Yet Another Dumb Question

LloydQ · 10-15-2018, 06:23 PM

Can you soak dried beans too long? Does it affect the texture? Going to cook them tomorrow evening. Soak tonight or in the morning?

Norm · 10-15-2018, 06:36 PM

Soak them when you go to bed and they'll be fine to use the next day.

Smoking Piney · 10-15-2018, 06:37 PM

Not a dumb question.

For my tastes, you definitely can.

I like to soak for only an hour or so. I add the long simmer with the trimmings to that time. I don't like beans cooked to pure mush. They need some texture.

Norm · 10-15-2018, 06:38 PM

And if the recipe has sugar in it the beans will not be as mushy.

LloydQ · 10-15-2018, 06:46 PM

Did a twice smoked ham yesterday, and want to do ham and pinto beans for Wednesday lunch to feed the infirm.

Smoking Piney · 10-15-2018, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by LloydQ

Did a twice smoked ham yesterday, and want to do ham and pinto beans for Wednesday lunch to feed the infirm.

OK.....don't soak the beans. Put it all in a pot and get a low and slow simmer started. Let that ham bloom, sink into the beans and shine in the taste. Give it a few hours to bloom and develop.

I've never understood soaking beans overnight. Every time I've done this, they turned to mush in the cook.

Cibelo · 10-16-2018, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Smoking Piney

OK.....don't soak the beans. Put it all in a pot and get a low and slow simmer started. Let that ham bloom, sink into the beans and shine in the taste. Give it a few hours to bloom and develop.

I've never understood soaking beans overnight. Every time I've done this, they turned to mush in the cook.

This. ^^^
I never soak beans.

fwdiii · 10-16-2018, 08:35 AM

I have done it both soaking and not soaking. Only difference was to cook time. I prefer to not soak and add the ham bone along with some onion and garlic, put on a low flame and let them simmer away. The taste is really good.

Bob C Cue · 10-16-2018, 11:23 AM

GVDub · 10-16-2018, 12:39 PM

I'm a fan of the "quick soak" method. Put the beans in the pot with unsalted room temp water, bring to a boil for 10 minutes, then let sit for an hour. Which is usually enough time to prepare other ingredients (includes time to run down to the corner for that ingredient I was positive I had in the pantry).

Pinto/kidney beans and their relatives need at least 10 minutes at a rolling boil to get rid of some mildly toxic compounds anyway, and this way you can keep the rest of the cook at a simmer.

10-15-2018, 06:23 PM	#1
LloydQ is Blowin Smoke! Join Date: 12-12-16 Location: Vicksburg, MS.	Yet Another Dumb Question Can you soak dried beans too long? Does it affect the texture? Going to cook them tomorrow evening. Soak tonight or in the morning?

10-15-2018, 06:37 PM	#3
Smoking Piney somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 10-24-15 Location: South Jersey Pine Barrens Name/Nickname : John	Not a dumb question. For my tastes, you definitely can. I like to soak for only an hour or so. I add the long simmer with the trimmings to that time. I don't like beans cooked to pure mush. They need some texture. __________________ John Assassin 24 XL BGE Weber Kettle with rotisserie and Vortex Ooni 3 Pizza Oven AMNPS

10-16-2018, 12:39 PM	#10
GVDub Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 07-29-18 Location: Los Angeles, CA Name/Nickname : George	I'm a fan of the "quick soak" method. Put the beans in the pot with unsalted room temp water, bring to a boil for 10 minutes, then let sit for an hour. Which is usually enough time to prepare other ingredients (includes time to run down to the corner for that ingredient I was positive I had in the pantry). Pinto/kidney beans and their relatives need at least 10 minutes at a rolling boil to get rid of some mildly toxic compounds anyway, and this way you can keep the rest of the cook at a simmer. __________________ "If at first you don't succeed, don't take up skydiving." — Unknown

10-15-2018, 06:36 PM	#2
Norm Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 02-22-10 Location: USA Name/Nickname : Private	Soak them when you go to bed and they'll be fine to use the next day.

10-15-2018, 06:38 PM	#4
Norm Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 02-22-10 Location: USA Name/Nickname : Private	And if the recipe has sugar in it the beans will not be as mushy.

10-15-2018, 06:46 PM	#5
LloydQ is Blowin Smoke! Join Date: 12-12-16 Location: Vicksburg, MS.	Did a twice smoked ham yesterday, and want to do ham and pinto beans for Wednesday lunch to feed the infirm.

10-16-2018, 08:35 AM	#8
fwdiii is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 09-07-15 Location: NJ, exit 9 Name/Nickname : Fred	I have done it both soaking and not soaking. Only difference was to cook time. I prefer to not soak and add the ham bone along with some onion and garlic, put on a low flame and let them simmer away. The taste is really good.