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Char Nolan - Ask Me Anything (Office Hours)
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Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at 11:00 am Pacific, 2:00 pm Eastern
Join Chef Char Nolan in her virtual office as she welcomes all of your questions. This event was created for you and we encourage you to ask anything – from cooking techniques to cou… Read More.
Question:
What's the difference between black soy beans and black beans? Can the black beans and black soy beans be used interchangeably in recipes?
— Diane Dankert
Answer:
The difference is that when you cut through a black soybean, it is white in the middle, and when you cut through a black bean, you, they will be black. So that's the primary difference. They don't exactly taste the same. If you are, uh, on the assignment of, uh, the legume where you have to make the two dishes, it might be interesting to make a sweet and savory dish from the, um, black soybeans, but they taste different and they also cook differently. So that's sort of it in a nutshell.
