Canning dried beans such as pinto or black beans, is a wonderful way to have ready made meals on your pantry shelf. It takes very little time to pressure can dry beans and can save you hours at dinner time. Home-canned beans also have a much better flavor that store-bought tinned beans (and they are more nutritious too!).
PREPARATION TIME:
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour 27 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 47 minutes
Ingredients:
- 3.5 pounds dried beans
- 7 tsp salt
Instructions:
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Sort and rinse the beans, then soak them overnight in fresh water (12-24 hours)
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Strain and add fresh water to a pot of beans. Bring the beans to a boil and simmer for 30 minutes. I like to cover the pot to keep the water from evaporating away too quickly.
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While your beans are cooking, start warming up your jars and the pressure canner. Don’t let the pressure canner come to a full simmer, but it should be close to simmering when you add the jars.
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Pack the hot beans into hot canning jars, leaving a 1″ headspace at the top. Add 1 tsp of salt to the top of each quart jar (or 1/2 tsp to each pint) and cover with boiling water.
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Using your canning knife, press out all the air bubbles by moving the knife along the outside edge of the jar (between the glass and the beans) and pressing in slightly. Add more water as needed after this process, still leaving a 1″ headspace.
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To each jar, add a 2-piece canning lid and ring set and tighten to finger tightness.
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Load your pressure canner and fit the lit properly for your unit. Bring the pressure canning to full heat until the vent starts steaming. Allow the vent to steam for 10 minutes before placing the weight or setting the dial). See altitude notes for pressure settings.
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Process the beans in the pressure canner for 75 minutes (pints) or 90 minutes (quarts).
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One the timer is up, turn of the heat to the pressure canner and allow it to come to zero pounds pressure on its own. Let rest at zero for a few minutes and then carefully remove the weight. You can now remove the lid and the jars.
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Let the jars cool fully before loosening the rings fully (or removing them) and storing the jars in the pantry.
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Nutrition:
Nutrition FactsCanning Dry BeansAmount Per Serving (1 cup)Calories 191Calories from Fat 9% Daily Value*Fat 1g2%Saturated Fat 0.1g1%Polyunsaturated Fat 0.3gMonounsaturated Fat 0.05gSodium 588mg26%Potassium 771mg22%Carbohydrates 35g12%Fiber 9g38%Sugar 1g1%Protein 13g26%Vitamin C 3mg4%Calcium 47mg5%Iron 4mg22%
