American•budget
The Tastiest Cooked White Beans
Yields about 3 cups of cooked beans
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 1 hr 30 min
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 cup dried white beans (like cannellini or great northern)
- 5 cups filtered water
- 2 cloves garlic (peeled)
- 1 sprig fresh rosemary
- 1/2 teaspoon Diamond Crystal kosher salt
Instructions
- 1
Sort beans and discard any rocks or damaged beans. Rinse.
- 2
Place beans, garlic, rosemary and water in a pot and bring to a boil. Turn the flame lower, cover with the lid ajar, and simmer stirring occasionally.
- 3
About halfway through cooking, stir in 1/2 teaspoon salt (about 30-40 minutes into cooking). If necessary, add more water as the beans cook so that they remain covered by water.
- 4
Cook beans until soft and creamy, about 1 to 1-1/2 hours. The time varies depending on the specific batch of beans. Check several different beans for doneness before turning off the stove; sometimes not all the beans are ready at once. Drain and remove rosemary branch.