How to cook white beans

White beans are a must in the diet as it has many useful properties. It contains large amount of vegetable protein, which is remarkably absorbed by the body. Doctors recommend to maintain health is to eat in a week at least 3 cups of legumes.

You will need

• Recipe No. 1:
• - 500 g dry white beans;
• - 1 PC. onions;
• - 2 leaves of Laurel;
• - salt, pepper to taste.
• Recipe No. 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 of margarine;
• Sol;
• - black pepper.

Instruction

1. Recipe No. 1
   
   Sort through the beans, remove damaged beans. Thoroughly rinse the beans. Pour the beans with triple the amount of cold water and leave for 8 hours. It is best to soak them overnight and in the morning to prepare.
2. Quick method for soaking beans: put the washed beans in a saucepan, cover it with water, put on fire, bring to a boil, boil for 1 minute, turn off the heat and leave for an hour.
3. Drain and put the beans in a saucepan large volume. Again fill it with water, and the water level should exceed the beans by 5 cm, Add Bay leaf and chopped onion, bring to a boil, remove the foam. Reduce heat, cover the pan and simmer the beans for approximately 1.5-2 hours until, until it becomes soft.
4. Regularly check the water level and if necessary add some cold water. Remove the onion and Bay leaf, add the prepared beans, salt and pepper.
5. Recipe No. 2
   
   Boil white beans the second method. Wash beans, soak it is not necessary. Pour it into the broth, add water, Bay leaf, ham, sliced onions and carrots. Cover the pan, wait until boiling and simmer on low heat for 7-8 hours. At the end of cooking, remove Bay Lis, put the margarine, salt and pepper.
6. Tocook white beans in a slow cooker, put pre-soaked beans in a bowl, cover with water to 1.5 liter, select the mode "Stewing" or "Soup". Cook white beans 1.5-2 hours. In a slow cooker you can cook beans without soaking, in this case, water will need at least 2 liters, and cook the beans need at least three hours.