Cook Beans Faster with Baking Soda #Shorts

[ladyofthemasque]

If you have dried beens that are several years old, soak them overnight with baking soda in the water to soften them, as well as gently ferment them to reduce gas issues.

[AndreaLikesMusic]

The empty bowl getting dumped in pot 3 made me chuckle 😂

[TaylorDurden]

Pressure cooker works very good too. Unsoaked beans are ready in under an hour.

[retta]

You should soak the beans overnight in water with a pinch of baking soda per cup of beans. Drain and rinse, then cover with water and cook. You don't need to cook them WITH the soda. Soaking overnight and draining will reduce the phytates that make them hard to digest. You also don't need that much b soda.

[scottgray]

I was bemoaning how my beans were still hard, after brining, their ordeal in the pressure cooker…a coworker asked if I put the tomatoes in the batch (I was making Charro Beans), and when I said yes, she said, “don’t!”!
I remembered the next time, and her advice worked! 🤗

[RamenNoodle]

I'm wondering how the flavor of the baking soda beans was. Cause when you leave them in a slow cooker for a couple hours, it doesn't really matter how long it takes.

I've never been in that much of a rush that I need my beans to cook 15 minutes faster.

[Jameson]

Use an instant pot. You don’t need to presoak beans and most cook in under 30 mins. I cook them in bulk and freeze them in portions.

[schmarsh]

He is winking at us with that opening line (It’s a variation on a quote from the film The Royal Tenenbaums). Dan I remain in love with u

[annettefournier]

Baking soda will also tenderize meat. Just remember to wash it off prior to cooking.

[swatishah]

We’ve been doing this for years for all our legumes. Including soaking overnight, pressure cooking or for instant pot cooking.

[spacewolfjr]

Reminds me of Owen Wilson in Royal Tenenbaums

[sharoneicher]

How does this change when you add tomatoes? I often have my beans toughen up when I add tomato paste or puréed tomatoes to my beans. Do I need more baking soda? Do I just cook them longer? I have started adding the tomatoes at the end of the cooking process, which does help somewhat.

[tntmebs]

How much in tbsp or tsp of baking soda didn't you add?

[dablacks]

Probably it would work better if you gave us the right measurement. 1 teaspoon of baking soda to 1 cup of dry beans. What is 1% of 2 cups of water
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[oziecurry]

Just a pinch of bak soda in the water will be enough to soften the beans?

[drewcipher]

Same idea with homminy right? Alkaline/base mixture to soften hard grain/seeds

[ArtFlowersBeeze]

Have you tried brining beans for an hour? Also...add aromatics such as onion, garlic to your cooking water to add flavour.

[ginnyscott]

I cook chick peas all the time for hummus and I always use baking soda.

[Soniaspice]

Soaking all grains and beans is a norm in our Indian cooking system.

[grannypeacock]

How does it affect the flavour though?