any tip while cooking beans?

Answer 1

There are sooo many different kinds and ways to cook beans... need more info... ask again!

Answer 2

I use the dried beans for the best flavor. Soak beans overnight, discarding any beans that float to the top. Rinse well a couple of times & place in bottom of crockpot. Add just enough liquid to cover along with some fatback or hamhock ( you can use leftover ham if you have it), 1 small onion chopped, 1 glove garlic minced, salt & pepper. Cook over low heat for about 8 hours or til beans are tender. Add a little more liquid during the cook time if needed, but don't open crock pot too often to stir. I always serve with sliced onion, chow-chow & homemade cornbread.

Answer 3

All the suggestions about soaking overnight, changing the water and slowly bringing to the boil are great.

If you have left it too late to soak overnight, a good alternative is to bring to the boil from a cold water start. Boil for about 10 minutes, drain, cover with fresh cold water and bring to the boil again. Simmer until they are done. This works with most small beans, but big beans such as lima beans will still be tough. They need to be pre-soaked overnight.

Make sure you don't salt the water - this will toughen the skins of the beans and they will be chewy and nasty.

Answer 4

Yes....I have a tip that some may scoff at....but if they have never tried it they have no idea if it works or not.
Soak your dried beans several hours in water with about 1 teaspoon vinegar in the water......no more than 1 teaspoon vinegar......Then discard that water and cover with fresh water and cook until done.
Soaking in vinegar water reduces the gassy effect beans have.
Also add a small amount of sugar (about 1 teaspoon ) to your beans while cooking.
I add a Ham Hock and some chopped onion to my dried pinto beans for flavor.
Now with a skillet of buttermilk cornbread you have a great meal. (I bake my cornbread in a cast iron skillet) Get the skillet hot on a burner before pouring the batter in so the bottom will be good and brown. And have your oven hot!!

Answer 5

I know it says on the bag to soak the beans and whatever, but I have been cooking beans for years and I have never picked, rinsed and soaked overnight. My beans taste good too. It may take longer to cook them, but really if your soaking overnight how much longer can it take? Just don't add salt until the beans are done cause they will feel hard that way.

Answer 6

Hello , they all right , of corse we have different procedures for cooking Beans . For me , before i cooking it , i always anytime i want to cook Beans i soak them first and they peel the as well on soaking which helps u save time for making them soft and more tasty if u do that . try my advise and it works, i learn that from Arab people coz they do prepare Beans most of the time.

Hope it help my advise. cheers!!

Answer 7

If you are talking about dried beans then I recommend slow cooking with a lid. Don't put the lid on solidly. Leave a tiny space then they won't boil over and make a mess.

Answer 8

Ya'll, it's just beans!!
Lord have mercy--how hard--or easy can sumthin' be!?! Nothin' agin the asker--jus' sayin'........This is how I was taught.

Ya put 'm in a deep pot, ya cover 'em with water an' ya cook 'em--an' add some stock or water if ya need to---from daylight 'til the sun lowers. 'Bout six to eight hours. An' then ya let 'em sit fer awhile. Put ya some rice on the boil and fry up some sassages. When the rice is dry and the sassages are brown, fix up some plates with rice, beans on top and sassages next to 'em. If ya got some extra time, make ya some skillet bread ta go wit it.

Answer 9

3 generation use of smoked hamhock and onion. Sort, wash and soak, then cook in a heavy pot forever, LOL. My mom likes her bean soup served with a dollop of miracle whip. It adds a zingy creaminess to it and not bad at all.

Answer 10

Slow cooker...absolute best way is a slow cooker.

1. Dry beans are cheep
2. Dry beans are just that...beans...no salt, no anything added.
3. In a slow cooker you can cook the amount you want....either just enough...or more to freeze.