-4 min. DO NOT BOIL". Does anyone know why canned beans should not be boiled? Surely they were boiled when they were first cooked, so where's the problem?
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How to cook common bean in mess tin in campfire during hikers camp ? Possible?
How to cook common bean in mess tin in campfire during hikers camp? Each night would be in the other location. The challenge is to first soak the beans and then to cook them. Beans should be cooked on ...
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In Chinese cuisine, are the black beans fermented in Black Bean sauce?
I was wondering what type of flavour the black beans add to black bean sauce. Can they be switched for pinto beans or kidney beans? Is there a process such as fermentation that the beans undergo ...
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Can I substitute "green beans" for "string beans"?
The famous Thai salad "Som Tam" uses raw, crushed string beans in small amounts, and I have seen recipes that suggest raw normal green beans as a substitution. How will the subsitution affect the dish?...
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Why do canned beans have less FODMAPs than dried beans?
Several sources have claimed that canned beans (after discarding the water in the can) are significantly lower in FODMAPs, particularly galacto-oligosaccharides, compared to cooked dried lentils. I'm ...
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Cooking kidney beans in a slow cooker, how do I make sure they're safe?
I'm making 15 bean soup from a bagged dry bean mix that contains red kidney beans. Following the instructions, I soaked them overnight and threw out the water, but then thought I'd be clever and throw ...
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Slow cooked ham hock black eyed peas
Getting ready for some New Year’s eve cooking. I want a hearty black eyed peas casserole, which I’ll be throwing into the crockpot tonight with a couple smoked ham hocks (a first try for me). I want ...
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When simmering black eyed peas, should the water turn brown?
I'm simmering black eyed peas for the first time. I rinsed them very thoroughly, covered with clean water, and simmered.
The water they're in has turned dark brown. Is that normal?
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Should beans be drained after cooking?
I cook beans and then eat them (usually without adding anything else). I know that soaking water for beans should be drained. However, I haven't seen anything definitive about the water that the beans ...
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Calories in bean liquid?
Canned beans come with a liquid that may be eaten. Do the calories shown on the can reflect the calories with the liquid, or without? Either way, is there a way to know the calories in just the beans ...
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Dried Kidney beans for Chili
We're going to buy a large quantity of dried kidney beans. It will mostly be used for Chili. I've never used them before so excuse me if this sounds like a dumb question. Would I need to soak the ...
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