Any questions on how to cook dried beans? Drop ‘em here and we might do a future video on it!

@_Oscar326

8 ай бұрын

Hey Nissa, I would be interested in a head-to-head of stove top vs. InstaPot. InstaPot better on time of course but does it change the flavor in a comparison?

@julem9924

8 ай бұрын

Not a question regarding cooking but rather storing! I would totally cook dried beans but I often cook for myself and do not eat a ton of them. I suspect they do not hold up that long in the fridge, but I also don't want to only cook tiny quantities each time. Could maybe freezing be an option?

@alexwilder8315

8 ай бұрын

How to stop them from giving your diarrhea for a week. It happens to me even when I boil beans to the point that they are exploding into fluff, and even if I soak them for 24 hours beforehand. They also turn really cardboardy. I just can't seem to achieve anywhere near the softness that canned beans have. I want to tress that I have the exact opposite experience to you even though as far as I know, I'm following all the advice exactly. Dried beans taste so, so awful. Last time I made them I threw the whole lot out and just ordered takeout, and I haven't attempted since. I've got a bag of lentils that I'm sitting on but I can never quite bring myself to try. I think I'd need to soak them for 48 hours and then boil for 12 before I'd be game to try them. Honestly it just seems like way, way too much effort, for way, way worse of an outcome.

@ChocolateMilkKING

8 ай бұрын

How to cook beans in a pressure cooker

@Maggies87

8 ай бұрын

Oh gosh, if you would make the same beans: long soaked + pressure cooked, not soaked + pressure cooked, long soaked + cooked on stove, quick soaked + cooked on stove, long or quick soaked + cooked in slow cooker, not soaked + cooked in slow cooker…with times and results, that would be awesome. I don’t know if you’d need to pick “the best” but rather give comments - pros and cons. Grocery store beans might be most practical for this test. What do you think?

I only have a very strong opinion that dried beans make a hell of a difference in hummus. The creaminess is unmatched. Canned don’t stand a chance.

@RainbowPlantLife

8 ай бұрын

I have a video on this very topic! kzread.info/dash/bejne/d6eOqKx-mqS0maQ.html

@ultramarynamania

8 ай бұрын

@@mwenengofero I hope you’ll like it! I leave them overnight in water with some baking soda. I add some soda while cooking them later too. If I feel extra, after cooking I put them in cold water to remove most of the outer shell, but it’s not necessary for the hummus to be extra creamy and delicious🥰🥰

@ultramarynamania

8 ай бұрын

@@mwenengofero and, of course, sometimes what is most time efficient is the best, we gotta choose our battles😀

@Rielsufficiency

8 ай бұрын

I agree BUT America’s Test Kitchen has a hummus recipe where you boil the canned beans with baking soda for a few minutes… IMO you get to the same tenderness in a lot less time- particularly if you forgot to get dried beans prepped in time

@dawnkeckley7502

8 ай бұрын

Oooh. Thank you! I’ll try using dry.

I love dried beans! My tip is to freeze them. Cook a lot of them once in a while, use in some recipe and then freeze the rest. After heating up (like in a soup or sauce) they taste just as fine as before freezing. It's cheaper and time-saving.

@mamoelgome

8 ай бұрын

It's what I do. Canned beans are crazy expensive in brazil and I like to save my money.

@eline5093

8 ай бұрын

Omg, ofcourse! Can't believe i hadn't thought of just freezing them

@kalo924

8 ай бұрын

Yeah. Me too. Then the night before I'm going to use them, I move from freezer to refrigerator

@TheCatWitch63

8 ай бұрын

I do that, too. I make a huge pot with 4 pounds of red beans, have the soup for dinner that night and freeze the beans in 1 pound bags for the rest of the month.

@oakmaiden2133

7 ай бұрын

And without the extra non ingredients ya get with canned.

So awesome of you to credit Ethan Chlebowski as your inspiration. Even tho he is not Vegan, I absolutely adore his very educational videos. I am team dried bean however I do stock canned beans in my pantry for those times I may not have cooked dried (and frozen) beans at the ready.

@LinkEX

8 ай бұрын

Seconded. He has a great video structure, and he provides some interesting insight on cooking and the chemistry behind it that I haven't seen anywhere else.

@doncasto8520

8 ай бұрын

I love him too! I also am team dried, but always have canned for quick ease in a pinch.

