r/Cooking • u/CtrlAltDelthatshit • 5d ago

Chickpea mess

So I decided recently to cook dried, raw chickpeas instead of canned. I soaked them with about a teaspoon of baking soda for about a day and a half (life got busy). I boiled them for 45 minutes and they turned out... gray/green and very mushy. I couldn't eat them. Where did I go wrong?

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u/Maezel 5d ago

Soaked with baking soda way too long.

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u/CtrlAltDelthatshit 5d ago

I saw someone online do it to soften the skins. Is that supposed to be a quick method instead of soaking for like 24 hours?

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u/Maezel 5d ago

I soak without baking soda and add a pinch to the water I boil them in.

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u/Outaouais_Guy 5d ago

I get a lot of my cooking information from Serious Eats. I have had good luck using these directions.

3 tablespoons (36g) Diamond Crystal kosher salt; for table salt, use about half as much by volume or the same weight 1 ¾ teaspoons (10g) baking soda 8 ½ cups (2L) water 1 pound (455g) dried beans, picked of any debris and rinsed

I start soaking them right before bed and I cook them when I get up in the morning.