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Maybe not an authentic way to make black bean chilli but the combination of coffee, soy sauce and smoky chillies provides a rich and savoury complexity of flavour. Mexican chilli sometimes does contain coffee, of course - but not soy sauce! Its easy enough to make if you use tinned black beans...

Over the years I've veered away from using vinaigrettes in salads. I've found that even though I'm light-handed with the vinegar and much more heavy-handed with oil, I still find the taste of the vinegar a distraction. I much prefer a simple EVOO (lol) dressing for most simple cold salads. This...

Baked beans are ever popular in the UK, although originating from the US. The most popular brand remains Heinz although the pretenders are gaining ground. The sugar content of the sauce has been reduced recently and no-one seems to mind. They remain a best seller amongst all tinned goods. In...

A few months back I was watching the Food Network (probably triple D) and was intrigued to see black bean hummus. I'd never come across it before - and then, in May, a friend in Atlanta, GA mentioned it (and sent me a photo of her dish but unfortunately no recipe). I'm hopeful of taking...

Ingredients 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice 1 tablespoon honey 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1/3 cup canola oil Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper 1/2 small ripe mango, peeled and diced into 1/4-inch pieces 1/2 yellow bell pepper, cut into small dice 1/2 red bell...

I was thinking today that beans seem to go with almost anything. I'm talking savoury but no doubt there are sweet applications. Is there anything they don't go with? They seem to be the most versatile of ingredients, dried or fresh. What do you put beans with?

Simple, fast, versatile and delicious. I made this to go with Tequila Lime and Coriander Chicken. You could substitute other fresh salad vegetables for the red pepper and celery and add herbs such as coriander or dill. Ingredients 1 x 400g tin black eyed beans, drained 1 avocado, diced 2...

This is a nice soup with the zip of Lime. Like usual, I kind of invented it, but I'm sure there are Andouille Sausage soups that have been previously pioneered by some others. The Lime went well in this soup. Ingredients: Procedure: 1) Soak about 1 cup of Bean mix overnight. 2) In a...

What are your favourite dried or canned beans? My personal favourite is black beans 'cos I love the colour and earthy, vaguely smoky taste. But I use many other kinds as well, both dried and canned. Since son turned vegan I'm using more beans than ever! What types do you use? Do you use them in...

This is a great way to use left over slow cooked lamb but I think it would work just as well for pork. This is the first time I’ve made tortillas although I make flatbreads quite often from just wheat flour and water. I looked at a few recipes and adapted by adding aquafaba in place of egg so...

So, my friends on the Mediterranean, what are these things? How do you prepare them?

There was a little bit of discussion in the 'What did you cook today' thread about the Chilli Con Carne and whether to use cubed or minced beef. Apparently, Texas style Chilli uses diced meat (see here http://www.chilli-con-carne.co.uk). There are also those who never use beans and others who...

A hearty, inexpensive dish. Great served with a garden veggie salad. Ingredients 1 lb. dried red kidney beans, rinsed and soaked in water over night Option: 1 15 oz. can red kidney beans with juice. 1 large yellow onion - chopped 1 green bell pepper - cored and chopped 2 ribs celery - diced 2...

MOM'S HAM AND BEAN SOUP 1 bag Navy beans (16 oz) ham bone with meat 1 onion pepper to taste carrots, potatoes (quantity up to you) fried bacon, cut in 1/4 inch pieces - save drippings flour for roux Soak beans overnight. Drain and set aside. Bring 6-8 cups water to boil with bone; skim soup...

Prep time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 35 minutes Serves: 2 Ingredients: 4 sausages of choice 2 leeks, sliced 2 cloves of garlic, roughly chopped 50 g mushrooms, thinly sliced 6 tomatoes, roughly chopped 4 tsp tomato puree 500 ml light vegetable stock or water 1 can cannellini beans 100 g...

Baked beans 2 cans (roughly 16 oz each) pork n beans (outside the US, beans in tomato sauce) 3/4 cup dark molasses (treacle)(250 grams) 1/2 to a cup packed dark brown sugar (135 grams or more) 1 tablespoon ground or dry mustard 1 teaspoon pepper if desired Finely Chopped onion (1 usually use 1/4...

so, my name is Lukman from English Department '14 UNS Surakarta, Indonesia. it's Indonesian Cuisine, and also this is my last assignment from my lecturer and she want me to get feedback, please guys help me :) thanks Ingredients 1 small bunch of green beans 1 small block of tempeh 3 tbsp dried...

Serves: 2 Prep time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 25 minutes Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 leek, trimmed, halved lengthways, and finely sliced 1 courgette, diced 250 g potato, diced 1 garlic clove, finely chopped 1 bay leaf 100 ml white wine 1 tin cooked cannellini beans, drained 300...

The results of the recent mini poll Do you eat tinned (canned) food? showed that our top 4 choices for tinned food are Tomatoes (92.3%), Beans and pulses (84.6%), Soup (76.9%), Fish/shellfish (76.9%) Tomatoes - hardly surprising as tinned tomatoes are so useful in all kinds of sauces and...

Black beans bring a wonderful smoky flavour to chilli and I think they work much better than traditional red kidney beans. Here, I've used specialist dried chillies (Aji Limon) but more often than not I just use hot chilli powder. Browning the meat isn't necessary, which is something I learned...