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 876 recipes in total:

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Sahina      Origin: Trinidad	Sichuan Hot Pot Soup Base      Origin: China	Spicy Sev (Spicy Gram Flour Threads)      Origin: India
Saint Kitts Chicken Bouillon      Origin: Saint Kitts	Siljo (Fermented Safflower Seed and Broad Bean Flour Paste)      Origin: India	Spicy Stuffing on the Wild Side      Origin: Fusion
Saint Lucian Bouillon      Origin: Saint Lucia	Sinigang na Baboy (Pork Sinigang)      Origin: Philippines	Spicy Szechuan Pork Recipe      Origin: China
Saint Vincent Chicken Pelau      Origin: Saint Vincent	Sint Eustatius Rice and Black Beans      Origin: Sint Eustatius	Spicy Tofu      Origin: China
Salmagundi with Herby Rack of Lamb      Origin: Britain	Slangetjies (Pea Flour Noodles)      Origin: South Africa	Sri Lankan Dal      Origin: Sri Lanka
Salmon and Couscous en Papillote      Origin: British	Slow Cooker Pork Adobo Burritos      Origin: Mexico	Sri Lankan Green Bean Curry      Origin: Sri Lanka
Salmon Durban Curry      Origin: Fusion	Slow Cooker Turkey and Lentil Chili      Origin: American	Srpska Corba ot Graha (Serbian Bean Stew)      Origin: Serbia
Salomi      Origin: South Africa	Smoked Chicken, Leek and Mushroom Pie      Origin: Australia	Steamed Black-eyed Bean Dumplings      Origin: Ghana
Sambar Podi (Sambar Powder)      Origin: India	Smoked Fish Fisherman's Pie      Origin: England	Steamed Sole with Black Bean Sauce      Origin: China
Sambhar (Lentil Curry)      Origin: India	Smoked Haddock Curry with Butter Beans      Origin: Fusion	Stew Peas      Origin: Jamaica
Sambhar Masala      Origin: India	Smoked Salmon with Pea Pancakes      Origin: Britain	Stewed Pork with Chickpeas      Origin: Fusion
Samp and Beans Croquettes      Origin: South Africa	Smoky Pumpkin Chili      Origin: American	Sticky Asian-style Pork Neck Chops      Origin: Britain
Samphire and Crab Salad      Origin: Britain	Socca (Chickpea-flour Crêpes)      Origin: Monaco	Stir-fried Clams in Black Bean Sauce      Origin: Hong Kong
Sancoche      Origin: Trinidad	Socca      Origin: Monaco	Street Food Pad Thai      Origin: Thailand
Sattu      Origin: India	Sopa de Feijao Verde (String Bean Soup)      Origin: Mozambique	Stuffat Tal-Fenek (Rabbit Stew)      Origin: Malta
Sautéed Chickpeas      Origin: South Sudan	Sopa de Frijol Negro (Cuban Black Bean Soup)      Origin: Cuba	Stuffat Tal-Qarnit (Octopus Stew)      Origin: Malta
Schurbat Adas Ma Qar (Iraqi Lentil and Pumpkin Soup)      Origin: Iraq	Sopa de Trigo      Origin: Portugal	Succotash      Origin: America
Scottish Green Pea Soup      Origin: Scotland	Sopa di Bonchi Korá (Red Kidney Bean Soup)      Origin: Aruba	Succotash      Origin: Equatorial Guinea
Scottish Haricot Bean Soup      Origin: Scotland	Sopa di Bonchi Korá (Red Kidney Bean Soup)      Origin: Bonaire	Sugar Bean Curry      Origin: South Africa
Scottish Lentil Soup      Origin: Scotland	Sopa di Bonchi Korá (Red Kidney Bean Soup)      Origin: Curacao	Summer Vegetable Stew      Origin: Britain
Seafood Chili      Origin: American	Sopa Puertoriqueña de Frijoles Negros (Puerto Rican Black Bean Soup)      Origin: Puerto Rico	Suya Beef Heart Curry with Beans and Wild Greens      Origin: Fusion
Seam, Potato and Peas Chakee      Origin: Anglo-Indian	Souko Dounguouri (Meat Stew with White Beans)      Origin: Niger	Svinsko S Bel Bob (Pork with Beans)      Origin: Bulgaria
Seam, Potato, and Peas Chahkee      Origin: Anglo-Indian	Soupe au Pistou Monegasque (Monegasque Soup with Pistou)      Origin: Monaco	Sweet Sattu      Origin: India
Seaweed Ribollita      Origin: Fusion	Soupe aux Lentilles et Legumes (Lentil and Bean Soup)      Origin: Burundi	Ta'amia (Egyptian Falafel)      Origin: Egypt
Seengre ke Satha Tori Kari (Courgette Curry with Radish Pods)      Origin: India	Soupe aux pois et la viande (Pea Soup and Meat)      Origin: Guinea-Bissau	Tacos de Carnitas (Pulled Pork Tacos)      Origin: Mexico
Senegalese Vegetable Stew with Millet      Origin: Senegal	Southern Succotash      Origin: America	Tagine bal Ghalmi wa Aflour (Lamb Tagine with Broad Beans)      Origin: Morocco
Sharbat Adas (Libyan Lentil Soup)      Origin: Libya	Spagetti biz-zalza tal-Qarnit (Spaghetti with Octopus Sauce)      Origin: Malta	Tajin Sibnekh (Chicken and Egg Tagine)      Origin: Tunisia
Shisa Nyama      Origin: South Africa	Spatchcocked Poussin with Lentils and Harissa      Origin: Fusion	Tam Mak Hoong (Laotian Papaya Salad)      Origin: Laos
Shisa Nyama      Origin: eSwatini	Speedy Chilli Bean Wraps      Origin: Fusion	Tamil Nadu Sambar Curry      Origin: India
Shishwala (Maize Porridge)      Origin: eSwatini	Spiced Lima Beans with Garlic and Coconut      Origin: Nepal	Tanzanian Coconut Bean Soup      Origin: Tanzania
Shorbat Adas (Jordanian Red Lentil Soup)      Origin: Jordan	Spicy Black Bean Tacos      Origin: Britain	Tarka Dal      Origin: Britain
Shorbat Adas (Lebanese Red Lentil Soup)      Origin: Lebanon	Spicy Chilli Bean Soup      Origin: Britain	Tavče Gravče      Origin: North Macedonia
Shorbet Ads (Sudanese Lentil Soup)      Origin: Sudan	Spicy Prawns and Green Lentils      Origin: Fusion
Shourabit Silq bi Laban (Chard and Yoghurt Soup)      Origin: Lebanon	Spicy Sambar Curry      Origin: Britain

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