Bought an Indian style pressure cooker and have bean working on my baked bean skill, takes 8 hours to soak and a total of 30~45 minutes to cook (wait for the pressure cooker to hit temp)

But I have to be honest. I low key fear my pressure cooker… 😭

  • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialEnglish
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    2 days ago

    My gosh, is there anything baking soda can’t do? oO

    So thanks for that tip. I make beans all the time, so will be jumping on that one immediately.

    Btw, I’ve found that cooking and rehydrating beans at the same time works perfectly well for just about all varieties, and should especially combine well with pressure cooking. True-- you might lose some of the texture, and maybe not get as full of a Maillard Reaction as otherwise, but I haven’t found these to be significant problems. So OP, beans shouldn’t take anywhere near 8hrs to soak, in future.

    Side note: I happened to get myself a grain grinder because of how long my favorite bean (kidney) took to hydrate & cook. Unfortunately, something indeed gets lost that way, and the beans simply aren’t as good as when whole.

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