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Cholent Beans

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Do you soak your cholent beans before putting them in the cholent pot?

No, I don't see the point

14%

[ 11 ]

No, maybe I should, but I don't want to bother

14%

[ 11 ]

Yes, just for a few minutes, maybe 20-30 minutes at the most

[ 7 ]

Yes, for hours

11%

[ 9 ]

Yes, I soak them them overnight

50%

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Total Votes : 77

amother

Fri, Mar 27 2009, 7:27 am

Do you soak them?

RachelEve14

Fri, Mar 27 2009, 7:33 am

I soak them overnight.

Blair

Fri, Mar 27 2009, 9:01 am

We soak a whole bag then divide it into smaller portions and freeze.

chocolate moose

Fri, Mar 27 2009, 11:32 am

if I use beans, I use canned.

bbmom

Fri, Mar 27 2009, 11:36 am

I never understood what the point of soaking is. Can someone please enlighten me?

I rinse them cuz that's what my mother did What

mummy-bh

Fri, Mar 27 2009, 11:38 am

lechatchila I soak them for at least 4-6 hours.
bidieved I once read that you can put the beans in a pot, cover with water, bring to a rapid boil for one minute then shut off the heat, leave for one hour, then drain thoroughly. This has a similar effect to a long soak, it's great when I forgot to soak them.

Fabulous

Fri, Mar 27 2009, 11:38 am

I heard that soaking reduced the ummm, risk of flatulence from them.

miriamnechama

Sat, Mar 28 2009, 4:01 pm

I don't use beans anymore I use chumus

Raisin

Sat, Mar 28 2009, 4:17 pm

I do mummybhs bedieved method. except its not bedieved - bedieved is using canned beans.

Pineapple

Sat, Mar 28 2009, 10:23 pm

I soak for at least 6 hours

I try for 8

shopaholic

Sat, Mar 28 2009, 10:26 pm

Before I got to bed on Thursday night, I put them in a covered container in water. If I forget, I do the quick soak that it has on the package.

Sat, Mar 28 2009, 10:32 pm

I finally made my first really good, easy, procrastinator's cholent.

1-Dump frozen somewhat identifiable meat from the back of the freezer into crock pot.
2-Place 1 cut up onion in pot (optional and I used the piece left over from the tuna I made for lunch)
3-Open and drain 2 cans of baked beans, add to pot (This week I used one Bush's one Hienz)
4-Open and drain 1 can of Chickpeas, add to pot
5-Open and dump (with some of the water) 2-3 cans of whole potatoes into pot
6-Add barley (I did rinse it) to pot

Cover and cook

misteray

Sat, Mar 28 2009, 10:39 pm

My mother usually soaks them overnight and if she doesn't have enough time- she boils them twice or three times changing the water in between. And that is actually what I do, because I never remember to soak them on time! Not sure if it works, but it makes me feel better to do it...

cubbie

Sun, Mar 29 2009, 5:25 am

I soak overnight.
The reason for soaking is that some beans - especially kidney beans, have properties that are poisenous if they are not either soaked for 8+ hours or boiled for 4+ hours.
Since I do my cholent in a crock pot on low they are never being boiled so I soak them.

BusyBeeMommy

Sun, Mar 29 2009, 9:38 am

I've also heard that if you don't have time to soak the beans, you can boil them and then soak them for an hour with some baking soda. I have an OCD friend who soaks them overnight and then boils them and soaks them with the baking soda.

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