Cooking Dried Beans - Crock Pot

sugaree's Note:

Buying dried beans is so much less expensive than canned. Cook the beans in the crock pot and then freeze - inexpensive and easy. Found this recipe on a blog - thanks whoever wrote it. Preparation time is initial soaking time.

• Total Time: 14 hrs
• Prep Time: 6 hrs
• Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients:

Serves: 4-6

Yield: 3.0 cans

• 1 lb dried beans
• 6 -8 cups water

Directions:

1. Rinse beans.
2. Pour beans into crock pot and add enough water to cover beans an additional 2 inches.
3. Let beans soak for 6 hours or overnight. DO NOT turn crock pot on.
4. Drain and rinse beans. Return to crock pot and cover with fresh water as above.
5. Cook on low for 8 hours.
6. When beans are cool you can package them in zip lock bags. 1 2/3 cups equals about a can's worth.
7. These freeze beautifully.

Reviews

[Chicago Clare]

Great time-saver. Just what I needed: A hands-free, money-saving, better-for-you way to have beans! I've done this with black beans, red beans, kidney beans...all turn out great. Thanks!

[ct in ut]

It was easy & worked great, thanks for posting! I "tripled" the recipe & crock potted on "high" for 8 hours. I live in high altitude & used older dried pinto beans.

[mommyceleste]

AWESOME! I've been looking for a way to cook beans in the slow cooker. Don't know why I didn't look here sooner, duh.
Thank you. Great idea to add some simple ingredients like pork fat, onion.