Cooking Times for Bulk Items
Grain (1 cup dry) | Water | Cook Time |
Amaranth | 2 cups | 25 minutes |
Barley (hulled) | 3 cups | 30 minutes |
Barley (pearled) | 3 cups | 45 minutes |
Buckwheat | 2 cups | 20 minutes |
Bulghur Wheat | 2 cups | 15-20 minutes |
Corn Grits | 4 cups | 20 minutes |
Cornmeal (Polenta) | 4 cups | 25 minutes |
Couscous | 1 1/2 cups | 5 minutes |
Farro | 5 cups | 45 minutes |
Millet | 2 1/2 cups | 30 minutes |
Oat Groats | 3 cups | 40 minutes |
Quinoa | 2 cups | 15 minutes |
Rolled Oats | 2 cups | 10 minutes |
Rye Berries | 4 cups | 1 1/2 hours |
Spelt Berries | 5 cups | 1 hour |
Wheat Berries | 3 cups | 2 hours |
Brown Rice | 2 cups | 1 hour |
White Rice | 1 1/2 cups | 30 minutes |
Wild Rice | 3 cups | 1+ hour |
*Please note, some of the items below should be soaked prior to cooking.
Beans (1 cup dry) | Water | Cooking Time |
Adzuki Beans | 4 cups | 1 hour |
Anasazi Beans | 4 cups | 1 1/2 hours |
Black Beans | 4 cups | 1 1/2 hours |
Black-Eyed Peas | 3 cups | 1 hour |
Cannellini Beans | 4 cups | 1 1/2 hours |
Cranberry Beans | 4 cups | 1 1/2 hours |
Fava Beans | 4 cups | 1 1/2 hours |
Flagolet Beans | 4 cups | 1 1/2 hours |
French Indigo Lentils | 3 cups | 45 minutes |
Garbanzo Beans (Chickpeas) | 4 cups | 3 hours |
Great Northern Beans | 3 1/2 cups | 2 hours |
Jacob's Cattle Beans | 4 cups | 1 hour |
Kidney Beans | 3 cups | 1 1/2 hours |
King of the Early Beans | 4 cups | 1 1/2 hours |
Lentils and Split Peas | 3 cups | 45 minutes |
Limas | 2 cups | 1 1/2 hours |
Mung Beans | 4 cups | 1 hour |
Navy Beans | 3 cups | 2 1/2 hours |
Pinto Beans | 3 cups | 2 1/2 hours |
Red Chili Beans | 3 cups | 3 hours |
Scarlet Runner Beans | 4 cups | 1 1/2 hours |
Soldier Beans | 4 cups | 1 1/2 hours |
Soybeans | 4 cups | 3+ hours |
Yellow-Eyed Beans | 4 cups | 1 1/2 hours |