Are there any types of dried beans/pulses that don't need soaking before cooking?

[WantAnOrange]

That's it really! I'm preparing a load of freezer bag meals to chuck in the slow cooker on days I'm at college and trying to keep it as simple as possible. Would like to do sausage and bean casserole and prefer dried beans too tinned as so much cheaper.

I have a table in an old cookery book. The following do not need to be soaked overnight:

Barley (pearl and pot)
Buckwheat
Brown, green and red lentils
Millet
Mung beans
Green and yellow split peas

All other pulses and lentils do need to be soaked and should be boiled as well. The easiest thing to do is prepare your beans/lentils through the first two stages (soak & boil) then freeze. Then you can chuck them in the slow cooker from frozen along with all the other ingredients. It's much cheaper than using tinned beans too.

Thankyou, that's really helpful!

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Red lentils do not need soaking.

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Aduki beans don't need soaking