I’ve slid the lid over so that it’s not sitting square on the pot and that helped prevent foaming over. One more thing, I always put my Dash Mini Rice Cooker on a dish cloth so if and when it boils over it’s contained, it’s quick and easy to rinse out and the “mess” on the side of the cooker wipes off real easy.

I tried this in my mini rice cooker. It turned out great! First I did run it out of water, but since it is a rice cooker it turned off once the water was gone (and without burning and sticking). I added more water and finished it up and it turned out very nicely. Thanks for the idea. Much better for me, as I make such a small amount it is hardly worth cooking on a pot in the stove.

Something people tend to forget is why our grandparents did things how they did. Using a wood spoon wasnt just cause that's what they had or were used to, it was a multipurpose use. They literally stop a pot from boiling over... Also, may be a wives tale but also told that the gas is released in spoon, IDK but I know it saves me a lot of clean up on my stove as I'm prone to accidents. Set it on top of my pot and a tilted lid and works every time and keeps in essential steam.

Put beans in the pot last night, drained and rinsed this morning and added the spices I wanted and cooked. Took about an hour and it didn’t shut off so I didn’t have to keep pushing cook. They are delicious. I did have to add more water but that was all I had to do. Love this idea. Going to make some cornbread to go with the beans next time. 👍🏻

I have a small 1 1/2 quart crock pot. I got it for $8 at walmart. I cook my beans with lots of liquid but then take out 1/4, mash them into a paste then put back in. It makes the best thick soupy beans. I like mine very soft and cooked with salt pork

Great idea, I will try this in mine! If you add a little oil to the water that should help with the foaming up.

You are an angel for compact cooking.

I’m very impressed! The beans look very soft and cooked through! I have IBS so I also need to be careful to soak and cook dried beans thoroughly. I’m about to buy a mini rice cooker to prepare hot meals whilst travelling for a few months. I cannot afford to buy takeaways or restaurant food every night and I really need at least one hot meal a day. I can only last a limited time on noodles and cup-a-soups 😂

Great video. Thank you for explaining everything fully. Glad I found your channel.

This is a good amount to use for one serving with a meal or to use as refried beans for 2-3 tacos. I make a lot of refried beans, cheese and chopped onions on tacos.

i agree with what you said, it's all about experimentation! subbed for the great content xx

Yes. Always succinct and clear step-by-step directions. I love this rice cooker. Use it often for cooking frz veggies, noodles, soups, etc. I always put a dab of butter so if it runs dry, they don’t stick. But since it turns to warm, it’s an easy way to not have to Watch every minute. Plus the wooden spoon trick is very effective on not boiling over. Perfect size for one or two servings. All your review demos ate amazing. Particularly when you started with power bank camp cooking. And why I watch your channel. I cook primarily with all Dash appliances as due to extremely low wattage, I can run several at once and not trip my circuit breakers. Thanks, so much help It’s a great extra cooker to have. Now I want split pea soup!

Wow! Those are large pinto beans. They look good. I couldn’t find the Dash rice cooker so I bought Aroma and , I believe, it’s 6 c. Cooked and Dash is only 4 c. Cooked. This helps a lot so I know not to fill too full. 👍 Blessings from Florida 🌴🐢🌺🐊🐠🪸🌊⚡️🌀🚀😎

I'm so excited to come across your channel. I'm to have fun trying to watch all your videos. I'm new at the mini appliances and I want to learn everything I can about them. Thank you so much for this fun channel 🙂

❤just found you, great tips. Thank you for sharing. Blessings.

Love that these have such low wattage that you can cook so many things in them with using just a solar power station and solar power. In an emergency situation if you didn’t have electricity or fuel to cook with a lot can be done with these dash mini appliances. Love your videos they answer a lot of questions about what can be done with these. Thanks for sharing 😀

I add various seasonings to my beans while they are cooking but not salt because the salt will prevent them from getting soft. After they are done, I add salt but don't drain them. I let them sit in the salty water, preferably overnight (or longer) in the frig. This allows the beans to absorb the salt. Then I scoop out what I need or drain the whole batch in a strainer. If I'm mashing the beans, I use some of the liquid for that. I haven't tried cooking beans in the Mini Rice Cooker. Just researching appliances that would allow me to make very small batches for one person. Someone on Amazon used two big binder clips to hold the lid tight, with a round cake pan underneath just in case. She said this worked to prevent boil-over.

I just found your channel thinking I could do mong beans, success. My next go will be a soaked bean. So much easier than stove top and I already have a smaller rice cooker for grains. Thank you so much!

Thank you for sharing!

I luv this idea! Thanks for sharing.

Smart! Looks yummy!!

dude~yeaah~ excellent recording, 👌

Love your recipes

I’ve not tried beans yet. I want to try for sure now as I love beans soups.

If you put the lid on at an angle so the pressure is reduced the boil will slow down and the steam will collect on the cooler lid and roll back into the pot as water.

Nice video.

I think a crock pot is better suited to cook beans. A small crock pot runs about 10 bucks at Walmart or target and probably should be part of any counter cooking arsenal. I have ribs in my small crock pot right now and they smell fantastic. 😋

Cool, thanks for all your experiments with mini appliances. Perhaps using your camp in the rice cooker would work better for you. You could do a larger volume & therefore the tendency to boil over will be lessened.

