Here you will find a whole range of recipes incorporating beans from the ancient world to modern times. Just about every civilization and culture has recipes using beans as they can be dried and stored over winter. Beans are also a survival food and an excellent source of protein in conjunction with staples such as maize, wheat, barley, millet etc. For this reason many of the bean recipes given originate in Africa and South America, though I have bean and bean-associated recipes listed here from all corners of the globe.

I am using a fairly broad definition of 'bean' here. Effectively I am including all pulses, raw bean pods, lentils and peas. Basically members of the Fabaceae family of flowering plants that produce pods or seeds that are edible by humans. This included beans such as broad (fava) beans, haricot (navy) beans, cannellini beans, barlotti beans, adzuki beans, haricot beans etc; string beans, mangetout, fine beans (where the unripe pods are edible); peas; and lentils. There are also beans grown primarily for oil extraction (soy beans) and beans that are fermented to to make condiments (such as African locust beans).

In almost all instances, human farming started with grains, but all grains are deficient in the essential amino acid, Lysine (maize is in addition, deficient in tryptophan). This is one of the reasons that despite higher availability of food, the health of the first farmers declined in comparison with their hunter-gatherer antecedents. Legumes are generally deficient in Methionine, but have plenty of lysine. So, if you combine grains and legumes in the diet you have a complete source of amino acids. Interestingly, common nuts are deficient in both Methionine and Lysine, so you would need a diet of nuts, legumes and grains to get complete amino acid intake. This is why, once legumes were introduced to the first farmers' diets, health improved significantly. This is why, all over the world, there is a bean and grain staple that has often led to the rise of major civilizatons (rice and dhal on India; maize and beans in Mesoamerica; wheat or oats/barley and Celtic beans in Europe; sorghum, millet or teff and beans in Africa; rice and beans in Asia).

The recipes given here are sourced from around the world, and give a broad view of bean-based dishes globally. There are also more modern recipes using bean-based flours as a base for gluten-free dishes. Beans also have a very log glycaemic index compared with may other foods so beans and bean flours are excellent for anyone on a low GI diet.

The alphabetical list of all the bean-based recipes on this site follows, (limited to 100 recipes per page). There are 839 recipes in total:

