Preserve Beans and Rice

[Beverly Paladinetti]

Can anyone tell me the best way to preserve beans and rice? Cooked or uncooked? Freeze dried, canned, frozen, etc.?

[Atypical Sapien]

I keep some dried beans and rice ( Instant and regular) separately in 2 quart canning jars that are vacuum sealed and have oxygen absorbers in them. I also put larger quantities into mylar bags with absorbers. Mylar bags then go into buckets. When the jars are empty, I refill from the buckets.

Beans will get harder over time but I have found that soaking or cooking them in an instapot takes care of the toughness.

I don’t do freeze dried but would use it if I did a large meal of beans and rice  and had leftovers.

I have made soups with beans and rice, and put it in the  dehydrator on the fruit tray. After they dry out to a scab like consistency, I blend in a food processor. These powdered soups are vacuum sealed individually and go in my stash. Sausages, such as Kielbasa and Summer do not dehydrate well.

[Crow Bar]

What resources do you have?

Matt in OK has been freeze drying things.

A number of people here can.

Maybe some one will chime in.

[Matt In Oklahoma]

One of my team has a freeze dryer. We have been doing leftovers such as chicken n rice meals etc.

We aren’t cooking any beans n rice just to do in the freeze dryer as you don’t really gain anything by it

My bulk raw beans n rice are Mylar with O2 absorbers in buckets dated and labeled with sharpie.

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