25 Sep My Mom’s Famous “Sweet Simple Beans” — Easy & Oil-free
One of my mother’s best recipes EVER for you all to try out 🙂 Not only are these jam packed with flavor, they are effortless, and can even be made while you sleep.
The way my mom measures rice is, well, not the usual method. From my YouTube video I have realized it is of my mom’s Chinese origin, and I will try to explain it as best I can.
I googled a description of her method and realized it was actually an established way of cooking grains/beans: the first knuckle method. Basically, you pour the beans (or rice) into the pressure cookies pot, level them out, then place your index finger in so that the tip is just barely touching the surface. Add enough water that it comes up to the first knuckle line and voila, that’s it! This method seems to work every single time for us, I promise we ain’t crazy! ????
My Mom’s Famous “Sweet Simple Beans” — Easy & Oil-free
My Mom’s Famous “Sweet Simple Beans” — Easy & Oil-free
- Prep Time: 8 hours 10 mins
- Cook Time: 55 mins
- Total Time: 9 hours 5 minutes
- Yield: 8-10
Ingredients
- 1 lb beans of choice
- Vegetable broth (we used bouillon)
- 1 white onion, peeled
- Pressure cooker, slow cooker or pot
Instructions
- Soak the beans in 3x the amount of water for a day (8 hours minimum) in the refrigerator.
- Drain and place into your pressure cooker*. Cover the beans with vegetable broth using “the first knuckle method: place your index finger into the beans so that the tip is just barely touching the surface. Add enough broth so that it comes up to the first knuckle line.
- If using a pressure cooker, cook at high pressure for 55 minutes. (See notes)
- Cool and dig in!
Notes
We place ours in the pressure cooker at high pressure for 55 minutes. If you do not have one, you may do a slow cooker overnight or a stove top pot for a few hours until the beans are cooked.
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Cassie
Posted at 22:16h, 06 OctoberI can’t even believe that the sweet simple beans recipe is THIS simple. I have to try this recipe out and let you know how it goes!
Jasmine Briones
Posted at 23:12h, 09 OctoberYAY I can’t wait! 🙂
Kaitlyn Petrow
Posted at 09:06h, 10 OctoberWould this work with a crockpot? So excited to try it 🙂
Jasmine Briones
Posted at 14:14h, 19 OctoberYES! 🙂
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Karissa
Posted at 16:13h, 13 DecemberDo you think you could do this in a rice cooker?
Jasmine Briones
Posted at 11:04h, 15 DecemberHi Karissa! Unfortunately I don’t think so as the beans are raw :/ I haven’t tried it, but from my experience with my rice cooker I do not think it is.