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 936 recipes in total:

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Chicken and Peanut Thai Curry      Origin: Thailand	Coconut, Red Beans and Rice      Origin: Anguilla	Curry de Boeuf au Yaourt (Beef Curry with Yoghurt)      Origin: Mauritius
Chicken Chana Dhal (Chicken with Lentils)      Origin: India	Conchicla cum faba (Beans in the Pod with Cumin Sauce)      Origin: Roman	Curry Mince with Carrots      Origin: Australia
Chicken Chimichangas      Origin: America	Conchiclam Apicianam (Dried Peas à la Apicius)      Origin: Roman	Curry Udon      Origin: Japan
Chicken Dhansak      Origin: Britain	Conchiclatus Pullus vel Porcellus (Chicken or Suckling Pig Stuffed with Legumes)      Origin: Roman	Cwnhingen â Chorbys (Rabbit with Lentils)      Origin: Welsh
Chicken Enchiladas      Origin: America	Confit of Duck Tostadas      Origin: Fusion	Cypriot Imam Baylidi      Origin: Cyprus
Chicken Tostadas      Origin: Britain	Copadia Haedina Sive Agnina (Choice Cuts of Kid or Lamb)      Origin: Roman	Dakhine      Origin: Senegal
Chicken with Spiced Rice      Origin: Australia	Cordula (Braided Lamb Intestines)      Origin: Italy	Dakhine Pouhpage (Stewed Chicken and Rice)      Origin: Gambia
Chicken, Black Bean and Sweet Potato Enchiladas      Origin: America	Cossey (Bean Fritters)      Origin: Chad	Dal Makani (Black Dal Curry)      Origin: India
Chickpea Curry      Origin: Britain	Costa Rican-Style Beans      Origin: Costa Rica	Dal Makhani      Origin: Britain
Chickpea, Spinach and Egg Curry      Origin: Britain	Courgette Curry with Himalayan Balsam Seed Pods      Origin: Britain	Dal Makhani      Origin: Pakistan
Chifrijo      Origin: Costa Rica	Couscous à la Nigérienne (Niger-style Couscous)      Origin: Niger	Dal Tadka (Lentil Curry, Restaurant Style)      Origin: India
Chili Beans      Origin: American	Couscous d'Orge à la Sauce Blanche (Barley Couscous with White Sauce)      Origin: Algeria	Dal Takda (Lentil Curry, Restaurant Style)      Origin: India
Chili Chicken      Origin: American	Creamy Potato and Vegetable Pie      Origin: Ireland	Dan Waké      Origin: Niger
Chili Con Carne      Origin: Fusion	Creole Succotash      Origin: America	Dau Khuon Xao Lan (Curried Tofu Stir-fry)      Origin: Vietnam
Chili Con Carne II      Origin: Fusion	Cricket and Two-bean Chili      Origin: Fusion	Dengu (Green Lentil Stew)      Origin: Kenya
Chili Marrakech      Origin: Britain	Crockpot Beef Chili      Origin: American	Dhal      Origin: India
Chili sin Carne (Meatless Chili)      Origin: America	Crockpot Black Bean Chili      Origin: American	Dhal Dhokla      Origin: India
Chili with Beans      Origin: American	Crockpot Black Bean Chili with Pork      Origin: American	Dhan Saag Dhal      Origin: India
Chinese Vegetable Soup      Origin: China	Crockpot Black Bean Soup      Origin: American	Dholl      Origin: Mauritius
Chole (Chickpea Curry)      Origin: India	Crockpot Brunswick Stew      Origin: American	Dholl Pooris      Origin: Mauritius
Cholent Dafina (Moroccan Sabbath Stew)      Origin: Morocco	Crockpot Chicken Chili      Origin: American	Diced Beef Chili Con Carne      Origin: American
Chorba      Origin: Tunisia	Crockpot Chili      Origin: American	Dikgobe (Mixed Beans Porridge)      Origin: Botswana
Chorba Beïda (Algerian White Soup)      Origin: Algeria	Crockpot Chili Con Carne      Origin: American	Dill Pilaf      Origin: Azerbaijan
Choroko Sauce      Origin: Uganda	Crockpot Chili with Four Kinds of Beans      Origin: American	Diri Ak Pwa (Haitian Rice and Beans)      Origin: Haiti
Chtitha Djedj (Chicken Chtitha)      Origin: Algeria	Crockpot Curry Hotpot      Origin: Fusion	Ditakh (Sweet Detar)      Origin: Senegal
Chu Hou Paste      Origin: Hong Kong	Crockpot Pumpkin Beef Chili      Origin: American	Djibouti Lentils      Origin: Djibouti
Chycches (Vetches)      Origin: England	Croquettes de fonio (Fonio croquettes)      Origin: Senegal	Dobrada      Origin: Portugal
Chyches (Roast Chickpeas)      Origin: England	Cum faba (Broad Beans in a Coriander Sauce)      Origin: Roman	Dombrés haricots rouges (Red Bean Dombrés)      Origin: Guadeloupe
Chytni Ffa Dringo (Runner Bean Chutney)      Origin: Welsh	Cumin Potatoes with Peas      Origin: Ireland	Dominica Red Beans Soup      Origin: Dominica
Cig Llo â Chorbys (Veal with Lentils)      Origin: Welsh	Curried Daylilies      Origin: Britain	Dorset Sausage Pasties      Origin: Britain
Classic Baked Beans      Origin: Britain	Curried Vegetables      Origin: East Africa	Dosa (Rice and Lentil Crêpes)      Origin: India
Coconut Bean Rice      Origin: Nigeria	Curried Wild Mustard Greens with Beans      Origin: Fusion	Doubanjiang (Chilli Bean Sauce)      Origin: Taiwan
Coconut Caramel Fudge with Wild Flour      Origin: Britain	Curry Bodi (Curried Long Beans)      Origin: Trinidad
Coconut Chickpea Dumpling Curry      Origin: Britain	Curry de Boeuf (Beef Curry)      Origin: Mauritius

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