Does anyone use dried beans? What do you like to cook with them?

Answer 1

I like to fry down about a 1/4 of and onions in them.... I like to put a ham bone in them also..... They are good....Cook some rice to go alone.... and corn bread.... xxx

Answer 2

Hi Sarah,

I use dried beans but they're not called that when you buy them. They're called black eyed peas, but if you look at them they're really beans. They're quite good if cooked correctly as anyone from the south can tell you. The only excuse I have to cook them is for New Years though.

Really simple. I take smoked ham hocks and put them in the crock pot, cover them with water and cook slow for 24 hrs. The the meat will come easily off the bones. I separate the fat and the bones, then put the meat and the skin (because of the smoked texture in the skin. If you don't want to you don't have to) back into the crock pot with the black eyed peas. Note: make sure you visually sort the peas (beans) before you use them. Cook for another 4-6 hours or until the peas are softened to your liking. You can salt n pepper to taste.

I know it doesn't sound like much but it is very flavorful and they say that for every black eyed pea you eat on New Years Day will give you a day of good luck during the year to come.

Answer 3

I use dried beans for my chilli as well as Navy Bean and 3 Bean Soups. I used the dried peas as well for Split-Pea soup. I also will make a pot of pinto beans on and cook them from dried beans and serve with homemade jalepeno cornbread.

For just beans I cook them with some butter and veggie broth. I don't eat meat... but when I was growing up I remember it was really good after the holidays my mom would make Navy Beans with the Ham Bone :) MMMM

Answer 4

Funny thang about beans. You can dry them and store them for quite a while. And when you soak them bean overnight they get all soft and nice. I love to cook all kind of beans. Each variety has a different unique flavor of its own. Certain meats were meant to go well with certain beans. Like that Monday night special red bean and rice with smoked sausage. Oh yeah babe. Or them navy beans and rice with a thick T-bone steak.That's working mans food. Them pinto beans and ham hock. Big old Lima beans with chopped onions and hog jowls over rice with whole boiled okra in there. All of this beans served up with buttermilk cornbread and sweet tea. When I was growing up Both my parents worked. When supper time come around on weekdays we had beans and cornbread or greens and cornbread fried fish on friday, Gumbo on saturday and stewed partcular on sunday. It was the best time of my life. Now I can have most anything I would want. I tend to experiment with foods from different places and you know what? I ain't found any food any betta than what I was raised on.

Answer 5

A cool thing I learned about beans is you can grind them into flour or buy bean flour and thicken soups with them, add them to breads, make skillet breads.

A quick and great substitute for flour or cornstarch in your soups and stews is white bean flour. Just whisk in 1/2 c. white bean powder to any soup and it will thicken, no clumps! If you want it more thick, add more. You do not taste the beans and usually don't suffer the ill effects of them either.

Also, I make refried beans from pinto bean flour.
2 1/2 c. organic free range chicken broth
3/4 c. pinto bean flour or black bean flour
1 tablespoon taco seasoning

Bring broth to boil, whisk in dry ingredients just before boiling point. Cook on low for 1 minute, until mixture thickens. Continue to cook on low or turn heat off and leave on burner for 5 minutes...Mixture thickens as it cools.

Answer 6

I love dried beans! My birthday dinner is always pinto beans/onions/cornbread/tomatoes...I cook most of my beans with Ham pieces that are sold (prepackaged) at Save-a-lot. If I don't have that, I just use whatever leftover ham I have in the freezer (esp. the bones!!!)...I always save leftovers for soups. Used hamhocks once, but that wasn't for me. My mother in law uses bacon, but I don't care for that either.
Hope this is what you were looking for.

Answer 7

Yes, I use Pintos to make Mexican beans with smoked ham hocks onions garlic and jalapenos. Use dried peas for split pea with ham soup or mushy peas. Most others I get canned.

Answer 8

I like to cook pinto beans and navy beans. Ham or sausage are great added to either one...

Answer 9

You mean like ham & beans? If so, we use ham hocks with the beans, add a little bacon grease for flavor. Very good! But don't forget to add Beano to cut down on the ***GAS*** ;-)

Answer 10

we have dried beans at least 2-3 times a wk. was rasied on them and still like em,i like to use ham hocks to season&eat to,,beans,fried potatoes,cornbread,fresh green beans,slices of rip tomatoes and a big glass of ice tea,gota go, i'm hungary

Answer 11

We sure do! We make home made chili and bean soup. Store bought can't compare to home made, cooking from scratch. Not to mention it is healthier NO additives or preservatives.), tastier and much more economical, often free from friends who don't know how to cook them...