How much dried pulses/beans = 1 can?

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As per the title. As most shops don't stock canned Pinto Beans, I'm going to start using dried. Thanks.

[soad]

You can buy canned Pinto beans in most supermarkets, i'm sure. Smaller off-licence type shops might not stock them.

I always manage to find them (Morrissons/Asda).

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soad said:

You can buy canned Pinto beans in most supermarkets, i'm sure. Smaller off-licence type shops might not stock them.

I always manage to find them (Morrissons/Asda).

The two big supermarkets around my way, Sainsbury's/Tesco no longer stock them, haven't for about 12 months. Otherwise I have a Waitrose, it is more out fo the way, and no offies around here...

Besides, I have a bag of dried Pinto Beans sitting in the cupboard!

[Engineer1]

A Can is usually 440g or so including liquid, no idea if they have net weight but filling a can on the scales till it weighs 440g would probably be a good first method, of course the beans will have needed to be soaked first.

[soad]

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_ounces_of_dry_b...

2/3 cup of dry beans cooks up to 1 can of cooked beans.

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soad said:

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_ounces_of_dry_b...

2/3 cup of dry beans cooks up to 1 can of cooked beans.

Cheers, I'll try that. Though my seaching had answers from 1/2 cup to 1 1/2 cups...

[mrsshpub]

Using the calorie data for kidney beans, dried & canned (in water), I calculate that 125g dried beans = 1 x 400/410g tin.

[Bec]

I had in my head 4oz - which I think is half a cup

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mrsshpub said:

Using the calorie data for kidney beans, dried & canned (in water), I calculate that 125g dried beans = 1 x 400/410g tin.

2/3 cup ended up being 125g, and once soaked, they weighed around 250g, which is around the drained weight of a 400g tin. But with 7 hours soaking they were still a bit hard (10 min boil, then around 40 min in the Chilli). But they are a little old too, which doesn't help.

[rfn]

For future info - Waitrose do stock canned Pinto beans

[mrsshpub]

smack said:

......... but with 7 hours soaking they were still a bit hard (10 min boil, then around 40 min in the Chilli). But they are a little old too, which doesn't help.

That doesn't seem very long to me. I'd have thought they'd need around twice that time simmering in the chilli (after boiling for 10 minutes) to soften. See here for more info — you'll need to scroll down a bit but there's a very useful table of cooking times.

Edited by mrsshpub on Wednesday 3rd February 09:57

[Mobile Chicane]

7 hours soaking doesn't seem long enough, especially if the beans are a bit old.

I'd cover them with boiling water and give them 12 hours or so to soak, then boil in fresh unsalted water until they're starting to split, and then add them to the chilli.

A slow cooker is useful for this. If you've had dried beans boiling on the hob for hours, you might as well have bought ready-cooked in cans.

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Mobile Chicane said:

7 hours soaking doesn't seem long enough, especially if the beans are a bit old.

I'd cover them with boiling water and give them 12 hours or so to soak, then boil in fresh unsalted water until they're starting to split, and then add them to the chilli.

A slow cooker is useful for this. If you've had dried beans boiling on the hob for hours, you might as well have bought ready-cooked in cans.

I gave it another go, but started soaking them the night before, then gave them a longer boil in fresh water. Then added them to the chilli early on. The result was much better!

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soak for 24 hours in the fridge, use in a slow cooker