@drshalbshah

8 ай бұрын

Love his videos cause I love science!

In Brazil we rarely use can beans. We use a pressure cooker to make the process faster. After that, we cook the beans in another pan with garlic and maybe onions. Some people also add other spices, like bay leaf. It's delicious. The combination of rice and beans is one of the most classical ones for us to eat at lunch.

@sahamal_savu

8 ай бұрын

Exactly, I use an instant pot which is a pressure cooker to cook all my beans and it doesn't take long at all. Then you use them as you would canned beans in whichever recipe you are making. I make a version of Feijoada without meat and it's absolutely delicious 😉I also cook a lot of Mexican as well so rice and beans are my jam.

@nyunixguru

7 ай бұрын

Makes cent you kinda have to twice cook them.

@pumpkinqueen3776

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, it’s not an international practice, canned beans. I grew up on canned beans then moved to South America and not only are canned/boxed beans uncommon, they’ll straight up bankrupt you since they’re a rather recent product and only 1-2 companies offer them. 🤷🏻‍♀️

@tkarlmann

7 ай бұрын

@@sahamal_savu How long does it take to cook beans in your pressure cooker?

@sahamal_savu

7 ай бұрын

@@tkarlmann I cook them from dry, no soaking. The cook time in the instant pot is 30 minutes but then you wait for the pressure to naturally release. Overall it's about 2 hours from start to finish, no overnight soaking 👍

That eye mask is positively entomological. And props to you for the integrity to shout out Ethan! His experiment videos like this set the standard for sure.

For me, the amount of garbage is also a factor. When I eat a lot of beans in a week, all those cans just really annoy me and then I prefer dried ones

@RainbowPlantLife

8 ай бұрын

Great point!

@atruenut

8 ай бұрын

Yes and you can buy dry beans in bulk and take your own bags. Saves tons on waste

@thestorykeeper6818

8 ай бұрын

Packaging, not garbage. Cans are not garbage. Aluminum is the one thing that is infinitely recyclable.

@ccl6192

8 ай бұрын

@@atruenut the cans we can buy here are not aluminum. They are a blend of metals including tin and are often lined on the inside with plastic to prevent rust and botulism and are not in fact recycled

@ccl6192

8 ай бұрын

@@thestorykeeper6818 the cans we buy here are not aluminum. They are a mixture made with tin and other metals usually steel and often have a lining made of plastic to prevent rust or botulism. They are not recycled. The recycling plant sorts those out and trashes them. I go straight to the bulk bins for the dried beans or buy them in big burlap sacks

I am not vegan, but have added multiple ingredients to my pantry because of your inspiration. I am now the proud owner of Chili Crisp, Gochujang, and many others I had never heard of before. I also find myself having more meatless meals. I enjoy your videos immensely, and your parents are hilarious! Thanks, Nisha!

@RainbowPlantLife

8 ай бұрын

This delights me to hear! I’m so happy you’re building out your pantry with delicious condiments and ingredients. So happy you enjoyed the video too!

@morgan0598

8 ай бұрын

Same :)

@sebaschan-uwu

Ай бұрын

I always keep gochujang on me because it makes the perfect sauce for fried chicken

I'm sure they will still come out cheaper but I think you should add the cost of energy to cook the dried chickpeas to make a fairer comparison.

@lopaisate

6 ай бұрын

To be fair, the canned ones were cooked too. Just at an industrial facility which arguably uses a lot of energy. There is also all the energy from the canning facility

@nonewherelistens1906

6 ай бұрын

@@lopaisate That energy should be already built into the cost. The dried do have an extra cost of heating (and minimally, the water).

@laranadesign4764

5 ай бұрын

Stove top this might make sense but I use a digital pressure cooker (conserves energy and water) and it's the same process as commercial but without the preservation part (what dulls the flavor). Make home canned goods and you will know what I mean. Both start with dry and cook under pressure but one is preserved while the other is enjoyed fresh. That's the difference...and a lot less packaging waste when cooking from dry at home.

@JFat5158

5 ай бұрын

its a fairy negligible cost and it would vary depending if you batch cook dried beans or do it as you go, plus energy prices vary a lot so it wouldnt really be a useful addition.

@gigglehertz

4 ай бұрын

@@nonewherelistens1906 ​ @lopaisate I think they were talking about the cost of energy to cook at home.

