How to cook beans faster

By the way, what if someone doesn't know, as I didn't know until recently. Beans cook quickly if cold water is added from time to time during boiling. That is, we take the beans and a little water (the beans must be covered with water), bring to a boil. Boil - add a glass of cold water to the pan. It boiled again - another glass of water. So 3-4 times. If you don't need a lot of water, then you can drain some of the boiling water and add cold water. At the same time, the beans are cooked straight quickly, they did not time it, but in an hour and a half they will surely be cooked, if not faster. And without any preliminary soaking. My mother-in-law taught me this this summer.

[Irsha]

Irsha, Ira, yes, boiling is the main condition! Important clarification!
Anna, used to use this technique all the time when I cooked beans in a saucepan. I added cold water to the boiling broth a couple of times. But now I'm boiling beans in a pressure cooker, and I've already forgotten this trick. Thank you for reminding me!

I don’t soak the beans, because they lose their color. When it boils, pour the beans into a colander, rinse and cook again. It cooks without any extra hassle in two hours. If I make a lunch of beans, then pour out the water in which it was boiled. I dilute with plain water. Then it is better digested and without bloating.

[Nelya]

Nelya, I make bean soup regularly. And this long wait for the beans to be cooked always bored me. And here in the summer I cooked it at my mother-in-law (they usually do not eat beans due to gastrointestinal diseases) and she gave me this advice. At home, at the earliest opportunity, I tried it again. And so great. Now the beans are ready. And all, without undercooked individual copies. And then it happens - it seems to be cooked, but eat soup and one or two undercooked will come across.

But now I'm boiling beans in a pressure cooker, and I've already forgotten this trick.

Is everything all right with the cooking? And then everywhere they write that it is impossible in a pressure cooker because of the foam from legumes !?

write that it is impossible in the pressure cooker because of the foam from the beans !?

I constantly cook beans and peas in a pressure cooker (I have Mulinex and Comfort), there were no jambs because of the foam, everything is cooked perfectly.
In the slabs it may not be possible

Is everything all right with the cooking?

For a long time I cook chickpeas exclusively in a pressure cooker - in Shteba. But I cook a maximum of 2 glasses, pour water on my finger over the chickpeas. I pre-soak the chickpeas with a soda solution to minimize flatulence. On our forum, my advice is gratefully used in relation to other legumes.

I make sure to soak both beans and peas overnight, then their efficiency is higher. We have basically two types of beans: large white beans, it cooks quickly, in 40 minutes, and smaller blue-red beans, this one has to be cooked for an hour and a half, but it doesn't seem to fade much, you need to take a closer look.
I cook beans, like rice, "in my own juice", that is, not draining the broth, but evaporating.

And I'm not a pressure cooker, but a slow-cooked madame: I cook beans in a 6.5-liter slow-cooker, so that it is good with broth, so that then immediately in jars = semi-finished product.
I do not soak.
Salt, to make it salty, for better preservation.

she gave me this advice.

Anya, when I was young, I asked for this advice in some magazine. Under type heading Useful tips

Is everything all right with the cooking? And then everywhere they write that it is impossible in the pressure cooker because of the foam from the beans !?

Igor, everything is fine with cooking. But I pour in a little water just to cover the beans on my finger by 2-3. If the beans are for a second or salad, then less. If for the first course, I can pour more. But then I add the broth anyway. I soak only red beans in baking soda, do not soak white beans.My Comfort pressure cooker has a special Legumes program.

My Comfort pressure cooker has a special Legumes program.

So I am with you and others who answered above, in completely different Universes!
All of you have electric pressure cookers with the devil knows how many programs, but I forgot to say that I am talking about a pressure cooker! Maybe that's why there is a difference!
We don't even have a multicooker! And the desire to buy too ...

[Igrig]

Igrig,

We don't even have a multicooker! And the desire to buy too ...

Our person!

I buy a kilogram of beans, soak, boil until cooked on the stove and freeze.
I throw frozen beans into the soup and borscht about ten minutes before cooking.
A kilogram is enough for a month or two for a variety of recipes.
The cooking water is drained, no swelling, ready-made beans are always at hand ...

and I forgot to say that we are talking about a pressure cooker! Maybe that's why there is a difference!

