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Dried beans vs canned beans

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  • 29-04-2012 7:05pm
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    ash2008
    Registered Users Posts: 179 ✭✭


    Ive never had dried beans or dried chickpeas - the whole soaking process has always tended to put me off.
    So what im wondering is, am i missing out? Do the dried beans taste better than the canned or is it pretty much the same?:p


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    NecroSteve
    Registered Users Posts: 165 ✭✭NecroSteve


    Dried are far superior, both for taste and nutrition. I like to sprout them - after they've been soaked overnight, drain and rinse. Keep in the dark at room temperature for a few days, rinsing and draining once or twice a day. They should germinate, growing little white tails. This converts starch to sugar and manufactures vitamins, so you get a much better all-round food than the canned stuff, and you can eat them raw!

    Or you can soak overnight and then simmer for 45 minutes, whatever, y'know. :)


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    fillefatale
    Registered Users Posts: 2,225 ✭✭✭fillefatale


    Adding to the above - the dried versions are usually cheaper anyway, you're buying them in larger quantities


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    quaalude
    Registered Users Posts: 1,196 ✭✭✭quaalude


    Here's a thread from a couple of months ago about dried chickpeas - I posted a falafel recipe with pics, there are some other good ideas in there too:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056541908


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    rubadub
    Registered Users Posts: 32,381 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    fillefatale wrote: »
    Adding to the above - the dried versions are usually cheaper anyway, you're buying them in larger quantities
    You can get massive tins of chickpeas in some asian shops which are a fraction of the price per 100g as normal supermarkets. And massive bags of dried ones.


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    fillefatale
    Registered Users Posts: 2,225 ✭✭✭fillefatale


    rubadub wrote: »
    You can get massive tins of chickpeas in some asian shops which are a fraction of the price per 100g as normal supermarkets. And massive bags of dried ones.

    I used to buy these from asian shops in the UK, harder to track down in more rural parts of Ireland!


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    mpdg
    Registered Users Posts: 79 ✭✭mpdg


    I used to use tinned chickpeas/beans a lot but now I mostly just use dried beans. I use this method which means that I don't have to bother with soaking.

    If you use recipes a lot and need a conversion for tinned to dried beans, this is helpful..

    I like dried beans better in terms of taste, storage, price and texture.


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    rubadub
    Registered Users Posts: 32,381 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    A pressure cooker will allow for a quick no soak cook. Mine is 15psi but I can run it up to 28psi. Lots on sale now are only 12psi which is pretty bad.

    They do frozen chickpeas in tesco now.


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    Chucken
    Registered Users Posts: 9,459 ✭✭✭Chucken


    I usually buy tins (60c-ish in Aldi) but today I got 1 kilo of dried chickpeas for 2.50,in an Asian shop, I'm delighted. It will be worth it in the long run. Im cross with myself :mad: Ive never bothered buying dry beans before :o


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    waseqr
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭waseqr


    what are the frozen ones like i find that beans don't always freeze and defrost al l that well.
    does the quick cook method work. I generally soak for as long as i can and then cook for 20 mins to an hour (depending on the bean).
    because of this i generally do big batches which i try and freeze if there was a better way i'd be all for it.


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