I have an mini multi cooker from kanbrook main power 240 volts and uses 210 watts, ideal for an single meal. I will soon do an vlog on all the products that i cook with. Gerard.

I usually make beans in the Instant Pot but I am going to try my rice cooker now. Wonder what would happen if u used the Stanley pot in the rice cooker to make the beans?

Hi.If you have a splatter screen like they use on frying pans that could possible help.

Place a wooden skewer under the lid, almost to the edge, carefully replace lid and the water will last a lot longer and beans will cook faster,,,,,

I use my mini cooker for rice and steam vegetables only. My beans I put in a small pressure cooker, no need to soak overnight.

Delicioso 😋 Gracias

I have dehydrated refried beans, you don’t have to soak them, straight to the cooker same amount of beans as water and they’re delicious, they’re freeze dried and not very expensive, that’s if you want to speed the process.

Try putting a mini wooden spoon in it to help stop the over boiling

If you are on a budget the 1 pound bags of dry beans at Walmart is 1.00.

Very wise NOT adding Salt to your Pintos before or during cooking.... Reason being is a little bit of Science .....Salt added too early in the cooking process CAN & Usually DOES Result in the Pintos doing what's usually termed as TIGHTEN UP , which is terminology for the Pinto resisting SOFTENING up during cooking process & either the pintos won't or Don't soften much or even at all during Normal cooking time if Salt is added too Early in the process ...Salt should only be introduced AFTER the Pintos have Started to Soften up , Also those who like to add Chunk Bacon , Pork Belly , or Smoked Pig Knuckles should NOT Add Them until LATE in the cooking process when the pintos are starting to soften or " open up " & start to make gravy as it were so the pork flavor will actually soak Into the Pintos , Coz Pork is Loaded with Salt & will cause an undesired tightening up preventing what you are trying to do ... So By all means after the Beans start to " Break " add Salt or Pork products by all means .... CASE IN POINT ....YEARS ( DECADES ) BACK , when I was young , my mother had carefully washed , warmed , rinsed Several times a BIG POT of PINTOS ..... & had let them sit overnight soaking before her final rinse & putting them On To Cook .....She had just brought them to a Slow Boil when a visiting relative eased into the kitchen to snoop around , sampled her freshly started freshly heated No Seasonings added YET PINTO BEANS , & YES , after her sampling them She Vigorously added a liberal amount of Salt without asking saying " it was Tasteless & was BEGGING for SALT ....NEEDLESS to say Mom , who was a Church Lady Almost Lost Her Religion that day over that pot of Pintos & went off on that AUNT about how she just RUINED a HUGE Pot of Her Pintos , & How didn't my AUNT Ever wonder WHY her pintos were ALWAYS so Hard , & then had to cook them for soooo many hour to get them to finally soften up ????? She told her its coz you add Salt Way Too Early you KNOTHEAD .... And I Must say , I tried some when they should've been ready at dinnertime but they were tasteless Hard as a Rock beans you did NOT want to even try to eat yet ......After many hours of simmering , then adding some pig smoked Neckbone & a little more simmering we finally ate them the next day .....They weren't as good as they usually were but they were edible finally ... By the way , my Mother ( not so quietly or calmly ) informed that Sister - in - law of hers ( my Aunt )if she ever took her No Cooking Behind in Mom's kitchen ever again & adjusted ANYTHING Mom would go aboard her head with her # 12 Iron Frying Pan , & She completely meant it ...lol TRUE STORY ...My Dad was sooooo mad over her messing his Pinto Dinner up He Didn't speak to her for awhile , you see , with him Pintos are Equal to Steak , guess you could say he really loved Pinto Peans ...I've seen him , with frozen steaks in freezer rather have 3 to 4 bowls of Pintos with fresh cut onions , tomatoes & cornbread & make that his whole dinner & preferred it ........ So YEAH , ADD NO SALT before pintos start to soften up....👍👍👍😁😁🤗🤗👋👋

I wonder if this would work on my cheap KORO rice cooker. It only work for 20 minutes before it shut down

I hope you soaked them in the refrigerator over night. It's okay to soak for an hour or so, but not overnight on the counter top. The reason is that beans are a protein and proteins grow foodborn bacteria. And cooking while kill the bacteria, but the metabolic byproducts of bacteria are also not good for you.

Does the rice cooker go until you unplug it or do you have to keep restarting it? This is such a good idea for a single person.

How do you keep rice cooker from shutting off mine always goes to warm in 30 min

I do not like my cooker for the reason the water spews out!

The mini rice cooker is not designed to cook beans, as you may have noticed that when cooking rice your water evaporates as it cooks.

Thanks for your cooking show can you give me the total hour you cook

If you soak over night…soak in the fridge. Beans spoil overnight. We don’t want bubble guts.

Is it mandatory to soak the beans overnight? 🤔 🤷🏻‍♂️

Don't think it is worth the time with dried beans, maybe brown some sausage in the cooker then add can of Ranch Style Beans + Hot salsa to heat up, could probably have that meal ready in 20 minutes.