52 spicy bean recipes

Quick Caribbean-inspired chicken with curry, lime, green beans, and coconut simmered with noodles in one pot. Uses leftover cooked chicken for a 25-minute weeknight meal.

Vegetarian chili with kidney beans, raisins, cashews, beer, and Swiss cheese. Spiced with cumin, allspice, and Tabasco, simmered two hours for deep, complex flavor.

If you love that sweet and sour taste, you will adore this succulent stew made with garbanzo beans and sweet potatoes.

A spicy vegetable stew - easy to make. Some find that the flavors of the vegetables don't stand out unless you put in a lot of tabasco. But not everyone likes it hot. Just add enough to make the stew seem spicy to you.

Bob's hot chili: ground beef simmered low and slow with whole tomatoes, tomato paste, red beans, chili sauce, and a kick of cayenne. The classic two-hour chili with serious heat.

Spiced apple bran muffins with shredded apple, walnuts, bran flakes, brown sugar, cloves, and nutmeg. Baked in 20 minutes for a hearty breakfast.

Serve this as a condiment at your next Mexican cookout, with fajitas, pinto beans, cornbread, and coleslaw.

This Christmas pudding has plenty of delicious fruit and nuts, but it's really simple to make - just plan ahead and then make the warm vanilla-bean custard on the day.

Wok-Seared Mahi Mahi with Stir-Fried Vegetables recipe

Serve with vanilla icecream or a dollop of best available double cream

Sweet and sour turkey meatballs: lean turkey meatballs spiced with Chinese five-spice, simmered in a homemade sweet-and-sour sauce with pineapple, peppers, carrots and bean sprouts. A lighter take on the takeaway favorite.

Tasmanian Salmon drizzled with a dressing made with Alpine Pepper and soy sauce.

Soy-marinated chicken wok-seared with hot bean paste, ginger, garlic, and five spice, then served over steamed bok choy. An authentic Szechuan stir-fry with fiery, aromatic flavor.

Vegetarian mu shu tofu with shiitake mushrooms, napa cabbage, bean sprouts, five spice, and plum sauce, rolled in whole wheat chapatis. A plant-based spin on mu shu pork.

An easy and tasty side dish - spicy beans and rice.

Carrots caramelize in hot oil until golden at the edges, then get tossed with tangy rice vinegar and savory black bean sauce for a quick Asian-inspired side dish with a spicy kick.