Recipes

Reference
Beans
Rice&Grains
Overnight soaking (see pages 33 and 34 for soaking instructions),
unless otherwise noted.
Cooking on the second red ring (15 psi), unless otherwise noted.
Natural Release Method (see page 10 for release instructions).
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In preparing the Bean Time Chart these methods were used:
Adzuki 5-7 minutes
Anaszi 4-6 minutes
Appaloosa 10-12 minutes
Baby Lima 5-7 minutes
Black 10-12 minutes
Black-Eyed Pea 8-10 minutes no soaking required
Black Runner see Runner
Butter see Lima
Calypso 5-6 minutes
Cannellini 6-8 minutes
Chickpea 10-12 minutes
Christmas Lima 6-8 minutes
Cranberry 5-8 minutes
European Soldier see Soldier
Flageolet 10-12 minutes
Garbanzo see Chickpea
Great Northern 6-7 minutes
Kidney, Red 10-12 minutes
Kidney, White see Cannellini
Lentil, French green 10-14 minutes no soaking required,
first red ring only cover with 2 inches
of cooking liquid
Lentil, red 10-14 minutes no soaking required,
first red ring only cover with 2 inches
of cooking liquid
Lima, large 3-4 minutes
first red ring only
Navy 6-8 minutes
Pink 7-8 minutes
Pinto 10-12 minutes
Type of Bean Cooking Time Notes
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