No difference! I am a happy owner for 30 years of cooker pressure cookers and 20 years for electric ones. I cook legumes here and there. Water to a minimum, just to cover a couple of fingers and the foam is not terrible.

no swelling

Flatulence usually occurs if legumes are eaten occasionally, but if they are in the diet regularly, then in most people the body can easily cope with this problem.

Igor, it's hard for me to say what to say about a pressure cooker, but I have it, but I haven't used it for years ...

I pre-soak chickpeas with a solution of soda to minimize flatulence. On our forum, my advice is gratefully used in relation to other legumes.

Can you give more details? We don't eat beans at all, but we must.

[Tusya Tasya]

Tusya Tasya, so no special details. A glass of chickpeas in water, there is a teaspoon of soda. For the night. In the morning I washed it off the soda, cooked it in a pressure cooker in half an hour. Much easier.

[Anna]

Anna, well, yes, it couldn't be easier. But you need to know this. Thanks, I hope we can eat legumes now.

[Natasha]

Natasha, I already wrote about it about 5 years ago)). And, of course, I did not come up with it myself)). Try it, the result is interesting. A lot of people have told me about this effect. I wonder how your bowels will react.

[Anna1957]

Anna1957, there is no soda aftertaste or smell? I hate it. Even in baking, I use it extremely rarely, unless it is strictly necessary according to the recipe. Baking powder only

[k @ wka]

k @ wka, Tusya TasyaTo prevent legume dishes from causing effects on the digestive tract, 5-10 minutes before the end of cooking, add fresh or dried mint. It is practically not felt in ready-made food.

there is no soda aftertaste or smell?

If rinsed normally, it does not remain. I also do not like this taste and smell.

To make the beans easier to digest, after boiling, drain the water, rinse the beans and cook in a new one
water. When the beans are cooked, pour out the water in which they were cooked and dilute with clean water.

[Gayane]

Gayane, I'm cooking in a pressure cooker. And I use the water in which the chickpeas was boiled for further cooking my dietary dishes. But that's a different story.

To make the beans easier to digest, after boiling, drain the water, rinse the beans and cook in new water. When the beans are cooked, pour out the water in which they were cooked and dilute with clean water.

Gayane, you recently wrote that beans lose their color when soaked, yes, indeed, the water gets colored, but even when boiling, the beans give off color to a broth, which you then drain.
This means that for red beans it makes no difference, soak, do not soak, the color will still be partially lost.

Even in baking, I rarely use it, unless it is strictly necessary according to the recipe. Baking powder only

But the baking powder also contains soda, maybe it's all about the quantity?

add fresh or dried mint

Oh no not this.I hate dried mint and, of course, I will immediately feel it.

But the baking powder also contains soda, maybe it's all about the quantity?

Yes, but the lemon, apparently, neutralizes it. The baking powder contains citric acid. Even if I put a lot of baking powder, I still don't smell baking soda.
Maybe it's just self-hypnosis

Maybe it's just self-hypnosis

No, not self-hypnosis. Soda has a very unpleasant smell, I can smell it very much in baked goods.

And I have a very nasty nose, very sensitive

[k @ wka]

k @ wka, Galina, flatulence from peas and beans, not everyone has))
Soon I am already 60 years old, and there have never been any significant consequences from my beloved peas and beans.
So maybe soda is not needed?

And I think that when you cook peas and legumes slowly, then less flatulence remains, everything is boiled so guaranteed. True, to compare with what, I always cooked and cook slowly))

And I do not soak it on purpose, because for my taste - after soaking and draining this water the richness of taste is lost.

If you rinse the soaked legumes well, there will be no soda smell or taste. What is there to discuss theoretically - you have to try and draw a conclusion for yourself.

[Tatyana]

Tatyana, I do not try, I checked, terrible abomination!

Well, I don’t know how this can be an abomination, it’s not clear. I began to soak peas for my dad after his operation, my dad adored pea soup all his life and cannot live without it. I was afraid that this pea soup would not give him unnecessary bloating and forbade him to cook peas. And then I tried this trick with soda and it worked out well. Neither I, nor my dad nor my son smelled any aftertaste, but the soup is practically without "music".
Girls, maybe, like in that proverb "One torment, but different hands"?

