No-Fail Crock-pot Beans (Starting w with one pound of beans)

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5. Pour beans into crock pot, cover with fresh, cold water, add 1 tsp. salt. Cook on low setting 8 to 12. hours. Beans are now ready to use in recipe, …

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No-Fail Crock-pot Beans
(Starting w with one pound of beans)
1. Sort dry beans, removing any small rocks or dirt pieces. Put the beans into a strainer/colander.
Rinse well with cold water.
2. In a large pot, heat 6 cups of water and 1 tsp. salt to boiling.
3. Add beans, simmer for 10 minutes on the stovetop.
4. 4. Pour beans and hot liquid into crock-pot and cook on low setting overnight (8 to 12 hours)
You can now use these beans in a recipe or freeze (2 cups would be equivalent to a 15.5 ounce can of
beans).
This cooking method consistently cooks beans in all crock pots but does not reduce the gas!)
Tootless Crock pot Beans
(starting with one pound of dry beans)
A 4 to 16 hour “hot soak”, drain and rinse will reduce the “gassy sugars” in beans by 75% or more.
Eating cooked beans 3 to 7 times a week, gradually increasing the amount , allows the digestive system
to adapt to the sugars and increased fiber.
1. In a large pot, heat 10 cups of water and 1 tsp. salt to boiling….