This is probably too late for the person with sprouted beans, but there is
nothing wrong with making chili or soup with sprouted beans. After all, we
eat sprouted mung beans, right? I have had soaking beans sprout in the
refrigerator (makes you respect the tenacity of plants, doesn't it?) when
my schedule threw my plans off. If anything, the resulting chili was less
gassy and more digestible. It wasn't as pretty, though, so I don't do it
intentionally.
So use the sprouted beans as long as they were refrigerated, I'd worry if
they were at room temperature. Maybe you would just be on the way to
pseudo tempe, though!
Anne Cox
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