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Slow-Cooked Dried Beans

Name: Slow-Cooked Dried Beans
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 360 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1 onion, diced; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 1 tbsp olive oil; 2 bay leaves; 1 tsp dried basil, oregano, or thyme; 1 lb dried beans, rinsed and picked over

This is an incredibly easy, hands-off method of cooking beans. Usually you need to soak beans before cooking them, but with this method, you can skip that. This makes approximately 6 cups cooked beans, equivalent to 4 15-oz cans.

Serves 8

Ready in 365 mins

Prep time 5 mins

Cooking time 360 mins

212 calories per serving

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Ingredients

> 1 onion, diced

> 2 cloves garlic, minced

> 1 tbsp olive oil

> 2 bay leaves

> 1 tsp dried basil, oregano, or thyme

> 1 lb dried beans, rinsed and picked over

Steps

Sauté onion and garlic in olive oil until soft, about 5 min. Place in a slow cooker along with bay leaves and herbs. Add beans. Cover with hot water by at least 1 inch.

Cook on high for 6 hours. Chill beans, covered, in cooking liquid until ready to use.