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Guide · Pantry

Dry beans in the pot

A dry bean is a pantry item with a FoodData Central entry. Whether it belongs in the chili is a style argument, not a nutrient one.

USDA FoodData Central publishes composition for cooked pinto, kidney, and black beans. That is the cite for what a cup of beans is. It is not a rule for Texas red or Cincinnati.

How to use the number

If you cook beans in the pot, you are in Homestyle, Cincinnati, Springfield, or a home pot that wants them. CASI and ICS Traditional Red cups forbid beans. That lives on the beans debate. Soak and simmer times come from the bag or a published method, not from this page inventing a clock.

Pinto stays an oval mottled bean in a chef hat. Dry pinto beans in the pantry are the ingredient.

Sources

Factual cookery claims on this page follow these public guides. Open the live page, not a paraphrase.

  1. FoodData Central. USDA
  2. Chili con carne. Texas State Historical Association