3,804 bean recipes

A quick Chinese-style vegetable stir-fry with bean sprouts, ginger, garlic, and red pepper in a glossy soy-sherry sauce. Ready in 20 minutes as a vibrant side or light main.

White chicken chili slow-cooked with cannellini beans, green chili peppers, and lime juice. Seared chicken simmers all day in the crockpot and gets topped with sharp cheddar.

Vegetarian chili with dried pinto beans, TVP, meatless meat crumbles, jalapenos, and cocoa powder for depth. A hearty, plant-based big-batch chili with serious spice and body.

A hearty sausage stew built on browned veal and Italian sausage, slow-simmered with potatoes, stewed tomatoes, peppers, green beans, herbs, and three melting cheeses.

Espresso hazelnut cheesecake with a butter cookie cinnamon crust, water bath baked filling with roasted hazelnuts, and piped whipped cream with espresso beans.

Mexican-style bow ties: hearty pasta salad with seasoned ground beef, kidney beans, corn, tomatoes, cheddar, and a zippy yogurt-salsa dressing, topped with crushed tortilla chips. Warm or cold crowd-pleaser.

Herbed beef and vegetable stew braises chunks of beef in tomato, white wine, and Italian herbs, then finishes with carrots, mushrooms, green beans, and celery. A classic Sunday Dutch oven dinner.

Mexican tortilla stack layered with seasoned pork tenderloin, kidney beans, corn, and melted cheddar between crispy fried tortillas. A bold cumin-and-chili filling meets a cool cilantro sour cream for one hearty pan dinner.

Individual Thai-style pizzas with peanut sauce, Monterey Jack, bean sprouts, shrimp, and green onion on Italian bread shells. A Thai-Italian fusion appetizer in 30 minutes.

Vegetable tamale pie with pinto beans, peppers, tomatoes, and melted cheddar under a yogurt-cornmeal biscuit topping. A vegetarian Tex-Mex casserole that swaps cornbread for a lighter tamale crown.

Sesame crab hash cakes: crab and red potato bound with egg, brightened with lime and cilantro, broiled golden, served over black bean sauce. A lighter, Asian-leaning take on the crab cake.

Steamed stuffed bitter melon with seasoned pork, water chestnuts, and ginger, finished with a garlicky fermented black bean sauce. A classic Cantonese home-style dish.

Chinese-style lemon chicken: crispy cornstarch-fried chicken sliced over crisp stir-fried vegetables and drenched in a glossy sweet-tart lemon sauce. The takeout favorite, made fresh at home.

A hearty Bulgarian stew of lentils and navy beans simmered with sweet red peppers, paprika, and herbs in a rich broth deepened with prune juice and tomato paste. Vegan-friendly and high in fiber.

Indonesian vegetable salad tossed in creamy peanut dressing with garlic, rice vinegar, and chili flakes. Crunchy tofu, bean sprouts, and broccoli make a bright gado-gado style make-ahead bowl.

Mandarin hot and sour soup with shredded pork, tofu, wood ears, bamboo shoots, and silky egg ribbons in a tangy chili-vinegar broth. Restaurant-quality Chinese classic.