2006-11-05 07:44:30 · 7 answers · asked by Karasu 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Soaking beans allows them to slowly absorb the moisture they need to cook evenly. Soaking keeps the beans from splitting open or from the having the outside shell fall apart while the middle is still hard. For many people, eating beans causes intestinal discomfort, or gas because it is difficult to digest complex sugars in beans. The main reasons for soaking dried beans is to soften and return moisture to them, and to break down the oligosaccharides (the indigestible sugars that cause gas).
2006-11-05 07:47:05 · answer #1 · answered by argeesoftware 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Soaking does rehydrate the bean which does make them easier to cook. However, if you soak then dump the soak water, then rinse the beans and cook with new fresh water you are leaching the beans and removing some of the excess phosphorous from them They beans should soak at least two hours and preferably overnight to achieve this goal. Diabetics and persons with renal problems should fix beans and potatoes both by this method.
2006-11-05 16:13:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don;t have to soak beans before you cook them, but it makes the cooking time faster. Soaking them softens them up. You can make it even faster by bringing the beans to a boil for just a few minutes before you leave them to soak.
2006-11-05 15:48:00 · answer #3 · answered by Ms. Switch 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Soaking softens the beans by rehydrating them. When you just cook them they remain hard.
2006-11-05 16:20:45 · answer #4 · answered by Carole 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
soaking the beans overnight help remove the gas in them...also helps cook faster....
2006-11-05 16:29:02 · answer #5 · answered by walterknowsall 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are speaking about dried beans, it rehydrates them so they cook faster and better
2006-11-05 15:46:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It allows them to cook faster.
2006-11-05 17:20:25 · answer #7 · answered by Stefanie K 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