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 957 recipes in total:

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Sichuan Hot Pot Soup Base      Origin: China	Spicy Black Bean Tacos      Origin: Britain	Tajin Sibnekh (Chicken and Egg Tagine)      Origin: Tunisia
Siljo (Fermented Safflower Seed and Broad Bean Flour Paste)      Origin: India	Spicy Carlin Pea Soup with Roasted Peppers      Origin: Britain	Tam Mak Hoong (Laotian Papaya Salad)      Origin: Laos
Sinigang na Baboy (Pork Sinigang)      Origin: Philippines	Spicy Chilli Bean Soup      Origin: Britain	Tamales      Origin: Mexico
Sint Eustatius Rice and Black Beans      Origin: Sint Eustatius	Spicy Prawns and Green Lentils      Origin: Fusion	Tamil Nadu Sambar Curry      Origin: India
Slangetjies (Pea Flour Noodles)      Origin: South Africa	Spicy Sambar Curry      Origin: Britain	Tanzanian Coconut Bean Soup      Origin: Tanzania
Slow Cooker Pork Adobo Burritos      Origin: Mexico	Spicy Sev (Spicy Gram Flour Threads)      Origin: India	Tarka Dal      Origin: Britain
Slow Cooker Turkey and Lentil Chili      Origin: American	Spicy Stuffing on the Wild Side      Origin: Fusion	Tavče Gravče      Origin: North Macedonia
Smoked Chicken, Leek and Mushroom Pie      Origin: Australia	Spicy Szechuan Pork Recipe      Origin: China	Terrine Mauritanienne (Mauritanian Terrine)      Origin: Mauritania
Smoked Fish Fisherman's Pie      Origin: England	Spicy Tofu      Origin: China	Tfina Camounia (Potatoes and Bean Stew)      Origin: Tunisia
Smoked Haddock Curry with Butter Beans      Origin: Fusion	Sri Lankan Dal      Origin: Sri Lanka	Thai Chicken Soup with Ginger and Lime      Origin: Thailand
Smoked Salmon with Pea Pancakes      Origin: Britain	Sri Lankan Green Bean Curry      Origin: Sri Lanka	Thai Green Curried Cod      Origin: Fusion
Smoky Mushroom and Chickpea Fajitas with Charred Spring Onion Salsa      Origin: British	Srpska Corba ot Graha (Serbian Bean Stew)      Origin: Serbia	Thai Green Curry with Chicken of the Woods      Origin: Britain
Smoky Pumpkin Chili      Origin: American	Steamed Black-eyed Bean Dumplings      Origin: Ghana	Thai Red Jackfruit Curry      Origin: Fusion
Socca (Chickpea-flour Crêpes)      Origin: Monaco	Steamed Sole with Black Bean Sauce      Origin: China	The 'Complete Meal' Flatbread      Origin: Fusion
Socca      Origin: Monaco	Stew Peas      Origin: Jamaica	The Ultimate Chilli Con Carne      Origin: Fusion
Sopa de Feijao Verde (String Bean Soup)      Origin: Mozambique	Stewed Pork with Chickpeas      Origin: Fusion	Thiéré Bassi (Millet Couscous Stew)      Origin: Senegal
Sopa de Frijol Negro (Cuban Black Bean Soup)      Origin: Cuba	Sticky Asian-style Pork Neck Chops      Origin: Britain	Thiéré bassy      Origin: Senegal
Sopa de Trigo      Origin: Portugal	Stir-fried Clams in Black Bean Sauce      Origin: Hong Kong	Thiebou kéthiakh (Rice with Dried Fish and Tamarind)      Origin: Senegal
Sopa di Bonchi Korá (Red Kidney Bean Soup)      Origin: Aruba	Straussenkeule in Weißweinsahne (Ostrich Leg Stew)      Origin: Namibia	Thiebou Kéthiakh (Rice with Dried Fish, Seafood and Vegetables)      Origin: Senegal
Sopa di Bonchi Korá (Red Kidney Bean Soup)      Origin: Bonaire	Street Food Pad Thai      Origin: Thailand	Tianmianjiang (Jiangsu Crayfish Cooked with Thirteen-Spice Powder)      Origin: China
Sopa Puertoriqueña de Frijoles Negros (Puerto Rican Black Bean Soup)      Origin: Puerto Rico	Stuffat Tal-Fenek (Rabbit Stew)      Origin: Malta	Tisanam Barricam (Barley Soup with Dried Vegetables)      Origin: Roman
Sopa Seca (Mexican-style Rice)      Origin: Mexico	Stuffat Tal-Qarnit (Octopus Stew)      Origin: Malta	Tishreeb Hummus (Chickpea Casserole)      Origin: Iraq
Sopi di Bonchi Korá (Red Kidney Bean Soup)      Origin: Curacao	Succotash      Origin: America	Tlayuda      Origin: Mexico
Souko Dounguouri (Meat Stew with White Beans)      Origin: Niger	Succotash      Origin: Equatorial Guinea	Toborgee Beans      Origin: Liberia
Soupa Louvana (Yellow Split Pea Soup)      Origin: Cyprus	Sugar Bean Curry      Origin: South Africa	Tofu and Vegetable Stir-fry      Origin: Australia
Soupe au Pistou Monegasque (Monegasque Soup with Pistou)      Origin: Monaco	Summer Vegetable Stew      Origin: Britain	Tofu Laver and Leek Croquettes      Origin: Ireland
Soupe aux Lentilles et Legumes (Lentil and Bean Soup)      Origin: Burundi	Suya Beef Heart Curry with Beans and Wild Greens      Origin: Fusion	Tom Brown      Origin: Nigeria
Soupe aux pois et la viande (Pea Soup and Meat)      Origin: Guinea-Bissau	Svinsko S Bel Bob (Pork with Beans)      Origin: Bulgaria	Tortilla Española (Spanish Omelette)      Origin: Spain
Souppa Hoummi (Chickpea Soup)      Origin: Cyprus	Sweet Sattu      Origin: India	Traditional Mattar Keema Curry      Origin: India
Southern Succotash      Origin: America	Ta'amia (Egyptian Falafel)      Origin: Egypt	Traditional Vegetable Bake      Origin: Ireland
Spagetti biz-zalza tal-Qarnit (Spaghetti with Octopus Sauce)      Origin: Malta	Taco Casserole      Origin: America	Traybake Chicken Nachos      Origin: Britain
Spatchcocked Poussin with Lentils and Harissa      Origin: Fusion	Tacos de Carnitas (Pulled Pork Tacos)      Origin: Mexico	Tricolour Pilau Rice      Origin: India
Speedy Chilli Bean Wraps      Origin: Fusion	Tacos de Carnitas (Pulled Pork Tacos)      Origin: Mexico
Spiced Lima Beans with Garlic and Coconut      Origin: Nepal	Tagine bal Ghalmi wa Aflour (Lamb Tagine with Broad Beans)      Origin: Morocco

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