Aunt Duddie Cans Dry Kidney Beans The Easy Way

The easy way to can dry beans! Wash and sort beans. Add 1 cup of beans to a quart jar, 1/2 tsp salt and a chunk of onion. Add boiling water to within 1/2 inch of top. Release air bubbles. Lid and band jars. Put into warm water in your pressure canner and process for 90 minutes at 11 pounds of pressure. Let pressure drop on it's own and remove weight and exhaust for at least 10 minutes. Carefully remove canner lid, let jars rest in water for a few minutes, remove to a thick towel and let cool for 24 hours. Check for seal, wash jars and label. You can use kidney beans, lima beans, pinto beans, Great Northern, etc., but not black beans or lentils. I don't know why not..... But I follow the rules. UPDATE - If you want to can black beans or lentils start with a test quart of 1/2 cup of beans to make sure it works. I have read up on black beans and it seems they can form a solid 'bean block' if you use too many so try 1/2 cup. As for lentils they are tiny enough to get under the seal of the lids. I have not canned either of these beans so feedback would be appreciated. Enjoy

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[minervasp73]

I have done a lot of black beans, and they are easy. Just soak them first, pressure can leaving 1" headspace. I've done a lot of zucchini & black beans as well. Don't can them dry, but you can do it.

[AuntDuddie]

@minervasp73 I will give it a go. But I really like canning them without cooking I just never canned black beans b1efore because I don't like them much. I'll make a vid if I do can them. Thanks for the tip

[sarahfarrar1]

Would this recipe work for Lima Beans which I find terribly difficult to can .....

[AuntDuddie]

@sarahfarrar1 Lima beans suck up lots of liquid so I would try 2/3 of a cup beans to a quart jar and do a tester. Then you can go from there. My Lima's were so darn old they sucked up all the water in the jar!

[sarahfarrar1]

@AuntDuddie

Aha! Sounds like my situation.

Someone else told me to soak and half way cook the lima beans and then can them.

Who knew they would be so troublesome?

[AuntDuddie]

@sarahfarrar1 I'd rather do half of the beans per quart rather than cooking them beforehand. I like this method because I don't have to cook them.

[AuntDuddie]

@MissPatchwork My pleasure!

[AuntDuddie]

@Crunchy68 Thanks so much! However, if you watch enough of my vids you will see that I can be very long-winded indeed!

[Crunchy68]

Thank you for this very clear and straightforward video! I love it when a video gets straight to the info needed and doesn't mess around with a lot of time clutter. ♥

[AuntDuddie]

@ssamorgan2044 Some people say one year, some three, some more. I have limas that are about 10 years and they really sucked up the liquid.  I will say if they are stored in buckets, freezer baggies or bottles with lids or vacuum sealed jars you could go indefinitely. But make sure they are air tight and that they can't get wet even from humidity in your home. Make sure you rotate your beans by using your food storage. When the beans start to hit 2 or 3 years old consider canning them. ;)