And I am not a foodie blogger. I'm not even all that great of a cook. I can keep people from starving, but I tend to fall back to the old favorites instead of being creative.
However, in the interest of getting more people to eat beans, I will give you a peek at what I did yesterday. We can pretend that I am a foodie blogger, just for once.
I pressure cooked the beans for 20 minutes at 15 pounds of pressure.
I then ran the pressure cooker under cold water, while GENTLY releasing the pressure slowly by tilting the weighted jiggler ever so slightly.
When it stopped hissing, I removed the cover and found cooked beans! And no foam. =) Next time I will not run cold water over the cooker or release pressure quickly by tilting the weighted jiggler. The beans were cooked, but not quite to my liking. I think an extra 15 minutes in the cooker as the pressure naturally came down would have finished the job nicely.
P.S. The chili was very good!
However, in the interest of getting more people to eat beans, I will give you a peek at what I did yesterday. We can pretend that I am a foodie blogger, just for once.
I was hungry for chili, and so got out some Jacob's Cattle, Jacob's Cattle Gold, and Black Valentine beans. Three-Bean Chili sounded good. I decided to cook the Jacob's Cattle and Jacob's Cattle Gold in the traditional way--bring to a boil, reduce heat, simmer until fork tender. But I'd been talking with a customer who pressure cooks all her beans. And I thought I'd try it myself with some of the beans. So I started with 2 cups of Black Valentine beans and 4 cups of water.
My trusty Mirro Pressure Canning book suggested adding a Tbsp. of vegetable oil to prevent foaming. I am not a big fan of foaming, and so I took the suggestion.
I pressure cooked the beans for 20 minutes at 15 pounds of pressure.
I then ran the pressure cooker under cold water, while GENTLY releasing the pressure slowly by tilting the weighted jiggler ever so slightly.
When it stopped hissing, I removed the cover and found cooked beans! And no foam. =) Next time I will not run cold water over the cooker or release pressure quickly by tilting the weighted jiggler. The beans were cooked, but not quite to my liking. I think an extra 15 minutes in the cooker as the pressure naturally came down would have finished the job nicely.
P.S. The chili was very good!
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