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Sprouting Beans For Soups, Stir Frys, Wraps, Dips, and Salads

This is an easy tutorial for sprouting beans that can then be used in your favorite recipes.
Cuisine: American
Author: Renee - www.raisinggenerationnourished.com

Ingredients

  • Dry bean of choice I usually get just over a pound at a time

Instructions

  • Put your dry beans in a large bowl and fill with water to cover the beans a good 3 inches.
  • Put the bowl under the light in your oven 12 hours.
  • Strain out the water, rinse the beans, and put them back in the big bowl under the light in your oven (without water this time!). The warm light does help move along the sprouting process I have found. If you don’t have a light in your oven just keep the bowl somewhere very warm in your kitchen.
  • Keep the bowl under the light until the beans sprout. Rinse the beans 3 times per day while you are waiting for them to sprout. Most beans take just 24 hours-ish. Others (like garbanzos) take a good 2 days.
  • Once the beans have sprouted, put them in a large stock pot and fill with water to cover by a couple inches.
  • Bring it to a boil and reduce to simmer with a lid on until the beans are bite tender. Some beans take a good hour or so, others just under an hour.