Cooking Times: The Complete List For Cooking Legumes And Vegetables

Controlling cooking times is not an easy task. Cooking legumes, steamed or sautéed vegetables can be much easier if we know the times to make them perfect.

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Cooking times to boil

You can boil almost all greens and vegetables and make them look great. The hardest ones, such as potatoes or sweet potatoes, require this prolonged cooking or similar to be well done and tender before sautéing them or making them in other types of dishes.

• Snow peas : 2-3 minutes
• Peppers : 4-6 minutes
• Fine green beans : 4-6 minutes
• Broccoli : 5-7 minutes
• Cabbage cabbage : 5-10 minutes
• Green asparagus : 6-8 minutes
• Flat green beans : 6-8 minutes
• Eggplant : 6-8 minutes
• Zucchini : 8-10 minutes
• Okra : 8-10 minutes
• Pumpkin (chopped): 10-12 minutes
• Cauliflower : 10-12 minutes
• Brussels sprouts : 10-12 minutes
• Carrots : 10-12 minutes
• Turnips : 10-15 minutes
• Fennel : 12-15 minutes
• Whole onion : 15-20 minutes
• Turnip : 15-20 minutes
• Beetroot : 20-30 minutes
• Small potatoes : 20-25 minutes
• Artichokes : 25-30 minutes
• Medium potatoes : 30-35 minutes
• Whole large potatoes : 40-45 minutes

Cooking times for steamed vegetables

It is one of the easiest and fastest ways to cook vegetables. No special skills or techniques are required, just a steamer. The good thing is that the vegetables are more whole than boiled, and also you do not run the risk of burning.

The key is to cut the vegetables into pieces of similar size and put all the ones that will fit in the steamer without stacking (except whole potatoes, for example, if they are new or very small potatoes there is no problem).

• Fine green beans : 4-6 minutes
• Spinach : 4-5 minutes
• Swiss chard : 4-5 minutes
• Green asparagus : 5-6 minutes
• Cauliflower : 5-7 minutes
• Broccoli : 5-7 minutes
• Bok choy : 5-7 minutes
• Kale : 8-10 minutes
• Brussels sprouts : 8-10 minutes
• Carrots (in pieces): 8-10 minutes
• Potatoes (chunky or small): 12-16 minutes
• Pumpkin (chunks): 12-15 minutes
• Artichokes : 25 minutes

Cooking times for baked vegetables

It is very easy to roast any vegetable in the oven, also very convenient, since you can put them in, set the time and forget about it, you do not have to constantly monitor it or stir it.

Although in general you can roast anything, there are vegetables that are better in the oven than others, which simply wilt or remain hard and dry.

The best way to roast vegetables is to lightly sprinkle them with oil, to promote toasting, and with salt, to improve dehydration and cook them earlier.

It is also better to use high temperatures (200ºC) because that way they will brown well, they will not just be tender.
The baking times in the oven vary according to the sizes of the vegetables or the pieces that
we put. For whole vegetables such as peppers, zucchini, onions, etc., it is better to put everything together at 200ºC for about 45 minutes.

• Zucchini into chunks: 10-20 minutes
• Green asparagus : 10-20 minutes
• Snow peas : 15-20 minutes
• Fine green beans : 15-20 minutes
• Broccoli : 15-20 minutes
• Bimi : 15-18 minutes
• Kale : 18-20 minutes
• Celery : 18-20 minutes
• Flat green beans : 20-25 minutes
• Leeks (halved): 20-25 minutes
• Tomatoes : 20-25 minutes
• Peppers (coarsely chunked): 20-25 minutes)
• Cauliflower in florets : 20-30 minutes
• Pumpkin into pieces : 20-30 minutes
• Brussels sprouts: 20-30 minutes
• Artichokes : 30-35 minutes
• Carrots (whole): 35-45 minutes
• Parsnips (cut in half): 35-40 minutes
• Sweet potatoes : 40-45 minutes

Cooking times for sauteed vegetables

Sautéing or cooking in the pan with a little oil, stirring vigorously, is one of the fastest ways to make green leafy vegetables and some vegetables.

Chinese cabbage, bok choy, spinach, chard, kale, green asparagus, fine beans, snow peas, leeks, bimi, peppers or carrots are some of the vegetables that we can cut and sauté directly to prepare quick dishes.

If you want your veggies to be especially tender, blanch them before sautéing them. Vegetables and vegetables such as potatoes, sweet potatoes or squash require a previous cooking, so we are not going to consign them here (you have them in other cooking methods such as steamed or baked).

The times are indicative, it will depend on the size in which you cut each vegetable. Sautees are usually made over high heat in a high frying pan or in a wok.

• Zucchini : 3-5 minutes
• Carrot : 3-5 minutes
• Peppers : 3-5 minutes
• Snow peas : 3-5 minutes
• Chinese cabbage : 3-5 minutes
• Cabbage : 3-5 minutes
• Spinach : 3-5 minutes
• Onion : 3-5 minutes
• Chives : 3-5 minutes
• Bean sprouts : 3-5 minutes
• Leeks : 4-5 minutes
• Swiss chard : 4-5 minutes
• Okra : 5-7 minutes
• Kale : 5-7 minutes
• Bok choy : 5-7 minutes
• Broccoli : 5-7 minutes
• Fine green beans : 6-8 minutes
• Green asparagus : 8-10 minutes

Pressure cooker cooking times

• Eggplants: 2-3 minutes
• Green asparagus: 2-3 minutes
• Okra: 2-3 minutes
• Whole tomatoes: 2-3 minutes
• Broccoli: 2-4 minutes
• Flat green beans: 2-4 minutes
• Carrots: 2-4 minutes
• Cabbage: 2-4 minutes
• Cabbage: 2-4 minutes
• Endives: 2-4 minutes
• Kale: 2-4 minutes
• Turnips: 2-4 minutes
• Peas: 2-4 minutes
• Leek: 2-4 minutes
• Zucchini: 2-4 minutes
• Beetroot: 4-5 minutes
• Pumpkin: 4-5 minutes
• Sweet potato: 5-6 minutes
• Artichokes in halves: 5-6 minutes
• Small potatoes: 5-7 minutes
• Medium potatoes: 7-9 minutes
• Whole artichokes: 9-11 minutes

Cooking times for legumes

For legumes look at the instructions on the package, it may indicate different times than those I indicate here. The easiest thing is to do them in the pressure cooker and remember that they all need a few hours of soaking beforehand, between 8 or 12 hours.

• Peas: 2-4 minutes
• Adzuki beans: 10 minutes (with 8 hours of soaking)
• Loafers: 10 minutes
• Lentils: 10 minutes
• Peas (dried): 10-12 minutes
• Black beans: 10-12 minutes
• White beans: 12-15 minutes
• Garrofó: 12-15 minutes
• Beans: 15-16 minutes
• Chickpeas: 20 minutes (with 8 hours of soaking)
• Soy beans: 20-22 minutes