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how do you freeze your beans?
I am excited and intrigued by the bean idea. How do you freeze them? just in glass jars?
Re: how do you freeze your beans?
In Ziploc freezer bags. I've cut back my usage of them everywhere else, and use reusable snack bags for dry things, but I still like Ziploc for freezing things.
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Here's how we make and freeze beans, step by step. We make 2 lbs at a time, which is 4 cans worth. So 1 for eating that week, and 3 servings for freezing.
1. Rinse beans, and soak for at least 2-3 hours, preferably overnight.
2. Rinse again, cover with water in a large pan (we use a dutch oven) and hold at a strong simmer for about an hour. Some beans take longer than others, we check ours at 1 hour, if they taste crunchy or gritty they're not done. We continue to cook in 15 minute increments until done, so they squish when you press them against the roof of your mouth. Chickpeas usually take about 1.5 hours. You don't have to watch them, so we do this step at night while watching a movie usually.
3. Drain and they're ready! We put the beans for that week's meal in Pyrex bowls in the fridge. We measure out 2 cups into a FoodSaver bag, process, and freeze. If you want to freeze in Pyrex/freezer containers, put in just enough of the bean soaking water to cover the beans, otherwise they dry out and the consistency is a little off IMHO.
Using this method we've got a surplus of several kinds of beans, including chickpeas, black, pinto, and kidney. If one week we're too busy to make dry beans, there's frozen ones ready to go! We just soak the bag in a bowl of room temperature water (not hot because the plastic could melt!!!) for about 30 minutes while we make rice or whatever, then they're ready for use.