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 988 recipes in total:

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

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