How to Cook Slow Cooker Black Beans Soaked

Slow cooker black beans soaked and cooked to tender using dry beans. Healthy and flavorful Crockpot side dish, perfect with Mexican food for dinner. If you want to cook a really large batch of our pressure cooker black beans this is an easier way to cook for a crowd.

Black Beans Slow Cooker Recipe

We have made a batch of these in our Ninja Foodi before and those turn out great. I realize that not everyone has a pressure cooker so I wanted to share the “old fashioned” method as well. Never had I ever done anything with a bag of dry beans until recently. Probably like yourself it seemed too hard to cook them just right.

I was so wrong. After making Instant Pot baked beans from scratch I was totally hooked. Guests are always asking me for the recipe for that too and say it is amazing. Couldn’t believe how much better than canned they were. Same goes for these.

How to Cook Slow Cooker Black Beans

I know you have seen them at the store piled upon one another and thought uh no way. Grab a bag of those and all you need to do is use our pressure cooker bean cook times or cook them all day in your Crock. Yes, not only are these amazing but Pinto, Northern, Navy and all the others are just as easy to get nice and tender.

Then once you do you can make all the things where you may just add seasonings or puree for refried beans! First thing when you cook them from fresh is to rinse in a strainer. It’s a must because many times there are little rocks mixed in there that didn’t get caught and discarded in the processing steps in the factory.

Crockpot Black Beans

How to Cook Black Beans and Ham in Slow Cooker

This is a great way to use up some of your leftover ham after the holidays, diced or add a ham hock to cook all day with them. If you wanted to use white or Northern beans instead, you can follow our slow cooker ham and beans recipe instead. Both are really cheap and will make a second meal out of the meat you have in the fridge.

Black Beans From Dry

I hate to waste food, especially one that is so tasty right? If you are like me you will appreciate lots of ideas for it after that special day is over.

1. Bag of dry black beans
2. Some broth or water for liquid
3. Salt
4. Minced garlic
5. Diced onions are a great add in, bell peppers too if you want
6. Want to make them a bit spicy? Finely dice a jalapeno and throw that in too!

As for the meat you could use all sorts of things. I even like precooked ground spicy sausage from Jimmy Dean in there too. OH Yes!

Crockpot Black Beans and Ham

Once these are done you could add them into another dish or enjoy them as is as an easy side dish. Instant Pot black beans and rice is a great one to start with. It can easily be a complete meal with some protein thrown in there too.

If you want a vegetarian option of course you would omit that portion. I would highly suggest you use broth instead of water to cook them. It adds a lot more flavor to the overall dish. I prefer chicken or vegetable broth for that. If sodium is an issue you can choose a lower sodium option or just don’t add additional salt to the seasonings.

Serving a crowd? Just leave these right in the pot when done and set to keep warm for most of the day. Yes they will continue to soften just a bit but not much and it’s easier for people to just serve themselves throughout the day if all the Crocks are set out to serve from. A slotted spoon is a must for serving these though, for sure.

How Long to Cook Canned Black Beans in Slow Cooker

You would only need an hour or two on high for this. All you would be doing in this case would be warming them up since they are already cooked, and softening a bit too. Low setting would work as well for 3-4 hours, great if you want them to keep warm for a long time.

How to Cook Dry Beans in a Slow Cooker

I show you how to cook Great Northern beans this way too. You can choose your favorite variety and get them tender in this pot.

How to Cook Dried Black Beans

• First as I stated you should rinse beans under some water in a colander.
• Pour into Crock pot and cover the beans with water or broth, salt, onion, garlic, ham if you desire.. Mix together.
  • I don’t soak but I do with our mayocoba beans recipe
• Close lid and slow cook 6-8 hours on high or until they are as tender as you’d like them to be.
  • if you added bay leaves remove before serving of course
• Serve once tender with diced jalapenos and/or feta cheese on top.

If you don’t want the meat to permeate the entire dish you could fold it in about 30 minutes before it’s done cooking. Want to make this more into black bean soup? Just add a few more cups of broth 20 minutes before serving to thin it out. Jump to recipe and get started friend.

How to store leftover beans

This is easy. Just like other foods allow it to reach room temperature first. Then use a slotted spoon to transfer into a sealed container. Spoon enough of your liquid into the container to barely cover them so they don’t dry out. Store in fridge and reheat in microwave for 2 minutes stirring halfway thru time.

How to Cook Black Beans on the Stove

If you want to know How to Cook Black Turtle Beans a bit faster you can use a pot. You need to pay more attention to it this way though. You’ll add the same ingredients into a large pot on the stove top except increase the liquid so beans are covered with 4″ of liquid above them. Bring to a low boil, cover and simmer for 1.5 to 2 hours or until they are tender.

Whichever black beans recipe you choose they are a healthy choice filled with fiber and nutrients. Most enjoy these whole but I suppose you could mash them too for a smoother texture.

I would not freeze these if you have any left over. When they thaw out and are reheated they will have a kinda’ strange texture to them I think. You can easily half this amount, or double it if your pot was larger and could handle that amount. It may take longer if you do that though since they are stacked and a thicker amount to soften.

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