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Fuckin love beans. Especially in a chili on a cold winter day. Hits the spot!

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

has anyone tried fried beans? maybe they're just as good and we're wasting time

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Think about all the lard you'd be missing with only once though.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Red beans and rice, cajun style. Also, borracho beans. Also, charro beans.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Borracho beans look good, gonna have to try that.

You should check out chifrijo.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Ful medames. When it's spiced well, it's kinda magic.

Also: in a burrito.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Around here we boof the beans.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Came here for this

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I leave that to the discretion of the reader.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

you sweet summer child

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Chili con carne

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I do what I call soupy Mexican beans, like not quite a soup, but pinto beans in broth with Mexican spices and fresh herbs over rice. I just made it up.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I do this too. Great comfort food, and quite healthy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I learned it as the "musical" fruit

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago
[–] anindefinitearticle 4 points 1 month ago

I soak them overnight, then in the morning I drain, mix with some bouillon and water, and cook in a pressure cooker for 20 min. Then I add those beans to my daily meals in various ways.

My standard/favorite is that I airfry a lot of veggies (mushrooms, peppers, broccoli, onion...), and I add these cooked beans to the basket with a few minutes left. I marinate the veggies in oil and spices and before they go in, and the beans are good at soaking up the leftovers stuck to the marination bowl while the veggies cook. Then I put the beans and veggies in pasta with cheese (pasta fagioli mac and cheese!), on toast with tomato and cheese (like a pizza!), baked into a casserole of some sort (often with pierogies!), with shredded potato in a frying pan (latkes!), or with rice in a tortilla (burrito!). Varying the bean type and accompanying veggies prevents stagnation.

Sometimes I end up with extra bean broth from the pressure cooker, and I turn that into a gravy to go on french fries with some cheese and the beans and veggies to make poutine. Takes extra time (two uses of the airfrier), but super delicious. I'll probably list that as my favorite.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

on tacos, followed by over cornbread, next most favorite as a dip, then over rice, then in stews (including chili), and then in soups. After that, maybe ground up into patties and fried?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

cassoulet. So much so that I've started soaking beans after reading this and before posting.

https://www.seriouseats.com/traditional-french-cassoulet-recipe

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh! Oh!

Airfryer. They're so yummy and crunchy, perfect as a topping or filling for all sorts of stuff.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Interesting. How long do you put them in for?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

8-12 minutes, depending on the kind of bean and how crunchy I want them. Rinse, spray with oil, season to taste, excellent.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I'll have to try it sometime. Thanks

[–] actionjbone 3 points 1 month ago

I love to slowly simmer white beans for hours.

I made vegan white beans as a Thanksgiving side. Normally I'd add bacon fat or sausage, but to keep them vegan I used coconut oil. Lots of it. Plus lots of seasoning and a bunch of nutritional yeast. They were on low heat for like 3 or 4 hours

Got more compliments on those beans than I did any of my other sides.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

It's true, beans are amazing winter food.

I make big batches and always try to have some ready for a quick meal when I get home.

Chili con carne, navy bean soup, Italian wedding bean soup, (other legumes) split pea soup with ham, lemon lentil soup with chicken

Baked beans with runny eggs sunny side up

Refried in a burrito or huevos rancheros.

[–] BluuTato 3 points 1 month ago

Love beans! Seasoned and roasted with veggies, mashed and made into patties and fried/baked, in soups, in dips like hummus - all delicious!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Baked bbq beans straight from the can.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I usually eat beans with a spoon. Sometimes I even use my teeth.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What about green beans? I love green beans!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Only fresh.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I was raised Rural and Poor.

Thus, it's Libby's Pork and Beans from the can served on toast. Mustard to taste.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

One of my favorite Chinese restaurants makes this (fermented I think?) bean sauce specific to a single red snapper dish on their menu, and I wish they'd sell it by the gallon cuz that stuff is fucking incredible.

Couple different kinds of bean bao that hit pretty hard, too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Are the beans black in colour? Is the flavour very salty, very umami, and is the sauce soaked in chili oil or not?

Another way of asking: does it look like this?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Bao is good stuff.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

in moderation.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I can only eat green beans (my body doesn't handle well other types). My favourite way to eat them is stir-fried, served with pork ramen; it's a bit laborious but it tastes amazing.

I also like to chop them into small bits and add to arroz de forno (dunno the English name - it's leftover rice mixed with other ingredients, then baked with a cheese and breadcrumbs crust).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

What kind of beans? There are thousands of varieties.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

One that I really like is navy beans cooked in chicken broth and rosemary, served pretty loose and creamy but not too soupy. We eat it with a side of lemony broiled broccoli, a poached egg, and topped with aioli.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Suriname moksi alesi black eye pesi.

Zoutvlees (salted beef) with black eyed beans, dried shrimp (or salted cod), Madame Jeanette peppers, cooked in rice and coconut milk. It's what's on the menu tonight.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Burritos are pretty fucking good. Chilli over rice gets second place.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I like boiling a bag of fresh soya beans and eating them plain while watching stuff.

Chana dal with aloo paratha (chickpea curry with potato filling stuffed in a fried bread) is probably my favourite beans based meal though.

Also as a brit, baked beans on hot (plant)buttery toast is very comforting on occasion.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Seven vegetable soup with a half a cup of black beans added, some grated parmesan and whatever hot sauce I am feeling at the moment. It never gets old.

[–] FigMcLargeHuge 1 points 1 month ago

Ranch Style cold right out of the can, just like nature intended.

[–] ShareMySims 1 points 1 month ago

Hear me out - butter beans with butter (or butter flavoured substitute) and teriyaki, maybe a splash of soy sauce or other umami. Heat till the butter melts, mix and cover the beans well, add to rice or have as its own thing. Sweat and savoury with an added richness, all in about 2 minutes. Nom.

Actually tinned beans (and other pulses!) + melty buttery-ness + flavouring is generally an easy to make winner. Black pepper and or garlic powder for something simple, add to those coriander paprika turmeric chilli for something a bit more interesting. Plop on a jacket potato or mix with rice and mince/strips/whatever meaty substitute for a full meal.

Tonight I'm having some in a curry (red kidney beans along with tinned corn, peas, and pineapple, with madras paste from a jar mixed with coconut milk, on rice with some chicken alternative).

I actually haven't had chilli for a long time, but now I know what ingredients to order for my next grocery delivery lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Dip them in bread. Not common for you guys, but I like it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Today with snow on the ground, I made 5-bean chili. So we think alike.

My favorite is probably Cuban style black beans. Runner-up would be an authentic Rajma Dal (kidney beans Indian style.)

I've been vegetarian for my entire life, so I eat a lot of beans and lentils.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Chocolate ice cream!

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