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De-Gassing Beans Recipe
Ingredients
Serving Size : 1
- green beans, washed
Method
- Put the beans in a large pot and cover them with water.
- Bring them to a boil and take them off the heat.
- This breaks the capsules surrounding the beans and allows stachyose, verbascose and raffinose, the gas-causing sugars, to escape into the water.
- Stir a couple of tablespoons of baking soda into the water and let the beans soak overnight.
- Drain the soaking water off the beans and rinse them several times.
- If you eat the soaking liquid, you will cause unbelievable discomfort for yourself and those around you.
- Then you cook ‘them and eat ‘them.
- End of story, so to speak.
- I’ve used this method with pinto beans, but rarely soak them for more than 4 hours (because when I’m hungry for beans I want them today, not tomorrow).
- I’ve found it better than Beano, but of course your mileage may vary.
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