Soaked I'm cheap af.

This is the recipe I use: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbXC...

soaking is the superior method. i don't think that the canned bean factories soak their beans long enough. there's just something wrong with the flavor of canned beans. but a proper 8-12 hour soak (you can do longer if you salt the water) is the best.

It's fine in a pinch but if I'm making hummus I have to boil them anyways to break them down

pressure cookers will cut your boiling time way down btw

I need to try that because I love my instant pot but I'm also a coward in straying from this recipe lol

Why would you even want to? Middle East did an updated recipe, it's exactly the same but with olive oil and more tahini. You can mess with the ratios but the technique itself cannot be improved on

I mean I would want to to save time lol.