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Pressure-Cooked Beans

Serve the cooked beans alone or incorporate them into other recipes. If making ahead, cool, cover, and chill up to 4 days.

Type: Vegetables

Recipe Ingredients

1 lb 454g / 16ozDried Great Northern beans - sorted, rinsed,
  And drained
2   Chopped onions - (1 lb total)
1   Dried bay leaf
5 cups 1185mlFat-skimmed chicken broth

Recipe Instructions

In a 6-quart pressure cooker, combine beans, onions, bay leaf, and chicken broth.

Seal cooker. Following manufacturer's instructions, bring to maximum pressure (15 pounds) over high heat, then adjust heat to stabilize cooking rate. Cook 1 1/2 hours. Release pressure quickly, running cold water over pan.

Open pan. Serve beans or, for less liquid, stir often over high heat until mixture has consistency desired, about 5 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste.

This recipe yields about 6 cups; 12 servings.

Per serving: 157 cal., 2.9% (4.5 cal.) from fat; 12 g protein; 0.5 g fat (0.1 g sat.); 27 g carbo (16 g fiber); 38 mg sodium; 0 mg chol.

Source:
Sunset Magazine, February 1999

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