After soaking beans for 4 hours shall I peel the separated peelings off or cook them along with the beans?
I soaked white beans for 4 hours, shall I pull the peelings off that are separating from the beans, or cook the peeling as well?
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You certainly can leave the skins in - but you don't have to.
The only reasons to pick them out would be if you don't like the appearance, or if the dish leads to loose skins that you find unpleasant.
I soak overnight before slow-cooking, and don't deliberately remove skins, but some come off in rinsing and are left behind. At the start of cooking, many beans still have their skins on, which then go on to fall off as they're cooked. This means that to avoid loose skins in the finished dish you're likely to have to put some effort in to removing them all
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The skins fall off your beans because the inside of the bean is expanding faster than the skin. Beans typically expand up to 2-3 times their original volume during rehydration.Should I take the skin off beans?
It's totally normal for some beans - especially red/kidney - to wrinkle and split while soaking and in no way indicates that the beans are 'old'. And some beans will split; it's just the way it goes. Doesn't make them any less safe, edible or tasty.What if beans split while soaking?
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