Italian Pressure-Cooker Chickpea and Pork Rib Stew
Tender chickpeas, fall-off-the-bone pork ribs, and perfect nubbins of potato come together in this hearty and delicious stew. A pressure cooker makes it fast.There are enough Italian bean stews out there to make you wonder when Italians find the time to eat so much pasta. Within this broad category of hearty Italian bean and legume […]
Santa Maria Style Pinquito Beans
Santa Maria pinquito beans are similar to your standard BBQ beans, but with a smoky-spicy profile — think TexMex flavors. Every recipe I’ve seen includes bacon, ham, tomatoes, and onions. After that, the choice of spices or other additions are up to you. I like to include fire-roasted poblano peppers in mine for little extra […]
Potaje de Garbanzo (Cuban Chickpea Stew)
This Potaje de Garbanzo is a hearty Cuban chickpea stew made with garbanzo beans (or chickpeas), chorizo, ham, veggies, and potatoes. Perfect for any day of the week or time of year! Serve with rice, sliced avocado, or some crusty bread. Your home will smell so delicious after making this stew!
Cuban Frijoles Colorados
When you grow up in a Cuban family, legumes, soups, and stews always make an appearance on the dinner table. Whether it was frijoles negros or Cuban chickpea stew, you know you were about to enjoy a hearty, comforting meal.Want to add another cozy recipe to your weekly rotation? Enter frijoles colorados! Frijoles Colorados […]
Brothy Beans with Roasted Tomatoes
When it comes to beans, people often feel like they need to be extra, paired with many ingredients, and fussed over—often feeling that beans have no flavor. However, when given just a bit of love (like in these brothy beans), the taste and texture of the beans are unmatched.
Mexican Stewed Beans with Salsa Fresca
In Mexico City, we learned to prepare traditional stewed beans, as well as a version enriched with pork. Sofrito—a sauté of aromatics cooked separately from the dish’s central ingredient(s)—is a key flavoring for the beans. Our sofrito consists of onion, garlic, tomatoes and jalapeños cooked down to concentrate their essences and is added only […]
Creamy Tomato White Bean Stew
The comforting flavors of this Creamy Tomato White Bean Stew make the perfect easy lunch or dinner. This plant-based recipe is packed with wholesome ingredients, like protein-packed white beans, cherry tomatoes, and nutrient-dense greens
Persian Barley-Lentil Soup with Spinach
This hearty vegetarian soup was inspired by a recipe in “Bottom of the Pot” by Naz Deravian, who explains that she created the dish by combining two classic Persian soups: lentil and barley. She uses dried limes common in Persian cuisine to infuse the broth with unique citrus notes. We opted for easier-to-find fresh […]
Garlic Shrimp and White Beans
Canned beans are your friend in this garlic shrimp recipe.
White Bean Soup with Rosemary and Parmesan
A sturdy soup that is a meal in itself, this is a popular dish in northern Italy, especially Tuscany, where the locals are nick-named mangiafagioli, or “bean eaters.” Feel free to substitute other dried beans such as chick-peas (garbanzo beans), white kidney beans or cannellini beans. If you like, garnish with croutons in addition to […]
Summer Minestrone with Pesto
In the hot summer, Italians often serve this satisfying soup chilled. Traditionally pesto is made with pine nuts, but they have been omitted in this recipe. Spoon the pesto directly on top of the soup, or pass a small bowl at the table for guests to help themselves.
Curried Chickpeas and Potatoes
This recipe is from our homies Robby and Cyrus’ new book Mastering Diabetes so ya know it’s healthy. If you’re not following any specific eating plan, feel free to add in some salt and oil but trust us, it’s comfort food at it’s finest either way.
Slow-Cooker Butter Beans With Pecorino and Pancetta
These luscious beans are inspired by pasta alla gricia, a classic Roman dish that is similar to pasta carbonara, but this recipe doesn’t require any egg yolks. The no-cream creaminess is created by vigorously stirring pecorino, sizzling pancetta, and its fat into the warm, brothy beans, all of which emulsify into a spoon-coating peppery sauce. […]
Frank de Carlo’s Black Chickpea Soup
The keys to this primitive yet celebratory Italian soup are the black chickpeas and the meaty bones. The soup — Umbrian in origin — contains animal products in three forms, and each one is used judiciously and beautifully. You start by browning meaty bones of veal or pork, in olive oil, of course. (Frank […]
Traditional French Cassoulet
Creamy, flavor-packed beans with meltingly tender nubs of pork belly and sausage and poultry that falls off the bone in moist shreds, all in a rich, sticky liquid that drinks like liquid pork. A meaty stew of poultry, sausage, pork, and beans, all under a rich, dark brown crust.This is the kind of fare […]
Roasted Leek and White Bean Soup
Friend of The Bean and Rancho Gordo pal, Arnab Chaladar, helps us out with Indian-inspired bean dishes (and good whisky recommendations on his My Annoying Opinions blog), but here he goes for something simple and classic, perfect for soup season.