Many bean lovers want to know how to make a healthier, lower-sodium version of the popular, canned ranch-style beans that you buy at the grocery store.
The Original, Canned Ranch Style Beans
Here's what foodlocker.com says about Great Western Foods' Ranch-Style Beans brand:
"When a can is flung open, out pours the flavor."
The Ranch Style brand has its roots deep in the heart of
The product proved to be an immediate success. Lloyd W. McKee, one of the past presidents, is the man credited with the creation of the authentic, western-style recipe which captures the flavors of the Old West. It took three years of intensive research to develop the well-known Ranch Style Beans.
Ranch Style Beans have a delicious, authentic western flavor, and their versatility has endeared them to generations of bean lovers, including the rich and famous. Elizabeth Taylor, Humphrey Bogart, and Grace Kelly have ordered them. According to local lore, Ranch Style Beans were served at President Johnson's ranch on many occasions.
There are a number of recipes for ranch-style beans, but they all use canned beans and canned tomatoes and such, all of which usually have too much salt. However, we can use dry beans and soak them overnight and then cook them to end up with the equivalent of canned beans, only without the salt. It's more work, but it's cheaper and healthier.
You can figure all this out from the information here, but the standard can of beans is about 16 ounces of beans, or 1 pound. It also usually fills about two cups. To get two cups of cooked beans, start with two-thirds of a cup of dry beans. You can also buy low-sodium canned tomatoes, though you might have to look around a bit to find them.
So, if you really need to convert these to low-sodium versions, it can be done. If not, however, you can really make some delicious pots of beans with these recipes.
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