How to Soak Dried Beans - as part of the expert series by GeoBeats. Hi, I am Madea Allen from Organic Soul Chef and what I want to do is show you the best way to soak dry beans. So we all know that starting with dry beans is the best way to have perfect beans in soups and salads or whatever you want to do with the beans. So I like to get my beans from the bulk bin and usually there is other things in the bulk bin like pebbles and dirt. So the first step is to always pick through your beans to make sure there is no pebbles, no dirt, no whatever else that you do not want to eat. So, you are just going to pour the beans into a bowl and if you have sifted through pretty nicely, it is just the beans here. Then once you, make sure you just have beans in your bowl then what you simply want to do is to cover your beans in water and the best thing is on Monday, if you want bean soup on Sunday night soak your beans. You just want to pour enough water to cover the beans and then soaking is going to make the beans cook faster, tenderize them, make them more digestible and cook much quicker. So, that is the best way to soak dry beans.