I really like that you gave credit to another channel who has leveraged this format to great effect. Your take was fantastic as always. And of course the bra blindfold or whatever you called it was a funny touch. ❤

Rancho Gordo needs to sponsor you ASAP (I legit thought they were until you clarified this), and I'd love to see more videos in this format. Been loving your previous taste test style videos too. Understanding how a dish changes based on a single component makes me a much better cook :) So, thank you for that!

We grow our own beans and we usually preserve them by drying, so mostly cook from dried, but also like to put fresh beans in the freezer and those are great for a bean soup. We make whole pouches with the beans, carrots, parsley root, kohlrabi, celery and fresh herbs, and then we just throw the whole frozen bag into cold water to cook for a soup, we just add aromatics and either potato or small pasta. Very practical!

@d2d2d3d3

8 ай бұрын

Are the textures different from dried vs. fresh then frozen?

@moonlightequilibrium

8 ай бұрын

Genius!! I'm going out of town for a week and racking my brain trying to figure out what to do with all the extra herbs and vegetables I can't finish by then. I'm totally gonna try this!

@sabrinagranger5468

8 ай бұрын

​@@d2d2d3d3 Not really! In the soup, the beans get nice and soft but not mushy unless you overcook. I can never tell the difference.

Awesome video! Love Ethan’s series and glad we’re getting a plant based version 👏

I soak beans overnight, and then cook them in an instant pot for 10-15 mins depending on the bean. It’s so easy. Thanks for the informative video!

Between this channel and pickuplimes my dinners have definitely leveled up. I appreciate them so much!❤

I feel like dried beans are quite expensive to cook electricity-wise on the hob (stove), depending on where you live, but once I got an Instant Pot it was a no-brainer to batch-cook dried for most uses. I even made my own aquafaba that way, it works insanely well!

@ixchelssong

8 ай бұрын

How do you make aquafaba? I guess I always assumed it was part of the canning process! 😅

@Melissa.Garrett

8 ай бұрын

@@ixchelssong I thought the same, until I realised one day that I needed some and had no canned chickpeas in the house! But a quick Google search found loads of articles about making it at home. You just cook your dried chickpeas in a pressure cooker or on the stovetop, but with some extra water in the pan - and then once the chickpeas are done, scoop them out and reduce the liquid a little further until it goes a bit syrupy. I used it to make Nisha’s gorgeous lemon cake recipe, and it worked perfectly! 😃

@ixchelssong

8 ай бұрын

@@Melissa.Garrett Thank you! 😁

@Melissa.Garrett

8 ай бұрын

@@ixchelssong No problem. 😘

@Alina_Schmidt

8 ай бұрын

I get that point. But soaking them a long time (less cooking time) and making bigger batches (so you can cook less often) is an option. I always cook my beans, but my energy costs are much lower than avarage. I’m sure It‘s because I don‘t have a TV, a whasing machine, an oven and a dishwasher. I think that makes a much bigger difference.

There was something so refreshing about this video. I laughed way more than I usually do, like when your quesadilla fell off your plate and you almost swore. Also the number or creative names for your blindfolds made my day. The video is still quality with these natural elements mixed in.

I'm hooked on Rancho Gordo beans. They have such a great variety of beans, and they're all delicious. I didn't realize they had a vegan gift box until my sister sent me one for my birthday. :)

I always used dried. I cook a whole bag and freeze them. It's much cheaper.

Awesome video! I definitely have some thoughts regarding beans because I’ve been processing my own beans in the Instant pot (and with Nisha’s Vegan Instant Pot cook book) for about eight years now. 1- definitely cheaper, than canned beans! A 1 pound bag can give you enough servings for a week. So if you process three types of beans, and you will have three weeks or so of a variety of beans to use that cost you roughly 5 dollars if you get the generic and a little more if you get a higher brand. 2- if you can spare the time, prep a pound in the instant pot, after soaking, except for black beans, and put them in your freezer for later use. Either freeze them in small containers for serving size grabs with the juice or drain them except for black beans, and lay them out on a baking sheet and put into freezer. Watch so that they don’t get freezer burnt and pull out when almost completely frozen so that you can break them up and put them in a silicone bag and back into the freezer for later use. The reason why I say not black beans is because when I do it, the broth is so good that I want to have that accessible for use or for just sipping while I use the black beans. 3- definitely get a well-known brand of beans versus generic if you can. When I process my beans, I start with a bowl of dried beans and I go through them and take out the ones I feel are may be old or really broken or really shriveled, and not very appetizing. Those go into my compost. The better the company the fewer the bad beans. I want to thank Nisha for all of the videos and the cookbook that she has put out! These are all wonderful resources. And the main thing is just have fun processing and using your beans. Adding things like chili powder and kosher salt to your instant pot helps to give the beans a little added character. Love this video and I had to giggle because your blindfold reminded me of the bras that the two boys used in the movie Weird Science! Anywho thanks again! Yeah beans!!

