Recipes For Natural Health
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Winter 2001 - 2002
BEAN COOKING CHART
Dried beans double in volume and weight after soaking and cooking (two exceptions are soy beans and chick peas which triple in volume). One cup (8 ounces) dried beans equals 2 to 2 1/2 cups (1 to 1 1/4 pounds) soaked and cooked.
| Type |
Soaking
(Hours) |
Cooking |
Pressure Cooker
(Soaked Beans) |
Pressure Cooker
(Unsoaked Beans) |
| Adzuki Beans |
4 |
1 hour |
15 minutes |
20 minutes |
| Black Beans |
4 |
1 1/2 hours |
15 minutes |
20 minutes |
| Black-eyed Peas |
- |
45 min. to 1 hour |
- |
10 minutes |
| Lima Beans |
4 |
1 to 1 1/2 hours |
20 minutes |
25 - 30 minutes |
| Cannellini Beans |
4 |
1 to 1 1/2 hours |
15 minutes |
20 minutes |
| Dals |
- |
30 minutes |
- |
8 minutes |
| Fava (Broad Beans) |
12 |
3 hours |
40 minutes |
1 hour |
| Ful Nabed (Broad Beans) |
12 |
3 hours |
40 minutes |
1 hour |
| Great Northern Beans |
4 |
1 hour |
20 minutes |
25 minutes |
| Brown Lentils |
- |
35 minutes |
- |
12 minutes |
| Green Lentils |
- |
40 minutes |
- |
12 minutes |
| Red Lentils |
- |
30 minutes |
- |
8 minutes |
| Mung Beans |
4 |
45 min. to 1 hour |
- |
- |
| Split Peas |
- |
30 minutes |
- |
10 minutes |
| Whole Peas |
4 |
40 minutes |
15 minutes |
20 minutes |
| Pigeon Peas |
- |
30 minutes |
- |
10 minutes |
| Pink, Calico, Red Mexican Beans |
4 |
1 hour |
20 minutes |
25 minutes |
| Pinto Beans |
4 |
1 to 1 1/2 hours |
20 minutes |
25 minutes |
| Red Kidney Beans |
4 |
1 hour |
20 minutes |
25 minutes |
White Kidney Beans
(Cannellini) |
4 |
1 hour |
20 minutes |
25 minutes |
| Small White (Navy) Beans |
4 |
2 hours |
25 minutes |
30 minutes |
| Soybeans |
12 |
3 to 3 1/2 hours |
30 minutes |
35 minutes |
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