Red beans are good and must be included in your diet at least once a week. You can buy it in finished form, not necessarily cook. Plus, it's much faster.
In this article you will find the most delicious red bean dishes that you can think of. The recipes are quite simple, so any hostess will cope. But first, we advise you to read what properties this particular legume has.
A little bit about the benefits of red beans
Beans are legumes, which immediately indicates that it is useful. Its composition contains soft fiber, which not only gives energy, but also retains a feeling of fullness. The product is recommended for obesity, as it is able to saturate the stomach very quickly.
Well affects the cardiovascular system, nervous and even immune. You can also use as a preventive against any neoplasms. Increases hemoglobin level in the blood, lowering cholesterol.
Minestrone
Now we will cook a very famous Italian soup. It is prepared mainly from seasonal vegetables, and sometimes supplemented with rice or pasta (pasta).
- 1 red onion;
- 60 ml of oil;
- 2 carrots;
- 70 g Parmesan;
- 2 celery stalks;
- 30 grams of basil;
- 10 g fresh rosemary;
- 1 piece of garlic;
- 360 g tomatoes;
- 230 grams of green beans;
- 240 grams of potatoes;
- 430 g of beans;
- 230 grams of cabbage.
Time - 40 minutes.
Calories - 88.
Cooking soup:
- Pour oil into a large saucepan and allow it to warm up;
- During this time, peel the onion, cut it into small cubes;
- Peel carrots, wash them and chop them into cubes too;
- Peel celery, chop it the same way;
- Wash rosemary, remove leaves from branches and chop them up;
- Put carrot, onion, rosemary and celery in oil;
- Add spices, mix;
- Cook for a little longer than five minutes, until the onions begin to turn gold;
- During this time, rinse and chop the tomatoes;
- Peel the potatoes, cut them into cubes and rinse off the starch;
- Rinse the cabbage, chop it finely;
- Beans open, pour into a colander and wash the beans;
- Pour tomatoes, potatoes, cabbage and beans into a saucepan;
- Pour in water and bring it all to a boil;
- While the soup boils, rinse and chop the green beans;
- Add it to the boiling soup and cook it until the potatoes are soft;
- Season it to taste, add chopped garlic and basil;
- Parmesan grate, sprinkle them soup, served in plates.
Burrito with beans and minced beef
This dish can be served as a full-fledged, and can be served as an incredibly nourishing snack. Choose as you prefer, but you have to try!
- 650 grams of beef;
- 2 sweet peppers;
- 1 red onion;
- 30 ml of oil;
- 230 grams of corn;
- 120 ml sour cream;
- 3 g dry garlic;
- 450 g cheddar;
- 130 ml barbecue sauce;
- 12 tortillas;
- 280 grams of red beans.
Time - 40 minutes.
Calories - 174.
How to make a burrito:
- Rinse the beef, cut off all the fat with a sharp knife;
- Cut it into small cubes and pass through a meat grinder;
- You can also chop the meat with a blender;
- Peel off the rind, rinse and finely chop it;
- Pour oil into a deep pan, add meat and onions;
- Cook, stirring occasionally, until the meat grabs;
- Rinse the pepper, cut out the middle part and cut the pulp into short straws;
- Corn and beans drained, grains and beans mixed with pepper;
- Add mass to the pan when the meat is almost ready;
- Chop the cheese, as always, grater;
- Fill the contents of the pan, add garlic and sauce;
- Pour half of the cheese and mix thoroughly;
- Spread the cakes on the work surface and sprinkle the center of each with a small amount of cheese;
- Next, put the stuffing and wrap the burrito;
- Fry them in a pan and serve.
English breakfast
Finally, you will have the opportunity to find out what the real English breakfast actually consists of. You will be surprised not only by the list of ingredients, but also by their quantity. This recipe is for one person, but you can increase the number of servings by purchasing more products.
- 2 eggs;
- 15 ml of HP sauce (English brown sauce based on vinegar, spices and fruit juice);
- 2 pork sausages;
- 50 ml of oil;
- 70 g blood sausage;
- 2 slices of toast bread;
- 1 tomato;
- 20 g butter;
- 3 large champignons;
- 20 ml of milk;
- 80 g red beans;
- 60 g of bacon.
Time - 30 minutes.
Calories - 218.
Cooking breakfast:
- Oven to ignite up to 180 Celsius and close the door;
- Pour butter into a frying pan and fry sausages on it;
- When they begin to redden, shift them into shape and place in the oven;
- Bake just ten minutes until cooked;
- During this time, you can prepare the bacon, cut it into slices;
- Put it in a frying pan, where sausages were fried, and fry right until the state of crispy chips;
- After that, remove the pieces so that they do not get fat;
- Wash the tomato, cut off the ass and fry it in the oil that is left of the bacon and sausages;
- Open the beans, drain the liquid and rinse it, pour it into the tomatoes;
- Mushrooms clean, cut in half and put to the tomato and beans;
- Cut the blood sausage with thick rings and put it side by side too;
- Fry all components until tender, stirring occasionally and turning them over;
- Break eggs into a bowl, mix them with milk and season with spices;
- Heat the pan, melt the butter in it and pour the eggs into it;
- Actively stirring, bring to readiness;
- When the gossip is ready, remove the dishes from the fire;
- Next, put it on a large plate, next to put sausages out of the oven;
- Attach beans, tomato, bacon, mushrooms, black pudding;
- Toast a little toast in a dry frying pan or in a toaster, put them side by side;
- Pour the sauce into a small bowl and place it directly on the plate if space is left or close.
