We love our Instant Pot for its ability to quickly and easily cook dried beans with no pre-soaking! We all know dried beans ...

Soaking dried beans is a widely accepted cooking standard that many home chefs consider a given. But is it really crucial, or even desirable? Bean cooking myths abound, so we decided to give this ...

With good-quality fresh beans, you should have no problem cooking them, and you can skip soaking. There is one step you shouldn't skip with any kind of dried bean, however: "Even though soaking is ...

Always discard the soaking water, rinse, and cook in fresh water without any salt (which toughens the skins). When bought canned, the beans are already cooked and only need draining and rinsing ...