Beans: to salt or not to salt?
That is the question...and we're talking about dried beans here. When cooking beans meant to be consumed whole (baked beans, chili etc.) I was taught not to add salt or anything else until they we...
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Old-Biscuit wrote:
There is NO consensus on when to salt beans.
You can salt them when soaking overnight
You can salt them when cooking
You can salt them after cooking
I don't soak overnight....I just cook them.
When they 'start' to smell like beans (vs smelly sock water) is when I add salt.
About 3/4 way thru cooking
That's it in a nutshell. We cook them with a smoked ham hock. That has plenty of salt in it and when done, we season it to individual taste in our bowls.
