Not exact matches
The
cooking liquid from the
beans can be reserved and used
as vegetable broth in other dishes,
as well
as frozen for up to 2 months.
(Save the
liquid for another use such
as making soup or
cooking beans.)
Restoring water lost during drying by soaking or by
cooking the dehydrated food in
liquid,
as when
cooking dried
beans.
Using the is
liquid drained from a can of legumes such
as chickpeas or small white
beans, is probably the simplest way, but you can also get aquafaba from
cooking dried
beans in water for a couple of hours.
One time I had
cooked the
beans so long, the «
liquid» I drained off was almost
as thick
as the
beans left in the pot — added some salt and cumin and it was like a dip.
Plus, using canned
beans would decrease the
cooking time significantly, reduce
liquids significantly, and the other veggies wouldn't get
as tender.
Open the pressure
cooker, drain the
beans, preserving the
cooking liquid to use
as broth or
as freezing
liquid.
Drain the
beans over a colander placed over a bowl or pot, saving the
bean cooking liquid for later (we'll be using it
as a veggie broth in a bunch of dishes in this meal plan).
The raw
beans can be
cooked when dry or soaked overnight, then stewed, drained of most of the remaining
liquid, and converted into a paste with a masher (such
as a potato masher), or pressed through a fine mesh sieve (to remove the skins).
Add tomatoes, crushing with your hands
as you go, then herb bundle, Parmesan rind, if using, and 6 cups water or reserved
bean cooking liquid, or a combination.
1 cup dried white
beans, such
as cannellini or great northern, soaked overnight 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 2 - 3 leeks, white and light green parts sliced (about 2 cups) 3 cloves garlic, chopped 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes 4 cups chopped kale leaves (about 1 medium bunch) 1 small head cauliflower, broken into florets 4 cups vegetable stock (recommend Imagine No Chicken broth) 2 cups water 2 cups
bean cooking liquid, plus 1 more cup if needed 1 bay leaf 1 teaspoon salt Freshly ground black pepper to taste 1/2 cup flat - leaf Italian parsley leaves
Here's a super-quick lentil fix if you don't have time to
cook — heat up a can of Progresso Lentil Soup (which is good,
as far
as canned soup goes), strain the
liquid out, and pour the
beans over some
cooked brown rice.
Transfer half of the mixture to a food processor fitted with the metal blade and process until smooth, adding the reserved
cooking liquid from the
beans as needed to keep the mixture moist enough to stick together.
Reduce heat to medium and
cook, stirring, until desired consistency is reached; if refried
beans are too dry, add more
bean -
cooking liquid, 1 tablespoon at a time,
as needed.
Taste and season with salt
as needed; let
beans cool in
cooking liquid, about 2 hours.
Some of the more interesting
liquids used by chili
cooks are broths such
as beef or chicken bouillon — or in some extreme cases, the broth the
beans were
cooked in.
Unfortunately I don't think that would work the same, because the
beans soak up much of the
liquid as they
cook.