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Just received a great food tip from a friend, who swears it works great even on the burned on beans in an aluminum pressure cooker. ( I didn't ask how he knows that! )
The card very quickly scrapes off 99% of the grunge, making it easy to use a SOS pad to take it down the rest of the way.
The trick to not burning beans is never boil them.
I ruined a clay pot used to make pinto beans. I got fustrated because I could not get the water in the pot to come to a boil, so I keeep the flame underneith full on. and when I told a freind they laughed at me and said a clay pot wasn't designed to boil beans...it is a slow cooker.
I don't use a clay pot anymore, but when I cook beans...which is alot, I dont bring to a full boil.
I add the beans to the pot with a lid and fill with cool water.
I cook 1/2 lb dry beans in a 3 quart pot with lid.
I fill the pot with water to about 1/2 inch from the top. I like a lot of juice when cooked, my first dish is bean soup.
turn on the heat to high, wait till the water is hot, put the lid on and turn the temp to low, if you have a gas flame, turn it to the smallest flame you can get.
After about 10 minutes you should have wiffs of steam escaping the lid...
if there is no steam, flame too low
a strong steady stream, flame too high
check beans and water every so often
cook for at least 1 1/2 hours. I go 2 hours. I like my beans soft and creamy.
add any seasoning with about 1/2 hours left in cooking
I add salt, black pepper, and one clove garlic to basic beans
the broth will be fairly clear
adding bacon..the starch and fat emulsify making the broth milky and tasty.
beans with hamhock
cook the hock with the beans
remove the hock and shread the meat
take 1 cup[1/2 beans-1/2 broth] and blend in a blender or mini processor
return the meat and bean mix to pot, add spices.
stir in well and heat about 5 min more.
The trick to not burning beans is never boil them.
I ruined a clay pot used to make pinto beans. I got fustrated because I could not get the water in the pot to come to a boil, so I keeep the flame underneith full on. and when I told a freind they laughed at me and said a clay pot wasn't designed to boil beans...it is a slow cooker.
I don't use a clay pot anymore, but when I cook beans...which is alot, I dont bring to a full boil.
I add the beans to the pot with a lid and fill with cool water.
I cook 1/2 lb dry beans in a 3 quart pot with lid.
I fill the pot with water to about 1/2 inch from the top. I like a lot of juice when cooked, my first dish is bean soup.
turn on the heat to high, wait till the water is hot, put the lid on and turn the temp to low, if you have a gas flame, turn it to the smallest flame you can get.
After about 10 minutes you should have wiffs of steam escaping the lid...
if there is no steam, flame too low
a strong steady stream, flame too high
check beans and water every so often
cook for at least 1 1/2 hours. I go 2 hours. I like my beans soft and creamy.
add any seasoning with about 1/2 hours left in cooking
I add salt, black pepper, and one clove garlic to basic beans
the broth will be fairly clear
adding bacon..the starch and fat emulsify making the broth milky and tasty.
beans with hamhock
cook the hock with the beans
remove the hock and shread the meat
take 1 cup[1/2 beans-1/2 broth] and blend in a blender or mini processor
return the meat and bean mix to pot, add spices.
stir in well and heat about 5 min more.
serve over white rice.
2 words.
Pressure cooker.
After I started pressure cooking them in 15 minutes, I never went back to the slow cook method.
you all must be very good cooks and bakers, me...not so much. I went though many credit cards and other plastic utensil until a good friend (who knows about my cooking disasters) introduced me to a gift from Pampered Chef but nowadays I have found them on ebay, amazon, alibaba and various other sites at different prices.
Believe me, I have cracked many a credit card, expired and otherwise.
Gifts from the Kitchen Gods: Plastic Pot Scraper
And on the eighth day, God created the plastic pot scraper. Oddly enough, this historic event is not recorded in even one version of the Bible!
I'm known for my beans - I always bring them to a boil.
MMMMMM maybe if ya dont mind Ill come over and we can have some beans
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