Would this work for cooked beans to make them refried, blending 2 qts at a time or would it only work in small amounts? Thanks!
1769594
I have used my Smart Stick blender for split pea soup and the soup was rather thick. With refried beans, I would start with 2 cups just to try out and add more if those blended well.
1769595
Yes it would work if there is some liquid with the beans. The beauty of an immersion blender is that you can attack the entire amount right in the pan. Just move the blender around the pan.
1769596
I haven't used it for blending beans, but have found that for large amounts of food, a good ol' beater or blender works better. You may have success because the blade is very sharp; however, you have to be careful for overspray! Good luck!
1769597
I've only used it with the included mixing cup - about a pint - but it is powerful and chews up fruits, veggies, even mixed nuts. I would start with a smaller amount with some liquid in there.
1769598
I do it all the time... what it would depend on is how dry you want your beans to be and how well cooked (a can is well cooked) it is. If they are like a good Mexican restaurant, it will work very well. Try it by adding a little liquid at a time.
1867479
Yes, I have, and it works just fine. However, it makes a much smaller amount than you could make in a larger prep machine. I also made guacamole, using 2 avocados, and it worked okay, but the guacamole had some small lumps at the end, which was fine with me, because I like a less smooth texture for guacamole. By the way, a small can of garbanzo beans works well, or about a cup of fresh beans. Hope this helps.
162881
It has to be a really small batch, I use half a cup of steel cut oats and two cups of water, overnight on the porridge setting. Comes out perfect every time. I tried cooking it with almond milk, and had boil over even with a small batch, so I just stick with water and add in more of whatever I want after it is cooked. If you need more than a couple servings of Oatmeal at a time, a cooker bigger than this one might be better, I lucked out in that this is all I need for my small family.
1608247
You could use this for any of your recipes, seeing that it's misleading.... it's only got a 6 quart capacity! I just received mine, and measured it. Yep, only 6 quarts will fit in it.
766555
I have cooked 1 cup of rice as the smallest quantity. I normally use 1 to 1 with my liquid (usually chicken, beef, vegetable or mushroom stock). Give it a try at 3/4 but use 1 cup of your stock and watch it carefully the first time. I bet it works just fine. Good luck!
446426
Try adding some powder milk powder to the liquid milk, increases your yield. I use 1/4 cup per qt. but again it depends on the brand of powdered milk, I use bob's red mill.
1054909
The booklet comes with a list of different water amounts for each food, but if you didn't mind draining off any excess water at the end, I don't see why you couldn't. I haven't tried it yet myself, but I wouldn't think twice about giving it a go. I am assuming that you'll blend them all together - if you wanted to steam both apples and green beans for different dishes at the same time, that wouldn't really work.
1876893
Yes- just put in small amounts at a time, preferably cooked. If you put in too much, it is harder to make it super smooth. This will make it as fine as jarred baby food.
105830
It really depends on how many people you are cooking for. The 4 qt works for me because I don't have a large family to feed and it is lighter than the 6 quart. I don't have very much strength in my arms, so it works for me.
1660907
Short answer, yes. I generally use two tablespoons in mine and it works out fine. 30 gms is slightly over a tablespoon but I still think it will work. Worst case scenario, the top lid wouldn't be flush (sits high off base) once you start grinding until some of the beans are grinded. It's no biggie, I do it all the time. Hope this helps!
1074050
It depends on how much beans you put in the container. There is a setting from 1 to 10, with 1 being for less beans and 10 for when it's full. It's really simple to use you'll figure it out.
653869
Definitely yes. I do it this way all the time. I just double my recipe and put part of it in the jars and the rest in the container. It works fine each time I've done it. I think you'll be happy with the results.
735327
I bought this with a 35qt pot, but have a smaller 8qt pot too. It has trouble bringing the 35qt pot to a full boil if it is full, so it hasnt been great with qt jars. I have used it with pint jars and the 35qt pot and that seems to work well(shorter jars require less overall liquid). When using it with my 8qt pot it works fine for canning, but it is to short a pot for qt jars.
1806445
I would expect it would but I've never made baby food. I've used it to puree garbonzo beans (chickpeas) to make hummus and cooked chicken livers to puree for pate. There are two speeds and a pulse mode that should make short work of just about anything you can throw at it.
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I have used it to puree a tiny amount of thoroughly cooked chicken breast for my cat!! I suppose it would work well to make baby food, also. The key to using this cuisinart well is: don't "overload" it. You need to put only a tiny amount in at a time per the instructions. I really enjoy my cuisinart Mini Mate. I actually own two of them, one of which I use for grinding coffee beans and the second for "food."
333099
Hi,Haven't tried - just use it for rice. I make mostly brown rice and the instructions don't allow sufficient cook time so I cook mine longer - fyi. Give beans a try!!
1364076
Yes, it works fine. I use it quite often on partially frozen roast beef to cube it for stews.