Cooked Dried Beans

Name: Cooked Dried Beans
Yield: Serves 6 (Makes 3 cups drained beans)
Ingredients: 1 , bay leaf; 1/2 pound, white beans (such as Great Northern) or Black Eyed Peas, soaked until rehydrated, overnight or at least 4 hours; 1 1/2 teaspoons, table salt; 4 cloves, garlic, whole; 7 cups, water

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated January/February 1995

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Beans

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SERVES6 (Makes 3 cups drained beans)

TIME55 minutes, plus 4 hours soaking

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