"Soaking beans can speed up cooking and ensure they cook ... It's still entirely possible to cook dry beans without soaking: "Just be prepared for a longer cooking duration, and keep a closer ...

With good-quality fresh beans, you should have no problem cooking them, and you can skip soaking. There is one step you shouldn't skip with any kind of dried bean, however: "Even though soaking is ...

Still, there's no need to suffer through bland beans when you can use the same thing ... cowboy caviar or bean salad). Dried beans also require a lengthy soaking time, but Abreu says that this ...

Lentils and peas are softer than dried beans. They'll cook within 5 to 20 minutes without any soaking time ... In a way, they're both right. Soaking beans can help improve the texture of the ...