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 1082 recipes in total:

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Carlin Pea Ragu      Origin: Britain	Chicken Dhansak      Origin: Britain	Citrus Pepper Pork with Crushed Potatoes      Origin: Britain
Carlin pea, kale and chorizo one pot      Origin: Britain	Chicken Enchiladas      Origin: America	Classic Baked Beans      Origin: Britain
Carlin Pea, Pearl Barley and Tomato Stew      Origin: Britain	Chicken Tostadas      Origin: Britain	Clear Vegetable Soup with Peas, Broccoli and Sprouts      Origin: British
Carlin Pease Pudding      Origin: Britain	Chicken with Spiced Rice      Origin: Australia	Coconut Bean Rice      Origin: Nigeria
Carne en Salsa (Beef in Gravy)      Origin: Gibraltar	Chicken, Black Bean and Sweet Potato Enchiladas      Origin: America	Coconut Caramel Fudge with Wild Flour      Origin: Britain
Carne Mechada      Origin: Venezuela	Chickpea and Roast Vegetable Salad      Origin: British	Coconut Chickpea Dumpling Curry      Origin: Britain
Casado      Origin: Costa Rica	Chickpea Curry      Origin: Britain	Coconut, Red Beans and Rice      Origin: Anguilla
Casamiento (Salvadorean Beans and Rice)      Origin: El Salvador	Chickpea, Spinach and Egg Curry      Origin: Britain	Cofnchaff      Origin: Cameroon
Cassave Brood (Cassava Roti)      Origin: Suriname	Chiffonade Soup      Origin: British	Conchicla cum faba (Beans in the Pod with Cumin Sauce)      Origin: Roman
Cassoulet à Moda Brasileira (Brazilian-style Cassoulet)      Origin: Brazil	Chifrijo      Origin: Costa Rica	Conchiclam Apicianam (Dried Peas à la Apicius)      Origin: Roman
Cassoulet Mauricien (Mauritian Cassoulet)      Origin: Mauritius	Chili Beans      Origin: American	Conchiclatus Pullus vel Porcellus (Chicken or Suckling Pig Stuffed with Legumes)      Origin: Roman
Catrachitas      Origin: Honduras	Chili Beans Cornmeal Pizza      Origin: American	Confit of Duck Tostadas      Origin: Fusion
Catwad Ffa Dringo (Runner Bean Chutney)      Origin: Welsh	Chili Chicken      Origin: American	Copadia Haedina Sive Agnina (Choice Cuts of Kid or Lamb)      Origin: Roman
Cauli-matar Ko Tarakari      Origin: Nepal	Chili Chicken Halloween Cauldrons      Origin: American	Cordula (Braided Lamb Intestines)      Origin: Italy
Cauliflower Curry with Scallops      Origin: Fusion	Chili Con Carne      Origin: Fusion	Cossey (Bean Fritters)      Origin: Chad
Cauliflower, Mushroom and Carlin Peas Curry      Origin: Britain	Chili Con Carne II      Origin: Fusion	Costa Rican-Style Beans      Origin: Costa Rica
Cawl Iâr a Ffa (Chicken and Bean Soup)      Origin: Welsh	Chili Con Turquía (Chili with Turkey)      Origin: Fusion	Courgette Curry with Himalayan Balsam Seed Pods      Origin: Britain
Cawl Twrci a Ffa (Turkey and Bean Soup)      Origin: Welsh	Chili Marrakech      Origin: Britain	Couscous à la Nigérienne (Niger-style Couscous)      Origin: Niger
Cecena      Origin: Niger	Chili sin Carne (Meatless Chili)      Origin: America	Couscous d'Orge à la Sauce Blanche (Barley Couscous with White Sauce)      Origin: Algeria
Cecina (Chickpea pancake)      Origin: Roman	Chili with Beans      Origin: American	Creamy Potato and Vegetable Pie      Origin: Ireland
Cha Siu (Chinese-Surinamese roasted pork)      Origin: Suriname	China Chilo      Origin: British	Creole Succotash      Origin: America
Chakhchoukha      Origin: Algeria	Chinese Vegetable Soup      Origin: China	Cricket and Two-bean Chili      Origin: Fusion
Chanterelle and Shiitake Black Bean Chili with Sour Cherries      Origin: American	Chole (Chickpea Curry)      Origin: India	Crockpot Beef Chili      Origin: American
Chantilly Soup      Origin: British	Cholent (Beef, Bean, Barley and Potato Stew)      Origin: Jewish	Crockpot Black Bean Chili      Origin: American
Cheesy Curried Butter Beans with Quick-pickled Onions      Origin: Australia	Cholent Dafina (Moroccan Sabbath Stew)      Origin: Morocco	Crockpot Black Bean Chili with Pork      Origin: American
Chefy Umngqusho (Chefy Samp and Beans)      Origin: South Africa	Chorba      Origin: Tunisia	Crockpot Black Bean Soup      Origin: American
Chelo Nachodo (Chicken and Chickpea Stew with Rice)      Origin: Afghanistan	Chorba Beïda (Algerian White Soup)      Origin: Algeria	Crockpot Brunswick Stew      Origin: American
Cherupayar Curry (Whole Green Lentil Curry)      Origin: India	Choroko Sauce      Origin: Uganda	Crockpot Chicken Chili      Origin: American
Chestnut Flour Noodles      Origin: Fusion	Chtitha Djedj (Chicken Chtitha)      Origin: Algeria	Crockpot Chili      Origin: American
Chicken and Bean Enchiladas      Origin: Britain	Chu Hou Paste      Origin: Hong Kong	Crockpot Chili Con Carne      Origin: American
Chicken and Lentil Soup      Origin: Britain	Chycches (Vetches)      Origin: England	Crockpot Chili with Four Kinds of Beans      Origin: American
Chicken and Peanut Thai Curry      Origin: Thailand	Chyches (Roast Chickpeas)      Origin: England	Crockpot Curry Hotpot      Origin: Fusion
Chicken Chana Dhal (Chicken with Lentils)      Origin: India	Chytni Ffa Dringo (Runner Bean Chutney)      Origin: Welsh
Chicken Chimichangas      Origin: America	Cig Llo â Chorbys (Veal with Lentils)      Origin: Welsh

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