I really appreciate you talking about the differences, how noticeable they were (or weren't), and trying a variety of different kinds of recipes. As someone who definitely doesn't always have the time for dried (or the extra funds for specialty beans) it's great to have an idea or when and where it really matters so that I can make informed choices to get the most out of my food and budget!

@sebaschan-uwu

Ай бұрын

If you don't have time to cook dried beans, get an instant pot and basically every type of bean can be cooked in 30 minutes to an hour. And you don't need to soak them either because the instant pot makes short work of them and soaking beans wastes nutrients for zero benefit. And you can easily cook brown and black rice in there. You can even cook wild rice mixes and mixes of rice (like 1 cup of white rice, 1 cup of brown, 1 cup of black or any ratio) because the IP cooks everything to equal tenderness

I'm generally going to pick the cheap option over the organic one, but I've noticed a significant difference in flavor and texture of organic dried beans vs other. The smaller organic chickpeas are much yummier to me than the Goya or other brands. Similarly Hanover has the best canned chickpeas IMO!

@abihya

7 ай бұрын

this is great insight! thank you!!

@onewingangel1117

7 ай бұрын

Same with beets and peas

Hi Nisha! When you do refried beans, you want to add a bit more oil after you mash them as that's the part where you refry them. First fry with original oil, then you mash and add a bit more oil fry the add liquid for desired consistency. - love from Mexico

@RainbowPlantLife

8 ай бұрын

Thank you for the tip - that makes sense (and sounds delicious). Greetings from California!

@MisterM2402

7 ай бұрын

They're called "refried" in English but that doesn't mean you need to fry them twice. It's a mistranslation of Spanish "refritos", so more like "well-fried" rather than "fried again".

@HoszHosz

6 ай бұрын

@@RainbowPlantLife I'll give you even better tip. Use butter for that :D

@sebaschan-uwu

Ай бұрын

Or just don't add more oil? It would be disgusting to drench the beans in oil when you should have already put enough during the simmering or during the sauteeing step

Thank you, Nisha, for taking the time and making the effort to make this video 😊

Thanks for giving credit to Ethan! I love when creators inspire each other and I’ve been watching both of your contents for a while.

I got an instant pot entirely because of your channel and book! It has made a huge difference to me when cooking dried beans, I have always preferred them as when I do them myself I don’t have the ‘gas’ issues I get with canned beans but cooking them on the stove meant the house stank and I had to constantly keep an eye on them. Doing them in the instant pot has been revolutionary, not to mention the fact that your Chana masala recipe in it is hands down my families favourite 😋

@supernova622

8 ай бұрын

Me too! I still keep a few emergency cans of beans on hand but rarely reach for them anymore. I make a batch of beans every week or two and usually try to make enough to freeze a few servings

@shawnmiller4781

6 ай бұрын

Add a strainer! I have one for my instant pot and it makes it very easy to simply life the canned beans out of the cooking liquid

I love dried beans especially in the spring, fall, and winter. I wanted to mention that here in the Southeast during the humid/ blazing hot summer, canned beans are a blessing. 😋🫘

Dried beans are necessary for me simply because of the cost. I eat beans every single day and it would get expensive to do that with only canned beans. Also, hauling all those cans home from the grocery store would suck 😄Another thing I noticed before I got the instant pot was how difficult it was to find canned Pinto beans without any salt added. Usually they were absolutely loaded with salt and that's no bueno.

I just love how practical so much of your content is Nisha! It really makes a difference in people's lives, especially in the long run, and you never sacrifice flavor. Thank you so much^_^!!!💕🌈🌷

What about a comparison between soaked and simmered dried beans and no-soak instant pot dried beans???

