Category:Beans

Varieties of beans

Many well-known bean varieties belong to this species, and none of the lists below are in any way exhaustive. Both bush and running (pole) varieties exist. The colours and shapes of pods and seeds vary tremendously. Let us know if we have missed any important types of beans.

Further information

Further information on individual beans and products can be found via the text links below. See also Alubia de La Bãneza-León

Azuki (red) beans	Black beans	Black urad beans	Black eyed peas
Broad beans	Butter beans	Chickpeas	Faba beans
Lentils and pulses	Lima beans	Green mung beans	Peteh or stink beans
Pinto or mottled beans	Red bean paste	Red kidney beans	Red mung bean
Rice beans	Shell beans	Snap, string or runner beans	Soyabeans
White or cannellini beans	White urad beans	Yellow or Peruano beans

Recipes using beans

• We have a large selection of bean recipes here.

Quantities: dried beans vs cooked beans vs canned beans

A rough guide for quantities of dried beans, compared with cooked or canned beans would be:

• 1 pound dried beans = 2 cups dried = 4 to 5 cups of cooked beans
• 1 large (15 oz) can of beans is roughly equivalent to 2 cups of cooked beans

Slow cooking beans

• Cooking beans in a slow cooker

Chef's tip - A selection for the freezer

To ensure that you always have access to a nice variety of beans for recipes, every now and then, open four or five cans of different beans and pulses, add a cup of frozen peas to them and mix well, then freeze them in small plastic coffee cups for later use.