All About Beans cont.
Dried beans double in volume and weight after soaking and cooking (two exceptions are soy beans and chick peas which triple in volume). One cup (8 ounces) dried beans equals 2 to 2 1/2 cups (1 to 1 1/4 pounds) soaked and cooked.
Bean Cooking Chart
| Type | Soaking | Cooking | Pressure Cooker | Pressure cooker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (hours) | (soaked beans) | (unsoaked beans) | ||
| Adzuki | 4 | 1 hour | 15 minutes | 20 minutes |
| Black | 4 | 1 - 1.5 hrs. | 15 minutes | 20 minutes |
| Broad / Ful Nabed / Fava | 12 | 3 hrs. | 40 minutes | 1 hour |
| Dals | - | 30 min. | - | 8 minutes |
| Garbanzo / Chickpeas | 8 | 1 - 1.5 hrs. | 12 - 20 min. | 35 - 40 min. |
| Great Northern | 4 | 1 hour | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Kidney, Red | 4 | 1 hour | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Kidney, White / Cannellini | 4 | 1 - 1.5 hrs. | 15 - 20 min. | 20 - 25 min. |
| Lentils, Brown | - | 35 min. | - | 12 minutes |
| Lentils, Green | - | 40 min. | - | 12 minutes |
| Lentils, Red | - | 30 min. | - | 8 minutes |
| Lima | 4 | 1 - 1.5 hrs. | 20 minutes | 25 - 30 min. |
| Mung | 4 | 45 - 60 min. | - | - |
| Navy (small, white) | 4 | 2 hours | 25 minutes | 30 minutes |
| Peas, Black-Eyed | - | 45 - 60 min. | - | 10 minutes |
| Peas, Split | - | 30 min. | - | 10 minutes |
| Peas, Whole | 4 | 40 min. | 15 minutes | 20 minutes |
| Peas, Pigeon | - | 30 min. | - | 10 minutes |
| Pink, Calico, Red Mexican | 4 | 1 hour | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Pinto | 4 | 1 - 1.5 hrs. | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Soybeans | 12 | 3 - 3.5 hrs. | 30 minutes | 35 minutes |
Recipes – Click here for all Bean & Lentil recipes
References
Currie, Violet and Spicer, Kay: Full of Beans, Gordon Soules Book Publishers, 1993
Stone, Sally and Martin: The Brilliant Bean, Bantam Books, 1988
Vesanto, Melinda R.D., Davis, Brenda R.D., and Harrison, Victoria R.D.: Becoming Vegetarian, Macmillan Canada, 1996
Collins Gem Vegetarian Food, pocket reference book
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