The short answer is no—you don’t have to soak dried beans before cooking, but doing so has some major benefits.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Skip straight to cooking instead. Greg DuPree; Food Stylist: Ali Ramee; Prop Stylist: Hannah Greenwood There is a lot of bean ...

There is a lot of bean cooking lore out there. Some of it good advice, and some of it bad. From the ongoing debate about soaking beans, to whether adding salt to beans before they're soft makes them ...

Soaking makes dried legumes tender—but it's not required for all pulses. If you've ever prepped dried beans for a chili recipe, only to discover that they're still semi-hard after hours spent ...