"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 7/13/2019 1:39 PM, KenK wrote:
>> Every couple of weeks I make some bean soup in my old Rival crockpot.
>> About
>> 6 - 8 hours on high, a few more hours until supper time on low. I soak
>> the
>> nothern beans overnight.
>>
>> If I forget to soak them, can I still make the soup by adding extra water
>> as needed since they cook so long? I'm too lazy to try it. Anyone?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>>
> There's always the quick soak method for dried beans. Only takes an hour.
> Bring the beans to a boil in a pot, well covered with water. Reduce the
> heat and simmer, cook for an hour. Take off the heat. Drain the beans.
> Then use them in the crockpot, slow cooking for hours with all the
> additional liquid required to make soup. Even a crock pot requires
> liquid. Gotta start out with fairly tender beans, too. It might be
> easier and cheaper for you to buy and make soup using canned beans.
>
> I've got a great Spicy Five Bean soup recipe. It calls for canned beans.
> I cook it in the crock pot on LOW because it needs to simmer for a bit to
> blend the flavours. I can put everything in the pot and walk away and do
> things around the house. I never have to worry about soaking beans or the
> soup not being delicious.

You don't want to cook them for an hour like that. You need to boil for a
minute then soak for an hour, then cook. If you cook them for an hour
first, they could lose their shape.