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bean help!

posted by [personal profile] elanya at 02:46pm on 23/09/2006 under
So I bought a bunch of different kinds of beans to make some chili from scratch. Now what I say beans, I mean dried beans. It seemed to make sense - I know you can cook beans in a slow cooker and that seemed to be the good way to go about making a nice pot of chili. but I am not sure really the best way to do this, as I have never actually cooked beans in a crock pot before. So, suggestions? Presumably I should cook the beans first, then cook the beef and onion and such in a frying pan, add it, tomatoes, chili, spices, etc, and so forth.

Any hints? I've got black beans, northern beans, and kidney beans.

I want chili!
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posted by [identity profile] chairman-matt.livejournal.com at 10:20pm on 23/09/2006
i presume your soaking the dried stuff overnight first?
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posted by [identity profile] elanya.livejournal.com at 11:01pm on 23/09/2006
That is the bit I am not sure about :o
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posted by [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/stillwater_/ at 12:09am on 24/09/2006
you soak the beans first. till they arent hard anymore. usually it take 6 to 8 hours. save the bean juice though it helps chilli
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posted by [identity profile] elanya.livejournal.com at 05:52am on 24/09/2006
So can I just soak them in the crock pot and then just add the rest of the chili stuff once they are soft?
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My suggestion

posted by [identity profile] fiachra.livejournal.com at 07:48am on 24/09/2006
Soak the beans for six hours or so. Drain off the water you soaked them in, and put in crock pot. Add tomato sauce/paste(depending on how thick you like your chili sauce) and chili powder. Optionally add a few drops of habanero sauce or red pepper powder(if you like it hot).

Brown the beef in a frying pan, add onions and green peppers to the beef, plus spices(chili powder/red pepper is my usual combo), and fry 'em up for a few minutes longer so everything soaks up the seasoning. Alternatively, use ground chicken. Healthier(if more expensive), and soaks up the flavors better.

Add the meat/veggie mix to the beans. Make sure you cover over the beans and meat at least an inch or two with the sauce, maybe more. Normally I use canned kidney and black beans, so I'm guesstimating for dried beans(normally the only dried beans I cook are pinto beans). Better too much sauce than too little.

Then let slow cook overnight. I usually set it up before I go to bed on low heat, and whenever I wake up, it's done.
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posted by [identity profile] gnomentum.livejournal.com at 02:47pm on 24/09/2006
No! Don't keep the juice! Wash them thoroughly after the soaking, if you keep the juice you're likely to get an upset stomach... but then I don't even use the juice out of canned beans.
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