3,725 bean recipes

When I have abundant seasonal vegetables, I love making this vegetable casserole, and most of the time I just enjoy it with a loaf of good bread. That is all you need for a good meal.

Pasta e fagioli (pasta fazool) with red kidney beans, crushed tomatoes, and vegetables simmered into a thick, hearty Italian soup. Vegetarian comfort food made from dried beans.

Stir-fried vegetables with brown rice, mushrooms, bean sprouts, and garlic. A quick vegan side dish that comes together in 25 minutes with pantry staples.

Vegan mock chopped liver blended from cooked lentils, green beans, walnuts, peanuts, peanut butter and caramelised onions. A savoury plant-based spread for sandwiches or crackers that mimics the texture and richness of the classic.

Seven-ingredient vegetarian chili built on a can of refried beans, tomato sauce, and basic pantry spices. Comes together in 20 minutes flat. The college-dorm chili that scales to a real weeknight bowl.

Pigeon Forge pintos, a Tennessee-style baked bean with pinto beans, salt pork, molasses, brown sugar, and dry mustard slow-baked for 6 to 8 hours. Smoky Mountain comfort in a bean pot.

Sizzling rice soup, the Chinese restaurant showpiece: savory broth with ham, tofu and mushrooms, finished with crisp fried rice crust that crackles the moment it hits the bowl.

Chickpeas and elbow macaroni sauteed with garlic, basil, and parsley in olive oil. This classic southern Italian vegetarian pasta is humble, filling, and ridiculously satisfying.

Greek vegetable stew baked in layers with eggplant, zucchini, okra, green beans, and fresh tomatoes. A hearty one-pot vegetarian main seasoned with garlic and basil.

Fried Beancurd with Sweet Nut Sauce (Tao Hou Tod) recipe

Light, healthy chickpea and spinach soup with Moroccan harissa spice over rice or couscous. Quick vegetarian dinner ready in 30 minutes with bold flavor.

Lean 7-ingredient chili con carne with cooked ground beef, beans, tomato sauce, and chili powder simmered for 30 minutes. A fast, freezer-friendly weeknight dinner.

Vegetarian pasta with cannellini beans, canned tomatoes, garlic, and oregano in a quick simmered sauce. A hearty one-skillet dinner with pantry staples.

A dead-simple 5-ingredient chili with ground beef, kidney beans, tomato sauce, tomato paste, and taco sauce. No extra spices needed. Just simmer and serve.

Polo havidge loobia is a Persian layered rice pilau with sweet carrots, kidney beans, cinnamon, and a crisp potato tahdig crust. Aromatic, vegetarian, and deeply comforting.

Mexican frijoles from scratch: dried pinto beans soaked, then slow-simmered with smoky salt pork or ham hock, onion, garlic, chili powder and cumin until thick and creamy. The classic pot of beans.