*  Exported from  MasterCook  *

                   Pressure Cooking Chart for Dry Beans

Recipe By     : Cooking Under Pressure, copyright 1989
Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Basic Cooking Times              Dry Beans

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   1      cup           beans
   4      cups          water
          tablespoon    oil (unless otherwise noted)

*Skins remain leathery after cooking and must be removed before serving unless 
the beans are pureed.

**Be sure to remove loose skins before cooking

***Requires 2 tablespoons of oil for each cup of dried beans

                                                                    1- Minute
                                                                    Pressure  
Beans (1 c dry)              Soaked 12 hrs     Presoak          Unsoaked       
 Yield (c's)

Adzuki                                  5-9                   9-13             
     12-14                2
Anasazi                                4-7                   7-10              
    20-22                2 1/4
Black (turtle)                         9-11               14-18                
  20-25                2
Black-eyed (cow) peas      -----                 ------                    9-11
                 2 1/4
Cannellini                              9-12               14-17               
   22-25                2
Chickpeas (garbanzo)        10-12              21-25                  30-40    
            2 1/2 
Christmas lima                      8-10               10-12                  1
6-18                1 1/4
Cranberry                             9-12               20-25                 
 30-35                2 1/4
Fava*                                  12-18               16-22               
   22-28                2
Flageolets                           10-14               10-14                 
 17-22                2
Great Northern                     8-12               14-18                  25
-30                2 1/4
Lentils                                  ------               -------          
          7-10                2
Lima (large)***                      4-7**                8-12**               
 12-16                2 1/2
Lima (baby)                          5-7                   8-12                
  12-15                2 1/2
Peas (split, green)               ------                -------                
   8-10                2
Peas (whole, green)           ------                ------                   16
-18                2
Pigeon peas (grandules)     6-9                  15-18                  20-25  
              3
Pinto                                     4-6                    7-10          
        22-25                2 1/4
Navy (pea)                           6-8                  10-13                
  16-25               2
Red kidney                         10-12                12-15                  
20-25               2
Scarlet runner                    12-14                12-16                  1
7-20               1 1/4
Soy beans                            9-12                15-20                 
 28-35               2 1/4


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