Ready Hour Quick-Cook Red Beans #10 Can
Why It Belongs in Your Kit
- One simple ingredient with no artificial or bioengineered ingredients
- 33 servings with 3,960 calories and 264 grams of protein
- Quick 10 to 12-minute preparation with no presoaking
- Up to 30 years of shelf life when unopened
Versatile enough for camp meals, cabin cooking, and emergency food storage
Built for Camp Kitchens, Cabin Shelves, and Reliable Food Backup
Traditional dried beans are useful, but soaking them overnight and cooking them for hours is not always practical. Ready Hour Quick-Cook Red Beans give you the hearty flavor, satisfying texture, and protein of red beans with a much shorter 10 to 12-minute cooking time.
Use them in chili at the campsite, pair them with rice at the cabin, or add them to soups and one-pot meals when you need to feed more people. With 33 servings packed into one steel #10 can, they provide a flexible food supply without taking over your pantry, camper, or gear shelf.
Key Specs at a Glance
- Servings: 33 servings
- Calories: 3,960 total calories
- Serving Size: 1/4 cup dry (about 1/2 cup prepared)
- Calories Per Serving: 120
- Protein: 264 grams total and 8 grams per serving
- Ingredient: Red beans
- Net Weight: 2 pounds, 8.74 ounces (1.16 kilograms)
- Prepared Yield: Approximately 16 1/2 cups
- Cooking Time: 10 to 12 minutes
- Preparation: Bring water to a boil, add the beans, stir, reduce heat to medium, and simmer
- Preparation Amounts: Use 1/4 cup dry beans with 1/2 cup water for a 1/2-cup prepared serving; 1 cup dry beans with 2 cups water for 2 prepared cups; or the entire can with 16 1/2 cups water for 16 1/2 prepared cups
- Packaging: Sealed steel #10 can with oxygen absorber
- Shelf Life: Up to 30 years unopened and up to one year after opening
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Storage: Keep in a cool, dry location, ideally between 55°F and 70°F
- Bioengineered Ingredient: No
- Best Use: Camp kitchens, cabins, campers, base camps, off-grid properties, outages, emergency pantries, and long-term food storage
Make More of What You Already Packed
A well-rounded food supply needs flexible ingredients, not just complete meals. These red beans combine easily with rice, vegetables, seasonings, pasta, or smaller portions of meat, helping you turn whatever is available into something more filling.
The full can yields approximately 16 1/2 prepared cups, but you do not have to cook everything at once. Measure out a single serving, prepare enough for a family meal, or make a larger batch for a group without wasting the rest of your supply.
Disclaimers & Notes
Open the can and remove the oxygen absorber before preparation. After opening, transfer unused beans to an airtight container and use within one year.
*It's best to store this emergency food in a dry, cool location—a dark area, if possible—at temperatures between 55°F and 70°F. Actual shelf life may vary based on individual storage conditions.
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