Guest guest Posted July 21, 1999 Report Share Posted July 21, 1999 Seeing the recipe for Black Bean Tostadas (looks delicious, by the way, I think this may be dinner tonight) reminds of a question I've had for a long time. Almost every recipe using canned beans recommends draining and rinsing the beans. Why? My thought has been that there are preservatives and sodium that become concentrated in the liquid. On the other hand, if using an organic brand of beans which for the most part seem to reduce the sodium and preservative content, is the draining and rinsing still necessary? I've always felt bad about throwing away the " bean juice " and then replacing it in a recipe with water or broth. Thanks in advance for the info. p.s. I'm a new member of the list and I look forward to sharing recipes and hints with everyone. -------------------- Pam Barker St. Petersburg, FL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 1999 Report Share Posted July 21, 1999 Pam: It has been my understanding that the main reason for rinsing & draining beans is to remove excess sodium and also excess liquid so the recipe will not turn out too " runny " . Especially if you have organic & low or no sodium beans, you could probably skip the " rinsing " and just drain the beans when it necessary for the recipes consistency. If additional liquid is called for, you could use the bean liquid or save it for another use. Hope this is helpful! I hope you enjoy the tostadas! Karen Pam Barker (home) wrote: > " Pam Barker (home) " <Pam > > Seeing the recipe for Black Bean Tostadas (looks delicious, by the way, I think this may be dinner tonight) reminds of a question I've had for a long time. > > Almost every recipe using canned beans recommends draining and rinsing the beans. Why? > > My thought has been that there are preservatives and sodium that become concentrated in the liquid. On the other hand, if using an organic brand of beans which for the most part seem to reduce the sodium and preservative content, is the draining and rinsing still necessary? > > I've always felt bad about throwing away the " bean juice " and then replacing it in a recipe with water or broth. > > Thanks in advance for the info. > > p.s. I'm a new member of the list and I look forward to sharing recipes and hints with everyone. > > -------------------- > Pam Barker > St. Petersburg, FL > > --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- > > ONElist: your connection to online communities. > > ------ > To post to list: " Veg-Recipes " > To contact List Owner: " Veg-Recipes-owner " > Subscribe or Un through ONElist site: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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