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djb asked in Food & DrinkCooking & Recipes · 1 decade ago

How to cook beans without them making you pass gas?

Is there a way of cooking pinto or black beans that minimizes their somewhat infamous property of giving one gas?

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    beano.

    Add it near the end of cooking.

    It contains an enzyme that will allow your digestive system break down the component of the beans that makes you gassy.

    Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beano_%28dietary_supp... http://www.beanogas.com/ Video about cooking beans, which includes a great explanation of what actually makes you gassy: http://youtube.com/watch?v=t5RUiMcnxH0 http://youtube.com/watch?v=wlkULK6fN_4
  • 1 decade ago

    BLACK BEANS

    1 lb dry black beans

    1 lb ham chunks, ham hocks, or sausage meat

    2 large onions, chopped

    1 tsp ground cumin seed

    1/2 tsp chili powder

    1 T chopped garlic

    1 T butter or oil

    1/4 tsp each onion and garlic powder

    2-3 drops hickory smoke seasoning

    1 beef bouillon cube, crushed

    2 quarts water

    Pick over the beans, discarding any that are broken. Rinse well and remove any beans without skins or that float to surface.

    Saute one chopped onion in 1 T oil or butter in a medium or small sized pressure cooker. When the onion begins to brown, add remaining ingredients (except one onion) to the pressure cooker. Add the 2 quarts water, and cover pressure cooker and follow manufacturer's directions to bring pressure up to 10 pounds. Cook for 23 minutes.

    Reduce pressure. When pressure is 0, remove lid and add 1 chopped onion. Return beans to heat, uncovered, and continue to cook another 10 minutes. Taste and adjust seasonings.

    Garnish with sour cream or shredded Monterey Jack cheese if desired.

    Serve.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    You can cook your bean just as you would before but after they are done cooking add a small amount of baking soda (about 1/4 teaspoon per cup) and mix well. Although you may still have gas, it will be lessened.

  • coe
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    a sturdy thank you to decrease gas from beans is to be sure you discard the soaking water. in the event that they're canned beans provide them a wash till now employing. once you cook dinner the beans upload a stick of kombu or different seaweed to the saucepan - it rather takes away the gassiness, besides as offering you with extra iron and iodine!

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  • 1 decade ago

    U'll hav to avoid the beans then....

    The gas is caused by the bacteria in ur intestines which digest sulphur containing stuff to produce gas...

  • 1 decade ago

    pass out Beano before you serve the beans............. beans make gas and thats a fact and all the baking soda in the world does not make it go away....

  • 1 decade ago

    olive oil.

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