@RainbowPlantLife

8 ай бұрын

If there's interest, I might do a deeper dive video on how to cook dried beans where I try out different methods.

@midlifemom5829

8 ай бұрын

Yes, I do not own a pressure /insta pot , but would like to properly try in a slow cooker

@hibiscus10moon

8 ай бұрын

i love how fast the instant pot is! but i was surprised that soaked beans in the instant pot have turned mushy for me every time. so unsoaked beans work better and give me the texture i want.

@Julia-dr4g0n

8 ай бұрын

​@@midlifemom5829I used to only have a slow cooker for years and that's how I always did beans. You have to plan ahead more, but if you eat them often, instant pot is the way to go.

@arlena07

8 ай бұрын

I’d be interested in this too. I really need step-by-step too since I’m not a great cook.

Thank for these recipes! I recently went from canned beans to dried beans myself and I love how much more variety there is. Whenever I'm at a store I look at what kind of dried beans and legumes they have, I get interesting beans I've never had before (still cheaper usually than the canned ones) and I like to make mixes of three or more different types. Since they're all dried and available anyway, I can determine what I want to soak overnight for the next day and experiment a bit, which is not something you do when you have to open a whole can (especially for one person).

Wow, you really make an effort on the production of your videos! Really appreciating it :)

Using the instant pot to cook your dried beans (esp after 4 hour or overnight soak) is super convenient and delicious. I do keep a couple cans of canned beans around for those last minute meal decisions.

When i started the Video i thought: what could possibly be said about beans for 26 Minutes. At the end i was like: its already over?!

@RainbowPlantLife

8 ай бұрын

Haha that delights me to hear. It also reminds me of when i told my mom we were going to watch the movie Paddington 2 together because it was the best movie ever. She started off the night by saying “you expect me to watch a movie about a talking bear??” And she ended the movie with “can we watch it again?!”

Thank you for the awesome tips, Nisha! I would like to add one myself regarding dried ones: you might find dried beans in your ethnic markets (ex.: Turkish for chickpeas) that'll be tastier than the grocery store brand (because plants from a more specific region, so fewer crops mixed up), but still more cost-effective than fancy brands. I can't guarantee that, but it's a possibility 😊

Thank you, Nisha, for your useful test results! I love beans and your channel has always been so helpful. I'm grateful for your work.

I love this series ❤ please make more of these, you make such a great breakdown 👍

Dried beans in the slow cooker for about 12 hours on low, come out really nicely and require no watching or waiting, so I usually do that overnight. Awesome video super helpful, thank you very much. I will try and find the Rancho Gordo beans.

I absolutely loved this video and found it very educational. As a fellow bean enthusiast, I am a huge fan of a pressure cooker or an insta pot to cook beans. Saves time and money in the long run, because I usually make a lot more beans when using the pressure cooker or insta pot, enough for several meals vs just one. However, I usually lovingly refer to canned beans as my emergency food and always have at least one in the kitchen cabinet. 😅

I love how thorough and detailed this video is. Thank you very much! It's very informative.

I just discovered your channel today and really really enjoyed watching this and can’t wait to explore more. Thank you. The editing and your attitude are both wonderful!

Follow up video: Frozen beans vs canned. Can you preprepare the dried beans and retain their advantage by freezing them

@Alina_Schmidt

8 ай бұрын

Yes.

@anniehosking2408

8 ай бұрын

I think so though I have not done a taste test. I always cook a whole bag of beans and freeze what I'm not using straight away. I'm happy with the flavour and texture and I definitely find it better than canned beans.

I needs lessons on how to cook dried beans. I do not have an instant pot.

@latriciacagle4873

8 ай бұрын

I LOVE my Instant Pot and initially bought it just to cook beans. (I use it for other things now) Before that I soaked them overnight, rinsed them thoroughly, and cook them on the stove for hours with a ham hock. (My family’s official way of cooking beans😂). Then I got a slow cooker but still did the soak/rinse routine before putting them in the slow cooker.

@RainbowPlantLife

8 ай бұрын

Might do a video on this if there's interest!

@oregonsenior4204

6 ай бұрын

You need a working refrigerator/freezer to store the beans you cooked (in smaller containers, recycled cottage-cheese or whatever w/ lids.) If you have that, go to an estate sale/garage sale/Mom's attic and get a CrockPot or slow cooker. In the states that's $5-$20. From there you can find on the Internet how to cook beans. But if your refrigerator doesn't chill & your freezer is lame, might as well stick with canned.

