Want to cook boiled beans to perfection? Here’s the recipe with times and tips for boiling fresh beans perfectly. Beans are great on their own or in many recipes and preparations. In this recipe, you’ll discover how to cook fresh beans in water perfectly, so they’ll be flavorful and meaty without falling apart. Unlike dry beans, you won’t need to soak them and the times will be much quicker.
Boiled beans are perfect for preparing
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very cheap
- Rest time: 10 Minutes
- Preparation time: 5 Minutes
- Portions: 2
- Cooking methods: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
- Energy 652.00 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 95.00 (g) of which sugars 7.00 (g)
- Proteins 47.20 (g)
- Fat 4.00 (g) of which saturated 1.07 (g)of which unsaturated 1.63 (g)
- Fibers 35.00 (g)
- Sodium 8.00 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 200 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients for 2 people
- 14 oz beans
Tools
- 1 Pot 2 qt
Procedure
Here are the times and steps to follow for boiling fresh beans to perfection. These steps apply to all types of beans, such as borlotti or Spanish beans.
These steps are also suitable for exotic varieties like black or red beans.
If you’re using fresh beans, remember that about 50% of the weight is the shell. So to get 500 g of fresh beans, you’ll need to buy about 1 kg.
After removing the pods from the beans, you just need to start cooking.
Place them in a pan and cover them with 2 fingers of room temperature water. You don’t need more, otherwise, it will take too long to start boiling.
When the water starts boiling, lower the heat and continue cooking with the pot semi-covered. Do not add salt or it will harden the shell.
Do not place the beans in boiling water because this will also harden the shell.
Cook for 30 minutes from when it starts boiling. After this time, taste the beans, if they are ready, you just need to turn off the heat and drain.
If they are not ready yet, extend the cooking for another 10 minutes and taste again.
Your boiled fresh beans are ready.
