Dried beans and canned beans

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jmk asks:

When making a recipe that calls for canned beans, how much dried beans do you substitute. I prefer
to rehydrate my own beans when possible.

Measure the canned *drained* beans by volume... 3 cups canned = 1 cup dried. Canned to dried is
aproximately 3 : 1.

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If it says a 14.5 oz can, though, how much of the can is liquid and how much is beans?

Um, do you still have that measuring cup... you'll need to measure the liquid by *volume*... the
*net weight* (weight of the beans less the liquid) will be indicated on the label. I've no idea
what you mean by "a 14.5 oz can"... do you mean the label on the can of beans indicates "14.5 oz
net weight"?

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jmk said:

When making a recipe that calls for canned beans, how much dried beans do you substitute. I prefer
to rehydrate my own beans when possible. If it says a 14.5 oz can, though, how much of the can is
liquid and how much is beans?

Dried beans will approximately double in volume when you rehydrate them, so the equivalent of 14.5
oz of canned beans would be 7.25 oz of dried. That's *fluid ounces* of course, not weight ounces.
I.e., use a measuring cup, not a scale :-)

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When making a recipe that calls for canned beans, how much dried beans do you substitute. I prefer
to rehydrate my own beans when possible. If it says a 14.5 oz can, though, how much of the can is
liquid and how much is beans?
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jmk in NC

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I don't know, but I am wondering about your phrase "rehydrate my own beans". You do know that you
have to cook dried beans, and it takes a few hours. --Soak overnight (or simmer for 1 hour and let
sit for a few hours--then add more water and cook 2 or 3 hours till done.)

Nancree said:

Quoted message said:

When making a recipe that calls for canned beans, how much dried beans do you substitute. I prefer
to rehydrate my own beans when possible. If it says a 14.5 oz can, though, how much of the can is
liquid and how much is beans?
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jmk in NC

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I don't know, but I am wondering about your phrase "rehydrate my own beans". You do know that you
have to cook dried beans, and it takes a few hours.

Yes, soak overnight, cook for 90 minutes in this case.

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jmk in NC

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Lorne "Idiot" Eppjmk GUESSES:

Quoted message said:

When making a recipe that calls for canned beans, how much dried beans do you substitute. I prefer
to rehydrate my own beans when possible. If it says a 14.5 oz can, though, how much of the can is
liquid and how much is beans?

Dried beans will approximately double in volume when you rehydrate them, so the equivalent of 14.5
oz of canned beans would be 7.25 oz of dried. That's *fluid ounces* of course, not weight ounces.
I.e., use a measuring cup, not a scale :-)

Idiot!

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One 15-ounce can of beans = one and one-half cups cooked beans, drained One pound dry beans = six
cups cooked beans, drained. One pound dry beans = two cups dry beans. *One (1) cup dry beans = three
(3) cups cooked beans, *drained*.
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(Nancree)

Quoted message said:

When making a recipe that calls for canned beans, how much dried beans do you substitute. I prefer
to rehydrate my own beans when possible. If it says a 14.5 oz can, though, how much of the can is
liquid and how much is beans?
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jmk in NC

I don't know, but

If you don't know then why do you respond, butt??? DUH

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I am wondering about your phrase "rehydrate my own beans".

Merriam Webster

re·hy·drate

transitive verb

: to restore fluid to (something dehydrated)
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PENMART01 said:

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One 15-ounce can of beans = one and one-half cups cooked beans, drained One pound dry beans = six
cups cooked beans, drained. One pound dry beans = two cups dry beans. *One (1) cup dry beans =
three (3) cups cooked beans, *drained*.

Ah! Thanks a bunch. So, to replace the drained beans from a 14.5 oz can (yes, I think the cans have
shrunken :-(), rehydrate 6 oz of dried beans (for one and one-half cups cooked beans).

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jmk in NC