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Dry Beans To Cooked Beans To Canned Beans

I love beans but don't love soaking beans overnight and then cooking them for hours in the middle of the week to make one of my favorite bean dishes. So I put together this collection of bean conversions to help you make beans for your favorite recipes.

Yes, I know there advantages to cooking beans from scratch including nutrition, flavor and cost but there are nights I want to just open a can or two of beans to make a bean stew or Tuscan beans.

Problem: I never know the correct conversion of dry beans to cooked beans to canned beans and that is why I did a little research and am posting what I found here for you to use. These conversions are approximations and depend on the type of bean, the size and shape of the bean.

Canned Beans to Cooked Beans Conversions

• 14 -16 oz can = 1.5 cups cooked beans
• 19 oz can = 2¼ cups cooked beans
• 28 oz can = 3 - 3¼ cups cooked beans

Dry Bean Yields After Cooking Conversions

• 1 pound dry beans = 6 to 7 cups cooked beans, drained
• 1 pound dry beans = about 2 cups dry beans
• 1 cup dry beans (most kinds) = 3 cups cooked beans
• ⅔ cup dry beans (most kinds) = 2 cups cooked beans
• ½ cup dry beans (most kinds) = 1½ cups cooked beans
• ⅓cup dry beans = 1 cup cooked beans

Chick peas, great northern beans, and lima beans: 1 cup dry beans = 3 cups cooked beans

Lentils: 1 cup dried lentils = 3 cups cooked

How About Bean Conversions in Grams?

• 1 cup cooked black kidney beans = 60 grams = 2.2 ounces
• 1 cup cooked green beans chopped = 180 grams = 6.3 ounces
• 1 cup cooked Lima beans = 75 grams = 2.6 ounces
• 1 cup raw red kidney beans = 185 grams = 6.5 ounces
• 1 cup cooked soybeans = 75 grams = 2.6 ounces

Some of My Favorite Bean Recipes

Rice and Beans Recipe

Simple Bean Salad Recipe

Braised Beans and Spinach with Pecorin Romano Cheese Recipe

Southern California Style Chicken with Rice and Beans Recipe

Other Important Ingredient Conversions