Dried beans etc vs tinned

dawn1980

I have tinned chickpeas just in case of lazyness. Also Kidney beans for the same reason.

But I do buy dried pulses and like others I soak and cook the whole batch in one go and freeze in bags.

Dried chickpeas are always better than tinned.

purpleivy

I do pulses a bag at a time in a big dish in the microwave, having soaked first. Only very low power once they are boiling. This takes less time than traditional methods, plus doesn't need watching.

eta, then I cool and freeze them in bags.

marmiterulesok

purpleivy wrote: »

I do pulses a bag at a time in a big dish in the microwave, having soaked first. Only very low power once they are boiling. This takes less time than traditional methods, plus doesn't need watching.

eta, then I cool and freeze them in bags.

That's interesting.How long do you cook them in the microwave?

Pink.

Hi marmiterulesok,

As Your thread has dropped down the board I've added it to our existing one on the same topic to keep the replies together.

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Volv

JulieGeorgiana wrote: »

I looked on the internet for an answer to this question... I was frustrated that MSE didn't have it!

However, I know it's two years too late... but people will look for this information....

3 websites I found state that 100g Dried = 400g Tinned (Before Draining)

500g Dried = 93p
5 x 400g Tinned = £2.40

To do this I used myfitnesspal's calorie calculator / recipe editor. On a strict diet at the moment so interested in portion sizes and it seems to work out that 500g dried red kidney beans = approx 3 cans (400g) of red kidney beans (240g drained weight) each.

Dried 500g = 575 calories, 3 tins = 657 calories

Lizling

I mostly used dried, but I always keep a couple of tins of chickpeas in for when I haven't planned ahead. No pressure cooker, so I batch cook and freeze for the slower-cooking ones.

I don't bother with dried kidney beans or butter beans though. Kidney beans because they're so cheap tinned and butter beans because I actually prefer the texture of the tinned ones.