How Can You Cook Beans in a Rice Cooker?
This homemade bean recipe helps you to enrich your taste buds.With minimal ingredients and a rice cooker, you'll enjoy the tasty, cooked beans. You can also customise this recipe and enhance your mealtime experience.
Equipment
- A Rice Cooker
Ingredients
- 1 lb of dry pinto beans
- 5 cups of water
- 2 diced tomatoes
- 2 tbsp of butter or olive oil
- 1 finely chopped medium onion
- 3/4 cup water or broth (optional)
- Salt and pepper for taste
Instructions
- To cook the dry pinto beans, place them in a colander and rinse them under cold water.
- Then, add the rinsed beans and 5 cups of water to the rice cooker.
- Turn on the rice cooker and let the beans cook. Check occasionally to ensure enough water and that the rice cooker doesn't switch to 'warm' mode too early.
- After about two hours of cooking, add diced tomatoes to the beans.
- Then, put chopped onion and butter or olive oil into the mixture.
- Add 3/4 cup of water or broth if you want more liquid in the beans. This step is optional and depends on your preferred consistency.
- Season the beans with salt and pepper according to your taste.
Notes
- If you soak the beans beforehand, cooking time will be reduced.
- Ensure to add the tomatoes after the beans have cooked, as adding them earlier can prevent the beans from softening.
- If you got leftover beans and will eat for your next meal, store them in the refrigerator and reheat them before eating.