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Black Eyed Pea Flour Bread      Origin: Liberia	Cajun Chili Pork      Origin: Cajun	Cha Siu (Chinese-Surinamese roasted pork)      Origin: Suriname
Black-eyed Beans and Plantain Pottage      Origin: Nigeria	Cajun Tofu Gumbo      Origin: Cajun	Chakhchoukha      Origin: Algeria
Black-eyed Pea Gumbo      Origin: Cajun	Cala (Black-eyed Pea Puffs)      Origin: Aruba	Chanterelle and Shiitake Black Bean Chili with Sour Cherries      Origin: American
Blueberry Smoothie      Origin: American	Calabrese Mushroom Chili      Origin: American	Cheesy Curried Butter Beans with Quick-pickled Onions      Origin: Australia
Bolivian Salteñas      Origin: Bolivia	Caldeiraa de Cabrito (Goat Meat Stew)      Origin: Mozambique	Chefy Umngqusho (Chefy Samp and Beans)      Origin: South Africa
Bombay Mix      Origin: India	Calentina      Origin: Gibraltar	Chelo Nachodo (Chicken and Chickpea Stew with Rice)      Origin: Afghanistan
Boondi Laddu      Origin: India	Californian Stir Fry      Origin: American	Cherupayar Curry (Whole Green Lentil Curry)      Origin: India
Bori (Bengali Baked Dumplings)      Origin: India	Canadian Minced Beef Curry      Origin: Canada	Chestnut Flour Noodles      Origin: Fusion
Borulce (Black-eyed Pea Stew)      Origin: Turkey	Canarian Ropa Vieja      Origin: Spain	Chicken and Lentil Soup      Origin: Britain
Bosanski Lonac (Bosnian Pot Stew)      Origin: Bosnia	Cannellini alla Catania      Origin: Italy	Chicken and Peanut Thai Curry      Origin: Thailand
Bosh (Beans and Bread)      Origin: Sudan	Cantonese Garden Vegetable Stir-fry      Origin: China	Chicken Chana Dhal (Chicken with Lentils)      Origin: India
Bouneschlupp (Green Beans Soup)      Origin: Luxembourg	Cape Malay Black-eyed Beans Curry      Origin: South Africa	Chicken Dhansak      Origin: Britain
Bragoli (Maltese Beef Rolls)      Origin: Malta	Cape Malay Mutton and Dhal Curry      Origin: South Africa	Chicken Enchiladas      Origin: America
Braised Lamb Shanks with Cannellini Beans      Origin: Britain	Cape Verde Jagacida      Origin: Cape Verde	Chicken Tostadas      Origin: Britain
Brazilian-style Venison with Rice      Origin: Fusion	Caraotas Negras (Venezuelan Black Beans)      Origin: Venezuela	Chicken with Spiced Rice      Origin: Australia
Breakfast Miso Soup      Origin: Japan	Carapaus Fritos (Portuguese Fried Mackerel)      Origin: Portugal	Chickpea, Spinach and Egg Curry      Origin: Britain
Brine-pickled Himalayan Balsam Pods      Origin: American	Cardo con Verdolaga (Pork with Purslane)      Origin: Mexico	Chifrijo      Origin: Costa Rica
Brine-pickled Radish Pods      Origin: American	Cari Dholl (Yellow Split Pea Curry)      Origin: Mauritius	Chili Beans      Origin: American
British Virgin Islands Peas Soup      Origin: British Virgin Islands	Caribbean Rice and Beans      Origin: British Virgin Islands	Chili Chicken      Origin: American
Broad Bean and Bacon Soup      Origin: British	Caribbean Rice and Beans      Origin: US Virgin Islands	Chili Con Carne      Origin: Fusion
Bruine Bonen (Suriname-style Kidney Bean Stew)      Origin: Suriname	Caribbean-style Chicken Curry      Origin: Fusion	Chili Con Carne II      Origin: Fusion
Bruine Bonen met Rijst (Brown Beans with Rice)      Origin: Suriname	Carne en Salsa (Beef in Gravy)      Origin: Gibraltar	Chili Marrakech      Origin: Britain
Bufuke with Onion Sauce      Origin: Uganda	Carne Mechada      Origin: Venezuela	Chili sin Carne (Meatless Chili)      Origin: America
Burundian Bean Soup      Origin: Burundi	Casado      Origin: Costa Rica	Chili with Beans      Origin: American
Bygan Dhal      Origin: India	Cassave Brood (Cassava Roti)      Origin: Suriname	Chinese Vegetable Soup      Origin: China
Byrger Ffa (Bean Burger)      Origin: Welsh	Cassoulet à Moda Brasileira (Brazilian-style Cassoulet)      Origin: Brazil	Chole (Chickpea Curry)      Origin: India
Cëebu Jen II      Origin: Senegal	Cassoulet Mauricien (Mauritian Cassoulet)      Origin: Mauritius	Cholent Dafina (Moroccan Sabbath Stew)      Origin: Morocco
Caccabinam Minorem (Small Casserole)      Origin: Roman	Catrachitas      Origin: Honduras	Chorba      Origin: Tunisia
Cachupa Rica      Origin: Cape Verde	Catwad Ffa Dringo (Runner Bean Chutney)      Origin: Welsh	Chorba Beïda (Algerian White Soup)      Origin: Algeria
Cachupa Rica      Origin: Cape Verde	Cauli-matar Ko Tarakari      Origin: Nepal	Choroko Sauce      Origin: Uganda
Cactus Chili      Origin: America	Cawl Iâr a Ffa (Chicken and Bean Soup)      Origin: Welsh	Chtitha Djedj (Chicken Chtitha)      Origin: Algeria
Cajun Bean and Potato Stew      Origin: America	Cawl Twrci a Ffa (Turkey and Bean Soup)      Origin: Welsh	Chu Hou Paste      Origin: Hong Kong
Cajun Beans over Cornbread      Origin: Cajun	Cecena      Origin: Niger
Cajun Brew Pork'n'Beans      Origin: American	Cecina (Chickpea pancake)      Origin: Roman

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