Beans are a powerhouse of protein and a nutrient-packed vegetable! Their versatility knows no bounds—toss them cold into a crisp salad, simmer them in a hearty soup, or mash them into a flavorful spread. Cook up a batch each week and dive into the endless variety of beans and bold and simple recipes waiting to be explored!
Prep Time 10 minutesmins
Cook Time 2 hourshrs
Soaking 1 dayd
Equipment
dutch oven or your 'stove to oven' pot
Ingredients
2lbs dry beans water
6- 12tbspsalt
Instructions
Soaking Beans
Dump dry bean out on the counter and sort, pulling out the broken and bad pieces
Rinse beans, place into dutch oven
Add water 1 finger height above the beans
Salt to taste like the sea
Soak for 12 -24 hour (add more water if needed)
Cooking Beans
Rinse out soaked beans
Add new water, a finger height above the beans, Salt to taste like a mildly salty sea
Cook first on stove for a 5 minute boil
Place in the oven at 375 degrees for 1 -2 hours. Taste after one hour to check flavor.
Pull out of the oven, once the beans are tender to your taste
Notes
This cooking method can be used with any dry beans. The soaking & cooking with salt allows the beans to stay firm and hold their color. Soaking beans helps with digestionI