Cooking beans seems easy, but it can be more confusing ... high enough temperature to adequately remove all the lectin in ...

Do not add salt when cooking kidney beans, as it toughens their skins. Allow about 55g/2oz dried weight per person: once soaked and cooked the beans will at least double in weight. Rinse canned ...

If I have rice and dried beans on hand that means I almost always have something to cook in a pinch. Our favorite types of beans to stock in the pantry are black or turtle beans, red kidney beans ...

Cooking beans from scratch (or dried) gives you the opportunity to impart more flavor into the beans as they cook, as well as better control over their texture. But in this busy world we live in ...

Dried pinto beans are soaked overnight, cooked, then mashed before they are fried in oil with finely minced onions, garlic and peppers. The key to success is to take it slow on the cooking ...