[svetta]

svetta, Sveta! There are just people who are hypersensitive to soda. My daughter absolutely cannot eat my melted cheese, in which I put quite a bit of soda. The whole thing frowns. And I don't even feel that much soda. Maybe just such people write here too? Soda relieves flatulence, of course! It's just that someone very badly tolerates this taste.

Organisms are different for everyone, what can you argue with?
Soda helps if, then it's great.
The body is not inclined to flatulence - also good.
Soda rinses well, and someone is not even disgusted with the taste of soda - this was noticeable from Soviet pancakes = someone really loved these yellow rectangles with a soda aftertaste, but someone could not warm them.

[Elena]

Elena, it is possible that this is also the case, perhaps ...

[svetta]

perhaps

svetta, so I actually felt such a taste ... brrr .. but then I can quite easily eat lemon and I love food without salt, sugar and water!

[Masha Ivanova]

Masha Ivanova, soda does not relieve flatulence. It starts the fermentation process before cooking. And by the time of the start of cooking, it is washed - it simply does not exist)) You are washing off the ground, for example, carrots)) And you don’t think that you are eating it with the ground. And if your family eats legumes - for fun, try this option, without dubbing for your daughter. I'm interested in your opinion. Your hypersensitive daughter could be the unwitting arbiter in this dispute.



As for processed cheese, I read somewhere that bicarbonate can be replaced with Na citrate. But I haven't tried it myself.

My daughter doesn't eat such things at home. Eats only something, in principle, delicious for himself. She has been living completely, completely separate from me for many years. So it will not be possible to find out.
And we ourselves and my husband do not care. And there is no flatulence. And we don't taste soda.

[svetta]

Well, if there is no flatulence, there is nothing to reduce))). Thus, of those who have tried this effect on ourselves, we have only svetta... The opinion of others who decided to try this option for themselves will be interesting.

My husband cannot eat legumes at all due to flatulence.
But after soaking with soda, the bean soup does not cause such unpleasant consequences for the husband. In general, beans have been rehabilitated.
Pea, however, I'm not risking it yet, he is very "musical", and for me too.
I'll have to try to soak the peas too, it will suddenly help, otherwise I really respect this soup, but I can't eat.

[SvetaI]

SvetaIThere are already three of us who have experienced this effect. I have only experience with chickpeas, but on my advice they did the same with beans and regular peas.
Now tell me honestly, without any bluntness: is it very difficult to rinse legumes under running water before cooking so that soda does not feel there?

Pea, however, I'm not risking it yet, he is very "musical",

Light, it has been scientifically proven that pea soup should be eaten without bread, then you will not gas

Now tell me honestly, without any bluntness: is it very difficult to rinse legumes under running water before cooking so that soda does not feel there?

In my opinion, there is no problem at all to rinse the legumes. I don't feel the taste of soda in bean soup, although I really do feel soda in baking.

Light, it has been scientifically proven that pea soup should be eaten without bread, then you will not gas

For some reason I always eat soup at home without bread. But in public catering - with bread ...
As a child, my mother told me that bean and pea soup should be eaten with white bread. And with white I generally tasteless.
But alas, even without bread, peas are difficult to digest.
Maybe soda will help!

I don't feel the taste of soda in bean soup, although I really do feel soda in baking.

And that's exactly how it works for me. So we figured it out)) And then those interested in this effect will try it themselves. And I hope they will inform us.
I even made meringues from chickpea broth. I cooked the chickpeas, as always, after soaking them in a soda solution.

the God Soda to help

Of those who have tried this effect on themselves, we only have light.

I tried it again. I didn’t understand myself, I have eternal bloating even without peas, but my husband ate soup and did not feel any consequences. This makes me happy, since both intestines are shortened and sewn together, the overload is dangerous, and asks for pea soup.

Anyone who has problems with the development of the body of peas - I advise you to switch to red lentils.
The taste is similar, but there are no side effects on the body.

and the husband ate the soup and did not feel any consequences. This makes me happy, since both intestines are shortened and sewn together, the overload is dangerous, and asks for pea soup.

Natasha, I am glad that my experience was useful to your family. Flatulence does not give anyone pleasure, and even more so in your situation. And now specifically: did you feel the soda?