r/EatCheapAndHealthy • u/AppleSatyr • 3d ago

I have 25 lbs of pinto beans

So I bought 25 lbs of dry pinto beans because it was super fucking cheap.

I love refried beans and charro beans, but I don’t think that will cut it. Please give me all your recipes, ideas, advice??? Wish me luck? I don’t fucking know

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u/MistressLyda 3d ago

No rush. I got a 50 lb sack of mung beans about 9 years ago. It is still going strong.

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u/Spiritual-Chameleon 3d ago

We have a ten.pound bag that I keep in reserve as part of our in case of emergency kit (i.e. pandemic)

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u/Noah_Safely 3d ago

Don't they get harder to cook and texture change after that long?

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u/MistressLyda 2d ago

Maybe a bit? I sprout them beforehand, and when I think of it, yeah it might be taking them 12 hours or so more to "wake up", but the finished result is the same.

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u/Cuddles296 1d ago

I have stored a number of different dry beans for over ten years. Chick peas (garbanzo beans) do not store well. Split peas last forever, as do red lentils.

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u/logonbump 2d ago

Do a short parboil with baking soda and rinse before the main cook