Slow-Cooked Beans

From EatingWell: Winter 2004

By cooking your own dried beans, you save money, reduce sodium and get better flavor along with, surprisingly, more vitamins and minerals. If you can't use the whole batch, freeze surplus cooked beans for later use in soups, salads and dips. The range of time for cooking beans is wide and varies with the age and the type of beans selected.

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"I used black eye peas for this recipe. I added some cooked chicken and a package of cream cheese to get the smooth texture and taste to balance the peas. Wonderful! "

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10 Reviews for Slow-Cooked Beans

02/02/2012

Anonymous

Alternately...

Rather than going through all of this, just rinse your dry beans and throw 'em in your slow cooker with water and other flavorings. Leave on low while you're at work (~8 hours) and come home to nicely cooked beans. Easy peasy...

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Anonymous wrote 30 weeks 2 days ago

CAREFUL! Do not include salt

CAREFUL! Do not include salt or sugar with those seasonings, because the beans will not absorb water and swell properly unless soaked ahead of time, if they are cooked like this!
And to take the 'gassy' effect out of beans, after soaking, put beans in large sauce pan, cover with water to 2" above the beans, add 2 tablespoons of baking soda, bring to a boil until foams, drain and rinse well, repeat the entire process once or twice more.

01/29/2012

Anonymous

Simple, but make sure to boil Kidney Beans!

This works great for black beans...tried it today. But don't you need to boil both red and white kidney beans to get rid of the toxin that's in them?

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Anonymous wrote 30 weeks 5 days ago

Yes, that is an issue with

Yes, that is an issue with crock pot beans. It's not hard to take care of though, if your crock pot will boil on 'high' (mine does)

11/20/2011

Anonymous

Chickpeas/garbanzo beans?

Does this recipe work for chickpeas/garbanzo beans as well?

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11/09/2011

Anonymous

what's the point?

generally slow cookers are for one pot meals that you can throw together and cook while away. The cooking time is from 2 to 3 1/2 hours, so you must be nearby while cooking. why not just use a pot on the stove?

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Anonymous wrote 4 weeks 6 days ago

I have a gas stove, so this

I have a gas stove, so this is a better option to use an electric crockpot to cook them instead of running the gas on the stove for that long.

10/09/2011

brava313

Recommends this recipe

Easy Basic Recipe

What a simple and easy alternative to costly, high-sodium canned beans! However, if you decide to cook the beans longer, be sure to monitor the water level. Any beans not submerged will burn.

Pros: Minimal Effort

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