Do you have a Rice Cooker?
They’re wonderful for cooking rice, aren’t they? …But is that all?
NO WAY! I like to cook lentils and small beans in the rice cooker as well as barley too.
Just make sure what you want to cook is of similar size to rice.
Find out how on my video:
I hope this is a great time-saving tip for you, so you don’t have to feel like you’re baby-sitting beans on the stove for hours…
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I hope you enjoyed this Vegetarian Recipe on Cooking With Kimberly! Until next time…
Eat Deliciously,
Kimberly Edwards 
P.S. If you don’t have a rice cooker yet, make your life a little easier and get one:
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Did you soak those beans first? Are black beans too big to work?
I’m so glad I found this, i’ve been thinking about trying it for a long time.
Hi Brian…
Good question – I didn’t – for these smaller beans and lentils, you don’t need to soak them.
However, I do believe the black beans would be too large to try – Unless maybe you soaked them. I haven’t tried them yet, but soaking may just do the trick!
Kimberly
Hi!
Can I also use Kidney Beans here.
Ravi
Hi Ravi…
I wish I could say yes to your question…but kidney beans are too large to be completely cooked in your rice cooker cycle…
They will still either be hard or quite raw. Stick to traditional methods for larger beans.
Kimberly
Yes, you can cook beans in your rice cooker, but it requires more water. The amount of water is what regulates the cooking time. The rice cooker cooks until the water boils off, basically. If the rice cooker switches to warm before the beans are done, just add more water and continue cooking.
Great tip, Speedwell! Thank you!
Kimberly
Hi, I put 5 lb of Great Northern beans to soak last night, intending to cook them in my slow cooker today, but then they didn’t all fit in my giant crockpot, so I grabbed my rice cooker.
once they were cookign I went to Google for assurance that I wasn’t crazy and wound up here. thanks for the help. They were done in no time and my crockpot ones are still going…
I’m so glad someone is using this advice, Peggy! It’s a really handy trick to get those beans done quickly, easily and with less mess and fuss!
Happy Cooking & Eat Deliciously,
Kimberly
I’m so glad I found this! I have been using canned beans because I’m too lazy to deal with babysitting the stove. I’m obsessed with our rice cooker already, and now even more so. Thanks! Can’t wait to grab some dry beans this weekend!
I’m so glad, Janel! It’s so much easier!
Kimberly
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