We love our Instant Pot for its ability to quickly and easily cook dried beans with no pre-soaking! We all know dried beans are way cheaper than canned, but they take forever to cook. Not anymore!

Soaking dried beans isn’t always necessary, since it saves little cooking time and can even diminish flavor in some varieties like black beans. Instead of soaking, a quick five- to 10-minute boil ...

There is a lot of bean cooking lore out there. Some of it good advice, and some of it bad. From the ongoing debate about soaking beans, to whether adding salt to beans before they're soft makes them ...

Place the beans in a large pot, and cover with water. Bring to a boil and cook, uncovered, for just a minute or two. You aren ...

Beans are an incredibly easy ingredient to cook, and the perfect base or accompaniment for many dishes like soup, chili, tacos, rice, salad, dips and more. They’re nutritious, chock-full of protein ...

You might have noticed that some of the longstanding disputes in cooking are dualities, one side pitched as a better choice against one other: unsalted or salted butter, for example, or seasoned cast ...

There are few things as comforting (and economical) as a big pot of beans. The entire process of slowly simmering legumes on the stovetop, from adding your seasonings to enjoying them warm from the ...

Beans are delicious when cooked from scratch, but the process can be frustrating. When cooking them on the stovetop, you need to keep a close eye on them to make sure they don’t boil over or stick to ...