Does anyone have a method for removing all the pebbles from pinto & other dried beans?
Removing Rocks in Beans
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I learned how to make beans from a Mexican lady…first you dump out however much you want to use on a clean tabletop or counter and start your sorting. You want to get rid of any beans that are irregular size or shape, anything that doesn’t look like a bean, rocks, grit, anything with a split or that’s shriveled up. Then you want to take your beans and wash them in a large bowl with warm water. Then go ahead and soak them or cook them as usual. Hope this helps you out!
Hand-sort them as we’ve all done for years. Works every time.
I put them on a baking sheet and shove them off to one side.
Then I move some of them to the other side where there’s
room to look them over individually. Typically I find one
or two rocks and put them in a small container so I can toss
them in the trash. As far as the beans go, I remove any that
are shriveled, way too dark, or just look doubtful.
I then put the rest of the beans in the pot I’m going to cook
them in, add the water, and let them soak overnight in the
refrigerator. The next day, I cook them in the same water
that they soaked in. I believe this is the secret step that
will give you pinto beans that taste the way good pinto beans
are supposed to taste.
I just dump them into a strainer and run hot, hot water over them. Most “rocks” are just hard little clods of dirt. Then I pick through with my hands and find the shriveled ones and soak them over night, or the day before. I change the water a few times and use warm water. If it’s the day before, I drain them, put them in the fridge until the next day. This sprouts them just a little, releasing more nutrition and reduces gas.
Put 1/2 cup of beans on a paper plate, they will fill the plate in one layer – pick out rocks/bad beans, pour rest of the beans into your pot, repeat til all your beans are sorted. If you have time I sort the whole package of beans and then store in tupperware so they are ready to go.
well where i live there are LOTS of rocks in the beans. (Africa) there are a couple of ways you can do it. one way is to put the beans in water and “pan for gold” only in this case you are panning for rocks. ie swish the beans around and around in the water with the bowl bottom slanted and the rocks go to the bottom and now just scoop out the beans from on top and continue to swish after you take out some of the beans on top.
or if you wish do it dry, without water. this of course works the best when there is several cups or more of beans.(it works good for corn or whatever you want to take the rocks out of). Swirl the dry beans in sort of a circle motion and after a min or so take the beans that are on top; swirl again and take off again the beans on top; this gets rid of the junk and beans and the bugs that come in our beans. (ours come straight from the field with lots of rocks and dirt.) if you put them in water the bad beans float to the top along with the majority of the bugs. to conserve the beans from being attacked by bugs.. heat them up in the oven and then put them hot in plastic or metal cans like 5 liter or gallon milk jugs and put the lid on. they will last for a long time without getting buggy. or if you have freezer space then just put them in the jugs and into the freezer to kill the bugs. or whatever you want.
I pour the amount of beans I’m going to cook into a strainer and pick them over. I soak them all night and then strain out the water and do a second pick over for bad beans and rocks.It’s quick and gives you double the chance on the rock hunt.
Why do some beans float esp when it is the 15 bean soup mix, is it because they are old or have worms gotten to them???
Help? Anyone?