White beans are a must-have in the diet as they have many health benefits. It contains a large amount of vegetable protein, which is remarkably absorbed by the body. Doctors recommend eating at least 3 glasses of legumes per week to maintain health.
It is necessary
- Recipe number 1:
- - 500 g dry white beans;
- - 1 PC. onions;
- - 2 leaves of laurel;
- - salt, pepper to taste.
- Recipe number 2:
- - 500 g dry white beans;
- - 400 ml of chicken broth;
- - 1 liter of water;
- - 400 g ham, diced;
- - 1 onion;
- - 2 carrots;
- - 2 bay leaves.
- - 50 g margarine;
- - salt;
- - black pepper.
Instructions
Step 1
Recipe number 1
Go through the beans, remove the damaged beans. Rinse the beans well. Pour three times the amount of cold water over the beans and let sit for 8 hours. It is best to soak them overnight and cook them in the morning.
Step 2
Quick method for soaking beans: put washed beans in a saucepan, cover with water, put on fire, bring to a boil, boil for 1 minute, turn off heat and leave for an hour.
Step 3
Drain and transfer the beans to a large saucepan. Fill it with water again, and the water level should be 5 cm higher than the beans. Add bay leaves and chopped onions, bring to a boil, remove the foam. Reduce heat, cover the pot and cook the beans for about 1.5-2 hours until tender.
Step 4
Check the water level regularly and add cold water if necessary. Remove the onion and bay leaf, add salt and pepper to the cooked beans.
Step 5
Recipe number 2
Boil the white beans the second way. Wash the beans; you do not need to soak them. Pour it into the broth, add water, bay leaves, ham, chopped onions and carrots. Cover, let it boil and cook over low heat for 7-8 hours. At the end of cooking, remove the bay fox, add margarine, salt and pepper.
Step 6
To multicooker, put the pre-soaked beans in the bowl, fill with water to the level of 1.5 liters, select the "Stew" or "Soup" mode. Boil white beans for 1, 5-2 hours. In a multicooker, you can cook beans without pre-soaking, in this case, you need at least 2 liters of water, and you need to cook the beans for at least three hours.
