Kidney bean

About

Red kidney beans, along with other red beans like adzuki, are used worldwide in both sweet and savory dishes and are often perceived as sweeter than other beans, partly because red and pink coloring in food tends to create that impression. They come in dark and light varieties with thick skins and similar flavor; a smaller, softer-skinned, creamier version is common in the American South and Caribbean. Dried kidney beans contain a natural toxin that requires a ten-minute boil at the start of cooking to neutralize.

Pairs well with kidney bean

• CiOrangeOrange brightens kidney beans' earthy flavor, working well as fresh juice in a vinaigrette or as segments through a bean salad, for…
• FrTomatoKidney beans and tomato are frequently paired: in kidney bean salads with cherry tomato, in vegetarian chili with tomato and kidney beans,…
• SuGarlicRefried beans are traditionally made with pinto, but kidney beans work too -- they're sweeter, milder and thicker-skinned, though those…
• CrCoconutRice and peas, a traditional Jamaican Sunday dish, is usually made with kidney beans, not garden peas, cooked in coconut milk with rice,…
• EaCuminCumin and kidney bean appear together in soups and burgers, often with carrot for sweetness, or in stuffed breads such as Georgian…
• SuCornCorn and kidney beans, together with squash, form the Iroquois "three sisters" planting system: squash covers the soil and suppresses…
• FrPlumIn the Georgian dish lobio tkemali, red kidney beans are paired with nuts, spices and tkemali, a sauce made from sour Caucasian plums;…
• EaLentilDal makhani, a rich Indian dish, combines kidney beans and whole black gram (urad dal, a relative of mung bean rather than a true lentil),…
• GrChileWhether chili con carne should include beans is contentious in the US, but in the UK a chili is generally defined by containing both…
• WoSweet potatoSweet potato and kidney beans combine in several dessert traditions.
• FrPomegranateKidney beans' flavor has been compared to cold-pressed peanut oil, and pairing them with mild, non-jammy pomegranate gives a savory take…
• EaWhite beanKidney beans and white (cannellini) beans are combined in three-bean salad mainly for visual contrast rather than flavor complement, since…