I am going to make a bean soup Wednesday so I will soak the beans tomorrow night right? Do I use cold water to

Question

soak them in and do I use any salt or anything?

Answer 1

Just soak the beans over night in cold water, no salt or any other additives.
The beans will loosen a skin and release a starch into the water which you will need to rinse off before adding it to your broth.
Try to add acid ingredients like tomatoes at the end as that is what toughens the beans.

Answer 2

To make bean soup you pick thru beans and remove all stones and bad / damaged beans. Wash the beans in a colandar. My understanding is that the whole thing about soaking is to speed up cooking time. My Grandmother washed the beans and then put the beans in the pot with a smoked ham hock and covered beans and ham hock with enough water so that there is about 1.5 inches of water above level of beans. Then put pot on stove on very low flame until it starts bubbling a bit and then put on back burner. This is probably the old way before crock pots came out. I have to say that I tried the hurry up method and it does not get the flavor of the smoked ham hock as well. She would put the beans on the stove around lunch time and add chopped onion but NO SALT as there is a good bit of salt in the ham hock. I changed up the recipe a bit and added some chopped garlic and diced Jalapeno Pepper. If you don't want heat from the Jalepeno Pepper then you need to seed and then take your knife and cut out the white membrane from inside of pepper. As you cook the beans do absorb water so you add hot water from tap or tea kettle. Idea is to not have it get too watery. Check for instructions on bad of beans as they may have methods and recipes as well. I tried the speed up methods of soaking and it never worked for me and I make the soup like my Grandmother did which is probably just as her mother and grandmother did.

Answer 3

Yes soak the beans. Use cold water.3 - 4 hours is sufficient but longer is OK too.
Don't use the same water to cook in. In fact, I suggest that you use stock. You can use beef or chicken broth or if using a pork for the meat, Goya makes a granulated ham base.

Answer 4

The beans take lots longer to cook dinner than different vegetables; so in case you place them in mutually the vegetables turn to mush previously the beans are carried out. Plus soaking black beans enables do away with the numerous ink so the broth isn't organic black.

Answer 5

No salt. Lots of cold water because they will soak up a lot.

Answer 6

wash the beans and put on stove and bring to boil. turn off and rinse , then add salt and water and boil again. let them soak overnight, in the morning rinse them and then start cooking them..adding the seasoning of your choice... you will have less gas in the beans ...

Answer 7

I soak mine in the fridge in a pan of water no salt and don't forget to change water before you cook them

Answer 8

I soak them overnight. Use plenty of water because they will swell a lot. I rinse them well and add fresh water or broth before cooking.