Home Canned Dry Beans

Total Time: 19 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 18 hrs Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 5 lbs dried beans or 5 lbs dried peas
• 1/2 teaspoon salt, per pint jars

Recipe

• 1 select mature, dry seeds. sort out and discard discolored seeds.
• 2 place beans or peas in a large pot and cover with water. soak 12 to 18 hours in a cool place. drain water. again cover beans with fresh water and boil 30 minutes. add 1/2 teaspoon salt per pint jars or 1 teaspoon for quart jars if desired. fill pint or quart jars with the soaked beans and cooking water, leaving a 1 inch head space. adjust lids and process.
• 3 recommended process time for beans or peas in a dial-gauged pressure canner.
• 4 pints: 75 minutes at 10 lbs.
• 5 quarts 90 minutes at 10 lbs.
• 6 5 pounds of beans is needed per canner load of 7 quarts.
• 7 3 1/4 pounds of beans are needed for 9 pints.