1. Dump your black beans into this sieve and clean them thoroughly in clean water or high alkaline water, whichever you prefer. Ensure that there is no more debris or stones in your beans.
2. Take out your crockpot, put your clean beans in there and submerge with water. For one cup of beans, you add five cups of water, for two cups of beans you add two cups of water, and so on. Don’t worry about the beans being too bloated, they’ll need the water.
3. You can soak the beans overnight for about 8 hours, or you can soak them for 24 hours. It doesn’t matter, just do what’s convenient for you.
4. When you’re done soaking the beans, you’ll notice that they will be very clean and double in size. They might also have a white foamy substance at the top, don’t worry about that; it’s completely normal.
5. Rinse the beans again in clean water with a sieve, just to get rid of the lingering dirt in it.
6. Take the beans back to the crockpot and don’t the portion of the water according to the size of the beans. That is if you’re cooking two cups of beans, pour in 4 cups of water, and so on.
7. Cook on low for 6 to 8 hours.
8. After that time has passed, check the beans to see if they’ve softened a little. They will be firm but break easily too. Add your seasonings to the beans and cook for 30 minutes.
9. When you’re sure the beans are ready, turn off your crockpot and remove it from its cooking device or the crockpot will continue to warm because of the heat, and it will overcook your food.
10. Your delicious black beans are ready to be eaten. You’ll find the flavor incredibly good. You can eat the black beans plain, or you can add them as a side dish to another recipe.

This recipe for black beans is amazing in several ways, because other than it being so nutritious and tasty, you can forget it in the crockpot and not worry about it overcooking or burning, while you go to other errands in the house. Just ensure you don’t forget it for too long!

If you’re interested in more ways to cook black beans using a crockpot, feel free to watch this video recipe.