The traditional method of cooking beans with soaking is familiar to everyone. How to get out if you need ready-made beans urgently?
There are two proven ways:
- The first is to cook the unsoaked beans as usual. After the water boils, add baking soda to it – literally on the tip of a knife. Soda will shorten the cooking time, and within an hour, depending on the variety, you will have a finished product.
- The second is to boil the beans with the addition of cold water. You will need a large saucepan as the amount of water in which the beans will be boiled will gradually increase. So, put the unsoaked beans in a little water on the fire. As soon as the water boils, add a glass of cold water to it. Then, each time the water boils, add a glass of water again – and so 4-5 times, as the beans are ready. Cooking time in this way is 40 minutes.
A few more secrets for fast cooking beans:
- Do not salt it until cooked, otherwise you will get the opposite effect: the beans will harden and cook worse.
- Colored beans cook faster.
- After cooking, rinse the beans for salads with cool water, it will become noticeably tastier.