Absolutely loving your experiment and insights on dried beans! 😄 It's a game-changer for my pantry too. The flavor and creaminess in hummus with dried beans are unmatched. And oh, freezing them for later use? Genius! 🌿❄ Can't wait to see more of these thoughtful tests. 🙌

Great timing! I love your recipes! I made black bean soup today using dried beans that I had soaked overnight. They cooked very tender and held their shape until I blended some to thicken the soup. I used the softer canned black beans last week to make black bean burgers, first rinsing them then drying them out in the oven before mashing them with crumbled walnuts and other ingredients to make the patty. The liquid from those canned beans found its way into this weeks black bean soup. Both dried and canned have their place in my pantry.

I started using dried a few years ago to reduce waste. I cook them in my Instant Pot and it’s pretty quick and effortless.

I love this style of video! It would be awesome to see a comparison between farmers market and generic supermarket produce.

Love the tiny attention to detail from the whip noise on transition, to the counter in the corner of the screen! Keep up the great work, I appreciate every detail!

I love your channel -just found you -and it’s my goal to try one of your recipes once a week into my life to start eating more plant-based foods. All your recipes look so amazing!

Rancho Gordo beans are 100% worth the price. Not only are they still cheaper than almost any other food you get, but because they are so fresh, you do NOT need to soak them overnight. I give them a ten minute hard boil, and then simmer for usually 1-2 hours. Rarely do I need to cook them longer. They are so delicious! I love to use their pinquito beans to make refried beans.

@Alina_Schmidt

8 ай бұрын

When I soak my beans for about 12 hours or more, they only need a five minute broil and 40 minutes simmer. I think that would work with Rancho Gordo, too. I don‘t think that will make the taste worse, just less cooking time.

Ordered your cookbook and it arrived this morning. Yay!! So excited to get cooking 🙂

@RainbowPlantLife

8 ай бұрын

Yay! I hope you love it!

Your videos are brilliant. So interesting, so well thought through and edited. Honestly 👏🏻

Really fun and informative video format! I would love to see a video of you ranking the top 10 recipes you wouldn't want to live without.

So interesting! I'm definitely going to ditch the cans and start using dried beans. It's also much more environmentally friendly with just a fraction of the packaging and some stores even sell them in paper bags. Thanks Nisha

@RainbowPlantLife

8 ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

@Alina_Schmidt

8 ай бұрын

And some stores allow you to bring your own container ;) Even if they come in plastic: the bigger the package the less plastic per bean

Been watching your videos❤ loved them, I'm plant based too so your channel is a nice thing to watch when I want to make something ❤

we started using dried beans about a year or so ago for the cost savings and because the soaking and instantpot cooking help with digestion. it’s so easy to cook the beans in my instantpot because i work from home! i love cooking them in veggie broth with tons of spices

Spent a lot at the Rancho Gordo website because of this video. I love trying the different varieties of beans, so much fun. Your pots in this video are beautiful! Thank you for making vegan cooking delicious. You are a precious gem.

Hi! A really good trick my mexican mom taught me to make home cooked pinto beans taste WAY better is to throw in some Peruvian beans in the mix while soaking them. My mom does 50/50 This makes them way creamier!

Great video! You really put a lot of work into this. Couple of things you missed: 1) The liquid from canned Garbanzos can be used as an egg replacer for homemade Mayo. I'm not sure if the cooking process for dry beans yields the same liquid as "can broth". 2) Wow, you use a _LOT_ of salt! I never had to be concerned about this when I was younger; now I do. (At age 74, I get Edema in my feet really easily - if I lose the salt, my feet are fine!) Salt substitutes abound in my kitchen. 3) With dry beans, _I_ can easily control the salt! Thoughts?

I've made my own refried beans for a long time. I soak the beans overnight, then cook them for about 2 hours before i put the beans in jars, adding a small amount of homemade lard and spices to each jar. Then i pressure cook them. The beans come out soft enough to mash up, but not mushy and grainy. Well worth the effort!

At different times in my life, I've eaten primarily dried beans and other times primarily canned beans. I never thought to try a taste test. Very interesting. Thank you.

