how to cook dried beans in a crook pot?

Question

How do you cook hard coat dried beans (kidney.pinto,black beans ect) in a crock pot. Time to cook?High, medium Cooking time for approximatly how many hours (not just "untill soft") please.

Answer 1

Place washed beans (no need to presoak, just wash them and check for pebbles) in crock pot and cover with water (to within about 5 inches from the top). Add salt and pepper (or any spices you choose) and stir. Add bacon or ham hocks (for flavor) and cover. Cook on high for 1 hour and then reduce to low for 5 hours.

Answer 2

I rinse and sort the beans (pick out and pieces of grit)

I don't usually presoak mine, you can if you want they will cook a little faster. For 1 pound of beans I cover them with about 2 or 3 inches of water add my seasoning. I set the crock pot on low and let it cook for at least 6 hours. The good thing about crock pots and things like soups and bean the timing does not have to be real exact. I turn it on before I leave for work(7 am) and it is done when I get home (6:30pm) 11 1/2 hours later. That is really a little too long whatever I am cooking tends to cook dry but that is my work day so I adjust with extra liquid.

Answer 3

Red Beans and Rice
Start this recipe first because it takes a long time before the beans cook down! We used a crook pot on high and it took about 5 hours. This New Orleans recipe was traditionally made on wash day. Before washing machines and hot water heaters, the women in the family would boil huge pots of water on the stove or in the yard over fires to be able to have enough hot water to scrub all their family¹s clothes. They would put a extra pot of water on to boil the beans, giving them an occasional stir between loads of wash.

You'll need:

1 pound of dried Kidney Beans ­ soaked overnight in 8 cups of water
6-8 cups of fresh water
1 large onion ­ chopped
4 cloves of garlic ­ finely chopped
1 large smoked ham hock or 1 pound of smoked turkey necks
2 cups of diced ham or 1 package chicken andouille sausage
2 teaspoons dried thyme
A bay leaf
A little adult help
Equipment:

Measuring spoons and cups
A heavy bottomed soup pot or crock pot
A wooden spoon
Drain the soaked kidney beans.
Put beans in a heavy pot ­ we used a crock pot.
Cover the beans with the fresh water.
Put the lid on the crock pot and turn the heat to high. Boil the beans for 45 - 60 minutes, making sure they are covered with water the whole time.
Next, take the lid off the pot. Add all the other ingredients into the pot and boil, boil, boil for another 3 hours.
Have your mom or whoever is helping you take the bone out of the pot and cut up the meat. If you are using turkey necks there will be a lot of little bones so have your adult helper pull the bones out before the meat falls off them.
Return just the meat to the pot and continue to cook the beans until they are creamy.

Answer 4

if you soak overnight they do cook fatser, but it's not requiured. Place 1lb per 8-10 c water. add some seasonings like garlic or onion and salt/pepper.
cook on hi 4-hr and low 6 hr