My beans have been soaked for almost 48 hours but I don’t want to cook them for a long amount of time. Can I microwave them for like 4-5 minutes or is that not enough?
no, you have to simmer them for an hour or get a pressure cooker to cut that in half
https://food.unl.edu/article/how-cook-dry-beans-scratch
also 12 hours is already plenty time for them to soak, there‘s not really a point in letting them sit for 48 hours