Great video. I'm from the UK and had amazing refried beans whilst riding a motorcycle through Arizona years ago. I've been trying to make them ever since with canned beans but dried beans seem to be the way to go. Must admit that here in England we do get Old El Paso canned refried beans and I actually quite like them!

Great video. I have switched to dry beans, almost always Rancho Gordo ones, because I feel like the flavor is better. I usually have a can or two of beans….. just in case. I also enjoy Ethan’s videos.

This video was so informative!! Really appreciate content like this.

I've decided to try the Rancho Gordo beans and so they should absolutely contact you. This was informative and entertaining. I love your personality.

I'm team dry beans...specifically, team Rancho Gordo! I make them in my instant pot, which makes it fool-proof.

i usually like to use dried, but will often use cans for certain purposes when convenient. the only exception is lentils. always dried, no matter what

@dustyoldhat

8 ай бұрын

Trader Joe's pre-cooked lentils are pretty good to be fair. In a pinch I'l throw them in a bowl with veggies and rice or quinoa or whatever.

@artlesscalamity348

8 ай бұрын

Yeah dried lentils are so fast to cook, really no reason to go canned on that one

@dustyoldhat

8 ай бұрын

The Trader Joe's ones aren't canned, they come in a pouch, it's sold in the fresh veggie section, you just open the pouch and add to a bowl or salad, it's delicious@@artlesscalamity348

I enjoyed that tutorial. It made sense and made been preparation clear.💜💜

🖐This was such an awesome idea for a video. As someone who has been cooking beans for years I have often scoffed at using canned beans, but have done so from time to time, but your channel has educated me that dishes can still taste good with canned beans, and also I've learned more about spices and flavors, and enjoy watching you as you have calming and playful energy. ❤😂

Thanks for the informative video. I just finished watching Dan Buettner’s Secrets of the Blue Zones and looking to add more beans to my diet.

This channel is so good. Thank you for all the hard work that clearly goes into these videos.

@RainbowPlantLife

8 ай бұрын

Aww, hearing that you enjoy the videos is the best reward 😊

The algorithm brought me here from Ethan's vids and I'm glad it did! Loved this video and looking forward to checkig out the rest of your channel

this is the video i needed!!! thank you!! man i love your channel so much.

Depending on the brand, canned beans are vastly different! I discovered the Goya brand of chick peas and I will never eat any other canned chick peas. They are creamy but not mushy, and they really taste good. If I’m not cooking them from dried they are my go to brand.

@luciastan64

8 ай бұрын

Goya dried beans are my go-to here. Very good beans!

@MsVNG

8 ай бұрын

Goya black beans are great too 👍

@mischievouscat296

7 ай бұрын

Agreed! Vast difference between canned brands!

Nisha is my shero. I have a big bin of dry beans. We are ready for the next pandemic. I cook a batch in the instapot every week - most of the time without pre-soaking. The cooked beans go into three storage containers. I freeze two and refrigerate the single container. As the week goes, I thaw out the other containers as needed. I keep canned beans just in case I'm out of beans when I want a burrito. Nothing is more convenient.

Absolutely!! Soaking and cooking in instant pot is so easy

Good to see kenji's research being used here. But note he also adds baking soda to the brine soak. Since I began following his advice my beans cook much more evenly and creamy but not mushy.

Hey, this is a really good video, and i also love Ethan's videos with the blind taste tests. I think you would have had more consistent results if you made a common batch of the base for all the dishes and then split the base and only varied the beans for each dish.

Awesome video! Your systematic approach was so satisfying. I knew I'd really enjoy it so actually ended up saving it for a time when I knew I could concentrate 😆

I have never cooked beans from scratch but i am definitely going to give it a try more often now! Thanks really loved the video!

I primarily use store brand dried beans, I might have to switch to Rancho Gordo, which I honestly have never heard of!

@RainbowPlantLife

8 ай бұрын

It's so much fun to try the different varieties they have on offer, too!

Fantastic idea for a video! Loved it! You mentioned the IP, that's how I usually cook my dried beans. But have you ever tested cooking them in the IP with or without soaking? Do you have a preference? BTW love watching you Nisha, you're hilarious!

@annelliott1384

8 ай бұрын

I found that cooking dry beans in the IP gives me gas, but soaked do not. It’s been a while since I’ve done it, but quick soaking in the IP worked pretty well too. I think what I did for a super quick “soak” was to pressure cook dry beans for one minute, drain, then cook for the rest of the dry time. I helped a lot with the gas, but from the color of the water I dumped I may have lost more flavor than if I’d done a cold soak. Never did a side by side comparison.

