How To Cook Dried Beans - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb dried beans
water, enough to cover beans by at least 1 inch

Preparation

Place 1 pound bag of beans into large bowl. Sift and sort through the beans and remove any pieces of dirt and broken beans.
Fill bowls with HOT water to cover beans by at least 2 inches. Remove any beans that float to the top when soaking.
Beans will at least double in size. Soak in HOT water for at least 2 hours, but ideally, soak overnight.
After soaking, drain beans and rinse with cool water.
Place in large pot and cover with at least 2 inches of water.
Place the lid on top with a slight crack. Bring water to a boil. (I crack the lid at the start because I find that when I put the lid on all the way and move onto another task in the kitchen or around the house, the water will be boiling over and make a mess on the stove! So I crack the lid to avoid the spillage.).
Once boiling, reduce heat to medium and then cover completely. Let cook another 1-1 1/2 hours, or until beans are soft.
Drain beans.
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