A Cooler Way to Cook Beans

By

Raeb22

Thank you for this great tip on cooking beans. I love beans :)

By

Carol L.

I'm going to try the garlic method for cooking beans. I like the idea of cooking my own beans, and have also wondered about the frugality of such long cooking times. I also like the idea of being able to control the salt vs buying canned beans and rinsing off some of the salt. Carol

By

yarnlady

I am going to try the garlic idea tomorrow. We are expecting snow (again) and I plan to make beans.

By

metroplex

I have an absoultely fabulous way to make beans given to me by a Hispanic co worker. But you probably won't believe me until you try it!!

Place uncooked beans in a large pot and cover them with about 2-3 inches of cold water.

Now here's the miraculous part - place two whole HEADS of garlic in the pot.

Not peeled garlic.
The entire head of garlic, like you buy from the grocery store.

Bring the pot to a boil and then simmer beans till cooked. But keep a close eye on them, beause they will cook very quickly!

The beans literally take, at the most, 45 minutes to cook. I've tried all kinds of beans and they don't take 2-3 hours anymore!

The most wonderful part of the garlic heads is this - no gassy after effects. None at all. None.

The garlic heads do NOT fall apart in the beans.
None of the 'paper' surrounding the heads come off in the beans.

Around 20-30 mins before the beans are cooked, add whatever vegetables you want and continue cooking. Remove the garlic heads and enjoy!

Truly, no one was more disbelieving than I was!

In the past, I also tried soaking the beans beforehand; changing the water; all of the tricks, but no luck like this recipe.

Besides, when ever I tried to pre soak beans, the skins of the beans came off of them.

With this recipe, the beans look like they came out of a can - perfect!

Works like an absolute charm.

:)

By MICHELLE JADAA. (Guest Post)

MM I'D LIKE TO TRY THIS,WE EAT A LOT OF BEANS ,CHILI,HOUMOUS ETC

By cathy (Guest Post)

I marvel that you came up with another way to cook beans. Among the various ways to beans, I've never heard of your method until now. I have to say that your method seems like more work than cooking in a crockpot which is what I do year round.

By

tracyflo

This is awesome! I will have to remember this one for when hubby gets back from his business trip. Thanks for sharing!