So I usually use canned beans but the dried ones were significantly cheaper so I've made up a big pot of chili and just added all the ingredients at once thinking that the beans would cook and soften over night but I've now learned that the acidity of the tomatoes may prevent that, I'm just curious if anyone has done this and if my beans will soften at all, my wife will be quite upset if the chili sucks tomorrow.
Picture of the chili just for fun.
Edit: I think I'm gunna see how it goes overnight on high
by Joshwooly
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You should always soak them in plain hot/boiling water for a couple hours or overnight to soften before cooking. The best thing is probably to fish them out and soak in some boiling water a while.
They’ll cook eventually. Be prepared to add more liquid.
I don’t know if it’s just pinto beans or all dry beans, but you’re supposed to boil them for about 10 minutes because they have a toxin that needs to be released through boiling for those 10 minutes.
I am surprised this hasn’t broken into a no beans in my chili debate because….. [No Beans in My Chili](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df0FmkQKQCg)
Are they kidney beans? You have to boil kidney beans due to the presence of toxic lectins.
If they’re just red beans, overnight on low should be fine.
Next time, you can quick-soak the beans: boil water, add beans remove from heat let stand one hour. It increases digestibility. But kidney beans are different, so keep that in mind.
Soak them overnight
Won’t help now, but if you get them again, soak them overnight and then cook in a pressure cooker before making the chili.
I do dried black beans in my slow cooker a lot. I learned the hard way not to salt until they were fully cooked otherwise they would never fully soften. Actually, it took me throwing away two batches before I figured this out. Embarrassing! 🙈