@showmemovegan

8 ай бұрын

@@annelliott1384 thank you!

When I was little, there were always two pots on the stove. One of them was a huge pot of red beans that were cooked once a week and then reheated every day. By the time we finished the batch, the beans were so creamy and full of flavor, they were our favorite.

I am LOVING your channel and content! Thanks for helping me learn how to cook. Would you ever consider doing a video of the basics of soup broth? Or how to cut onions without weeping? 😂 Thanks for bringing yummier food into my home 💛

Love using dry beans but I always have about six cans for days when I either forgot to soak some beans, or just don't feel like preparing them. Personally think dry beans taste better, canned beans seem to always be a bit overcooked and watery.

@supernova622

8 ай бұрын

I find often they have too much firming agent and are toothsome

@heidiyf

6 ай бұрын

@@supernova622 I have noticed the organic ones are mush. I'm guessing they don't use any or less firming agent. But I've definitely bought some that are kinda dry but not organic.

Wow, this was a lot of work!! This was a great video, and really was very helpful! Thank you Nisha ❤

this was surprisingly so interesting for me ! I have never made dried beans, thank you for sharing this experiment in such a fun and relatable way

the referee scene 💀

Thanks for this, and more great recipes! You didn't address doing bulk prep of home-cooked beans however. For example, how long can I keep home cooked beans refrigerated before I have to use them? And can I freeze them? That increases the convenience factor for home cooked beans. I have frozen homemade chickpeas successfully. Also putting them in ball jars in the fridge to use later in the week. Also as an instant pot chef, you didn't mention how much faster making homemade beans is using an instant pot or even a slow cooker ( unless I missed it?). Finally, another thing that would have been helpful is not all canned beans are alike, and many have very high sodium. (Like the whole foods brand you use on the show.) Much easier to control for that when you make them yourself.

@RainbowPlantLife

8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed! And yes, there's lots I left out of the video (it was already getting pretty long 😅). If there's enough interest, I might do a video covering the best ways to make dried beans. Including storage tips for batch cooking is a great idea!

@M-nr7fm

8 ай бұрын

@@RainbowPlantLifeyes please! I love all your videos

@reflectsonlife

8 ай бұрын

@@RainbowPlantLife +1

@Alina_Schmidt

8 ай бұрын

+1 But for short: freezing totally works. All sorts of beans I ever tried. In the fridge they are best within about 5 days.

What a great experiment!! Thank you!

I am so impressed with your sense of taste. Great video, thamks. And yes, Rancho Gordo owes you big time.

This is very useful. I had a bag of dried black beans to use for chilli but I kept forgetting to soak them the night before so I switched back to cans once I used the back up. But I am tempted to try dried chickpeas because I am always a bit disappointed by the flavour of chickpeas but use just as a healthy option in curries. Also I will now def try making my own refried beans I've only really had them when eating out and never know how to make them!

@d2d2d3d3

8 ай бұрын

I never soak beans and I eat them all the time. I figure that fresh water used to be a lot harder to get and when someone had to carry it themselves from the river, they were not likely to waste water by soaking. So I just rinse, boil, and eat. Been doing it forever.

Bravo Nisha! So well done!!🎉

That was fun to watch as well as good to know information!

I love this! My 3 year old eats beans every day, so it was apparent pretty quickly that I was going to need to cook them myself as much as possible. I usually make a huge pot of black beans about every 2 weeks and freeze them in containers. Only problem is that I hate fishing out the aromatics, so I make broth the day before and cook them in that and some water 😅😂

I love these styles of videos!

GREAT video. Thanks for going above and beyond to test this out

This is the first time I've ever been served a vid of yours from the "Al Gore rhythm" and I am impressed! Thanks for citing Ethan Chlebowski and Kenji. In the last couple of months I've been serving beans in one form or another every day and haven't used canned bean in probably 30 years. A bit of baking soda (1/4 tsp) in the soaking water also helps break down the outer skin of the beans and reduces the oligosaccharides after cooking.

Aaaahhh You and Kenji and Ethan are my trio. I love that you're feeding off each other and getting better together.

I love always having a batch of sprouted beans going so i can add them to soups and stews in the winter or salads in the summer