Red Bean Casserole with Chicken and Vegetables
- 350 g of cauliflower;
- 10 ml of oil;
- 450 g chicken fillet;
- 30 g of dill;
- 450 g of beans;
- 3 eggs;
- 1 onion;
- 150 g of hard cheese;
- 1 carrot;
- 170 ml of cream.
Time - 1 h 35 min.
Calories - 119.
Stages of cooking:
- Wash chicken meat, clean it of fat and films, put in a saucepan;
- Pour at least 1.5-2 liters of water, put on the stove and season;
- Let it boil and boil for about thirty minutes;
- When the meat is ready, let it cool in the broth;
- After that, a little grind it and put it through a meat grinder or in a blender;
- Rinse the cabbage, disassemble it into florets and fold into broth;
- From the moment of boiling, cook for 5-7 minutes and drain into a colander;
- Beans open, drain and rinse with running water;
- Peel the onion, rinse it and finely chop it, but it can be also semirings;
- Peel and chop carrots as usual with a grater;
- Heat half of the oil in a frying pan, add prepared root vegetables;
- Put the beans and cabbage in a blender to grind or use the meat grinder again, as is the case with chicken fillet;
- Cream pour into a deep bowl, break the eggs to them;
- Cheese, too, chop, pour into the cream, season and mix;
- Add the same meat, beans, cabbage, onions with carrots;
- Rinse the dill, finely chop it up with a sharp knife;
- Mix it in a creamy mass, bring to homogeneity;
- Cover the baking dish with paper and smear it with oil residues;
- Pour the resulting "dough" and bake it for 40 minutes until golden brown.
Beef "Wellington" with beans, mushrooms and pate
If you ever hear about beef Wellington, then immediately imagine the meat, which is wrapped in a mass of mushrooms, and then in the dough. All this is baked and driving you crazy in the oven! But today we love experiments, so we’ll add some beans and a little pate to the mushrooms.
- 1300 g beef tenderloin;
- 80 g of liver pate;
- 60 g of mushrooms;
- 80 g red beans;
- 1 rosemary branch;
- 15 ml of oil;
- 650 g yeast puff pastry;
- 1 egg.
Time - 2 h 50 min.
Calories - 254.
How to bake:
- Meat cleaned of excess fat and give it a brick shape. That is, it should be rectangular, but not necessarily the height should correspond to the width, the height may be slightly less;
- Pour oil into a frying pan, warm it and put the meat out;
- Fry it on all four sides until golden brown;
- During this time, clean the mushrooms and cut them into plates;
- Pour into the pan after beef and fry until golden;
- Beans drain, rinse and grind in a blender;
- Mix it with pate, bringing the mass to homogeneity;
- Roll out the dough, but not too thin and place it on a baking sheet or in a mold, the bottom of which is covered with a sheet of parchment paper;
- Place the meat in the center and smear it with the resulting mass from five sides (without bottom);
- From above and on the sides, that is, wherever there is a pie and beans, stick slices of mushrooms;
- Collect the dough in an envelope and be sure to cut off all unnecessary;
- Beat egg and grease them with places that can not glue, as well as the entire surface;
- At 190 Celsius, bake the dish for 45 minutes;
- After that, reduce the temperature of the cabinet and bake another 1-1.5 hours;
- Before serving, cut the dish into portions, garnish with rosemary.
Salad Recipe with Potatoes, Red Beans and Tuna
- 50 ml of wine vinegar;
- 32 olives;
- 230 ml of olive oil;
- 60 g of parsley;
- 30 ml of Dijon mustard;
- 6 eggs;
- 1 piece of garlic;
- 8 potato tubers;
- 8 anchovies;
- 2 sweet peppers;
- 450 g of beans;
- 8 tomatoes;
- 850 g of tuna.
Time - 40 minutes.
Calories - 130.
Component handling:
- Pour vinegar into a bowl and add mustard, whisk with a whisk to a cream;
- Peel and chop the garlic;
- Pour in the mustard oil, add spices and whisk with a whisk until it is pomp and lightness;
- Open the anchovies in oil, put eight in a bowl of cold water;
- Steep for five minutes, then cut each fillet into four pieces;
- Wash tuna, dry it and cut into small pieces;
- Sprinkle with a little oil and fry in a clean pan until cooked;
- After this, pour the fish with the prepared dressing and set aside;
- Wash potatoes and boil until cooked;
- Then peel, cut into small cubes;
- Boil eggs to readiness, peel them and grind them in the same way;
- Wash tomatoes, coarsely chop them and salt;
- Pepper wash, cut in half and cut centers;
- Cut olives into rings or leave them whole;
- Rinse the parsley, finely chop it up with a sharp knife;
- Beans open, drain and rinse thoroughly;
- Mix fish, potatoes, tomatoes, olives, parsley, eggs, anchovies, peppers, beans;
- Season it with cooked sauce and serve.
Tips for a note
When you serve burritos to the table, and it seems to you that this is too dry, you can prepare sauces. It can be sour cream, guacamole, salsa, holandez or any other sauce that you like.
If you are worried that the meat in the dough will not be baked, you can fry it in the pan more strongly.
If you like red beans, please try everything that we have prepared for you. We tried to find something special, but at the same time use the most common ingredients. This is all incredibly tasty and worth your time.
Another recipe for a delicious red bean dish is in the next video.
