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Ask Me Anything (Office half Hour)

Dan Marek - Ask Me Anything (Office half Hour)

This event was on Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at 11:00 am Pacific, 2:00 pm Eastern

Join Chef Dan Marek in his virtual office as he welcomes all of your questions. This event was created for you and we encourage you to Ask Anything – from cooking techniques to cours… Read More.

Recorded

Question:

Does using a pressure cooker destroy the sugars In beans? Should I pre soak when using a pressure cooker to prevent easiness?

— Nancy Johnson-Cramer

Answer:

Actually the pressure cookers are, uh, the way that they cook, they actually completely break that down. So you don't need to pre soak your bean if you want to, you still can, it'll actually go even quicker. But, um, you know, it's usually the indigestible, uh, there's also a, a protein in there that it's, it's broken down as well. So those are broken down when you're cooking in an Insta pot, it's very different for that, um, you know, compared to a regular cooking. So you don't actually have to soak a bean before cooking up in the pre pressure cooker or in the Insta Pot, which is same thing essentially. Um, but really great, you know, uh, great thing you don't have to do that. It makes it much, much faster, which I definitely like.
Dan Marek

Dan Marek

Director of Plant-Based Culinary & Dev

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