When using reans or letils in a slow cooker to make stew is it best to soak them overnite /?

Question

Will adding the water help the stew?

Answer 1

Lentil Tips and Equivalents

Salt can toughen lentils

Lentil cooking tips and usage

• Lentils are a natural in soups and stews and also make a great cold salad.
• Lentils need no pre-soaking and cook much more quickly than other dried legumes.
• To cook lentils, simply pick over to remove debris or shriveled lentils, rinse, and drain. Cover with water or broth and boil for 2 to 3 minutes (to aid in digestion). Reduce heat and simmer until tender. Depending on the variety and age, cooking time may take anywhere from 10 minutes to 1 hour.
• When using a pressure cooker to cook lentils, add a teaspoon of oil to keep the scum from blocking the safety valve.
• Salt added to the cooking water will toughen the beans.
Add salt once the lentils are completely cooked.
• Acidic ingredients such as wine or tomatoes can lengthen cooking time. You may wish to add these ingredients after the lentils have become tender.
• Lentils should be liberally seasoned.
• The high protein content in lentils makes them an excellent meat substitute.
• Older lentils will take longer to cook because they have lost more moisture. Do not mix newly-purchased lentils

Answer 2

Kidney beans or grean gram should be soaked long....overnight is good....chick peas can cook well when soaked overnight or even for few hours....small lentils which also go by the name of something-or-the -other gram such as red gram etc. need only a short while perhaps a n hour before cooking. In a cooker, add the lentils and any vegetables plus whatever additives ( excluding meats) and once the cooker reaches full pressure, the cook on low flame for eight minutes....except for kidney beans which could take longer.

Now about cooking them: What kind of concoction do you envisage?

Answer 3

You must soak the beans/lentils overnight before cooking them. Dont forget to rinse them with warm water before adding them to the crockpot. DO NOT reuse the soaking water as it will have dirt and bacteria in it.

Answer 4

i would they'll cook faster make sure you throw away the water that you soaked them in that's what my mom would say,that way they are less gassy