Dry pot and hot pot sound similar and feature many of the same ingredients, but they should not be mistaken for the same dish ...

Step 1. Soak, Soak, Soak (You'll Be Happy About It) Hearing that you need to soak your beans the night before you cook them is discouraging. We get it.

Put the soaked beans in a pot with about 3 cups of water for every 1 cup of dried beans you started with. Bring the beans to a boil. Turn the heat down to low and simmer until tender.

“If you want the best-flavored beans, don’t soak them overnight, but start cooking in hot water,” she says in “The Cuisines of Mexico” (Harper & Row: 1972).

In fact, the easiest way to prepare dried beans is with an Instant Pot or other brand of multicooker. And no, you don’t have to presoak them if you don’t want to (or if you just forget).

Push mixture to 1 side of pot, and add chile bean sauce to empty side. Cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Stir in sake, incorporating garlic, ginger, and white scallion ...

New signs for Boiling Pot hot pot and Asian restaurant appear at 5070 Lindale Drive NE in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Jan. 3, ... and soy-based options like tofu and dried bean curd. ...