21 recipes
Here are my recipes with beans — white, red kidney and black: soups, salads and main dishes. A good place to start is Ukrainian borscht, which is best the day after, or borscht with mushrooms made with wild mushrooms and white beans.
I always soak dried beans in cold water in advance, ideally overnight: they cook evenly and keep their shape instead of turning to mush. That is how I make bean soup without meat and stewed beans with onion and tomatoes. For a warm bean and chicken salad canned beans work too.
Bulgarian bob chorba became a favourite over many holidays in Bulgaria. Also Lenten borscht with mushrooms and beans and bean puree soup.
Pumpkin chili with red kidney beans, lentil chili and chicken with black beans in tomato sauce.